The century cook book

Blancmanger Rubane. For this dish, first of all, there must be prepared some almond milk, with enough of extract, and sufficient in itself to fill a mould with cylinder and channelings; it must be well glued and sweetened, passed through a sieve, and divided into three parts; one of which, having some pounded almonds mixed with a little spinach green infused, is then passed through a tammy ; the second part into which is infused the peel of a good orange, is then slightly colored with vegetable red, and likewise passed; whilst the.third and last part, with a stock of vanilla infused, is kept in its natural shade and passed likewise. An oiled channeled mould is embedded in ice; a layer of the green preparation, one centimeter and a half thick, is poured on the bottom of it; as soon as this layer has got firm, another layer of the same thickness of white preparation, is poured on; when it has set, it is covered with a third layer, always of the same thickness, of red preparation, which is left to get firm; then the same operation is begun anew. Optical motives have induced me to take only two colors. An hour afterward, that is to say at serving time, the mould is dipped in hot water, wiped, and turned out on a bottom of bordered gum paste, bearing a little stem on its center. The base of the bottom of gum paste may be surrounded with croutons of sweet jelly; the top of the stem is decorated with a pompon of spun sugar. Note: A few of the cooking utensils mentioned in this Chapter although in constant use in Europe have become obsolete in this country, in most households; but are still in use in America, in hotels and the kitchens of the very rich. HOW TO KEEP PERSONS AND THINGS Neat and Fresh I.— The Care of the Person. II.— The Care of the Clothes. HI.— The Care of the House, Furniture, and Bric-a-Brac. IV.— The Care of the Pantry. THE CARE OF THE PERSON The employment of baths goes back to the highest antiquity, and was indulged in almost to excess by the Greeks and Romans. So important are baths in warm countries, that the Jewish and Oriental religions enjoin frequent ablutions as necessary part of the ceremonials of their creeds, thus no doubt largely contributing to the health and wellbeing of their devout disciples. In order to understand the value of bathing, we must glance briefly at the anatomy and physiology of the skin. In the first place we have on the entire outer surface of the body, a layer of mem- The Toilet Case. branc, like thin leather, called the epidermis; this stratum is not supplied with nerves, is therefore insensible, and constitutes the portion which rises up when the hands are blistered by rowing, for example, or when a fly blister is applied. Just beneath the epidermis lies the true skin, or corium as ii is called, a tough, strong membrane, richly supplied with bloodvessels and nerves. Hence it bleeds and feels pain at the slightest cut or puncture, since even the finest needle cannot be thrust into it without wounding some little artery or vein, and some tiny filament of nerve. Under the true skin again lies the subcutaneous cellular tissue, which generally contains a good deal of fat. 236 The Care of the Person