Loosen one of the sections of skin from each
banana. Put into blazer, cover, and let cook
until skins are discolored and pulp soft. Re-
move from skins and sprinkle with sugar. Serve
with lady fingers.
Saut6d Bananas
Remove skins from three bananas✪ Bananas Cooked in the Skins, cut in
halves lengthwise, and again cut in halves cross-
wise. Put one tablespoon butter in blazer; when
hot add bananas and cook until soft, turning
once. Drain, sprinkle with powdered sugar,
and a few drops lemon juice; orange juice
or sherry wine may be used if preferred.
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Relishes and Sweets
Souffl6 au Rhum
Beat the yolks of two eggs until thick and
lemon-colored. Add three tablespoons pow-
dered sugar and one tablespoon rum. Beat the
whites of four eggs✪ Soufflé au Rhum until stiff and dry, and cut
and fold into the mixture. Grease blazer with
clarified butter, pour in one-half the mixture
and brown delicately. Fold and turn same as
an omelet. Care should be taken to lift the
blazer that the souffle may brown evenly. Pour
in remaining mixture and proceed as before.
Sicilian Omelet
Beat three eggs slightly, add one teaspoon
sugar and a few grains salt. Grease the sides
and bottom of blazer, using one-half tablespoon
butter✪ Sicilian Omelet. Strain in the mixture and cook until of a
creamy consistency, using a spatula to scrape
cooked mixture from bottom of pan, that it
may mix with the uncooked part and thus pre-
vent any part from being overdone. Loosen
omelet by running spatula around side and bot-
tom of pan. Fold, turn, and serve with Sicilian
sauce.
Sicilian Sauce
Beat one-half cup heavy cream, add one table-
spoon powdered sugar, one tablespoon currant
jelly, melted, and one and one-half tablespoons
powdered macaroons✪ Sicilian Sauce.
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Chafing Dish Possibilities
Mince Pie
Cook one and one-half cups chopped apple
with one tablespoon butter, until soft. Add
one-third cup each molasses and cider; then
add two-thirds cup sugar mixed with one-fourth
teaspoon each cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg,
and one-eighth teaspoon mace. Add juice and
rind of one lemon, one tablespoon vinegar, one-
half cup cracker crumbs, one-third cup currants,
one-third cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces,
one-fourth cup citron, cut in small strips, and
salt to taste. Heat to boiling point, add three
tablespoons brandy, and serve in patty shells.
Slip On
Pour welsh rarebit over mince pie.
142
CANDIES
143
The superfluous, a very necessary thing
Voltaire
Sweets to the sweet j fa7'ewell !
Shakespeare
144
XVII
CANDIES
Fudge
MELT one tablespoon butter✪ Welsh Rarebit, add one-half
pup milk and one and one-half cups sugar ; stir
until sugar is dissolved, then add five table-
spoons prepared cocoa, or two squares unsweet-
ened chocolate. Stir constantly until chocolate
is melted. Heat to boiling point and boil twelve
minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent burn-
ing. Extinguish flame, add one teaspoon vanilla,
and beat until the mixture is creamy. Pour into
a buttered pan, cool, and mark in squares.
Cocoanut Cream Candy
Melt two teaspoons butter, add one-half cup
milk and one and one-half cups sugar. Heat to
boiling point and boil twelve minutes", stirring
occasionally to prevent burning. Extinguish
flame, add one-third cup shredded cocoanut and
one-half teaspoon vanilla✪ Cocoanut Cream Candy. Beat until the mix-
ture is creamy. Pour into a buttered pan, cool,
and mark in squares.
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Chafing Dish Possibilities
Lemon Taffy ✪ Lemon Taffy
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Loosen one of the sections of skin from each banana. Put into blazer, cover, and let cook until skins are discolored and pulp soft. Remove from skins and sprinkle with sugar. Serve with lady fingers.
Saut6d Bananas
Remove skins from three bananas, cut in halves lengthwise, and again cut in halves crosswise. Put one tablespoon butter in blazer; when hot add bananas and cook until soft, turning once. Drain, sprinkle with powdered sugar, and a few drops lemon juice; orange juice or sherry wine may be used if preferred.
Relishes and Sweets
Souffl6 au Rhum Beat the yolks of two eggs until thick and lemon-colored. Add three tablespoons powdered sugar and one tablespoon rum. Beat the whites of four eggs until stiff and dry, and cut and fold into the mixture. Grease blazer with clarified butter, pour in one-half the mixture and brown delicately. Fold and turn same as an omelet. Care should be taken to lift the blazer that the souffle may brown evenly. Pour in remaining mixture and proceed as before.
Sicilian Omelet Beat three eggs slightly, add one teaspoon sugar and a few grains salt. Grease the sides and bottom of blazer, using one-half tablespoon butter. Strain in the mixture and cook until of a creamy consistency, using a spatula to scrape cooked mixture from bottom of pan, that it may mix with the uncooked part and thus prevent any part from being overdone. Loosen omelet by running spatula around side and bottom of pan. Fold, turn, and serve with Sicilian sauce.
Sicilian Sauce Beat one-half cup heavy cream, add one tablespoon powdered sugar, one tablespoon currant jelly, melted, and one and one-half tablespoons powdered macaroons.
Chafing Dish Possibilities
Mince Pie
Cook one and one-half cups chopped apple with one tablespoon butter, until soft. Add one-third cup each molasses and cider; then add two-thirds cup sugar mixed with one-fourth teaspoon each cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg, and one-eighth teaspoon mace. Add juice and rind of one lemon, one tablespoon vinegar, one-half cup cracker crumbs, one-third cup currants, one-third cup raisins, seeded and cut in pieces, one-fourth cup citron, cut in small strips, and salt to taste. Heat to boiling point, add three tablespoons brandy, and serve in patty shells.
Slip On
Pour welsh rarebit over mince pie.
CANDIES
The superfluous, a very necessary thing
Voltaire
Sweets to the sweet j fa7'ewell !
Shakespeare
CANDIES
Fudge
MELT one tablespoon butter, add one-half pup milk and one and one-half cups sugar ; stir until sugar is dissolved, then add five tablespoons prepared cocoa, or two squares unsweetened chocolate. Stir constantly until chocolate is melted. Heat to boiling point and boil twelve minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent burning. Extinguish flame, add one teaspoon vanilla, and beat until the mixture is creamy. Pour into a buttered pan, cool, and mark in squares.
Cocoanut Cream Candy
Melt two teaspoons butter, add one-half cup milk and one and one-half cups sugar. Heat to boiling point and boil twelve minutes", stirring occasionally to prevent burning. Extinguish flame, add one-third cup shredded cocoanut and one-half teaspoon vanilla. Beat until the mixture is creamy. Pour into a buttered pan, cool, and mark in squares.
Chafing Dish Possibilities
Lemon Taffy
Records on this page
Mince PieBananas Cooked in the SkinsSautéed BananasSoufflé au RhumSicilian OmeletSicilian SauceWelsh RarebitFudgeCocoanut Cream CandyLemon Taffy