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Chafing dish possibilities

1898

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Presented as published in 1898. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
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 bananasBananas 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. 140 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 eggsSoufflé 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 butterSicilian 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 macaroonsSicilian Sauce. 141 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 butterWelsh 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 vanillaCocoanut Cream Candy. Beat until the mix- ture is creamy. Pour into a buttered pan, cool, and mark in squares. i45 Chafing Dish Possibilities Lemon Taffy Lemon Taffy