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1886

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Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
This is the best and closest imitation of real cream and xs mojt generally in use wherever real cream cannot be ob- tained. But in order to give it the heat- ing up quality to increase the bulk and make it light and rich eating the egga must be used strictly as directed. Separate the eggs and keep the whites cold. Beat the yolks with a basting- spoon of milk added in a large bowl. Boil the quart of milk with the sugar in it. i\Iix the starch in a cup with a little cold milk and stir it in, and when it boila again pour it to the beaten yolks in the bowl. The heat will cook them sufii- ciently. Then strain, cool, and freeze in a freezer that will hold twice as much. When frozen nearly firm enough wliip the whites to a froth, add them to the ice cream and work it either by rapid turning or with a wooden paddle until it fills the freezer. Cost of material — milk 8, sugar 6, starch and flour 3, eggs 5; 22c — ice and salt 15 — 37c for 2 quarts of ice cream or from 12 to 16 plates, according as dished up, or 2 to 3c per plate. Note — It is very unprofitable to serve ice cream in a half frozen state, in which condition it is as heavy as water and does not go as far. Neither is it good or profitable when allowed to stand and merely solidity or freeze itself without beating. It will seem rich and soft however hard frozen if it is beaten up COOKING FOr. PROFIT, 6S although it may be made only of milk. It pays therefore to have a good freez- er and sufficient ice to complete the freezing. 200— Frozen Custard— Rich. 4 cups rich milk. 12 tablespoons sugar. 12 yolks of eggs. Vanilla or other flavoring. Boil the milk with half the sugar in it — which prevents burning. Beat the yolks in a large bowl with the rest of the su- gar in and a half of cup of milk to make them come up frothing. Pour the boil- ing milk to them, then set on the fire for not more than a minute, as if too much cooked the custard will not come up light and rich in the freezer. Strain, flavor and freeze. Cost of material — milk 8, sugar 7, flavor 2, yolks 15; 32 — ice and salt 15 — 47 cents for something less than 2 quarts. About the same cost as pure cream, or 4c per plate. 201— New York Ice Cream. Known as Delmonico's ice cream, but most people are averse to printing it so in every hotel bill of fare. Nearly the Bame as the foregoing with gelatine ad- ded to produce extreme lightness. 3 cups good milk. 1 cup sweet cream. 10 yolks of eggs. A vanilla bean. 10 tablespoons sugar. i package gelatine or less than ^ ounce. Set the milk on to boil with the sugar, gelatine and vanilla bean (or part of one) in it The kettle should be set at the Bide of the range where the milk will heat up gradually giving the gelatine time to dissolve, with frequent stirring from the bottom. The sheet gelatine can be used but, is liable to curdle the milk if allowed to boil in it, which the pack- age kind does not. Corn-Starch Ice Cream Without Eggs