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Domestic science (Johnson, for schools and homes)

1911

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Presented as published in 1911. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Glace Nuts; 2 c. sugar, 1 c. boiling water, 1 tsp. cream tartar. Put ingredients in a saucepan, stir, and heat to boiling point. Boil without stirring until the syrup reach- es the crack, (310 deg., Fahr.). Remove any granulation of sugar from sides of saucepan. Remove saucepan from fire, and place instantly in a large pan of cold water, to stop the boiling. Remove from the cold water, and place in a pan of hot water during dipping. Take the kernels of the nuts on a long pin, dip in the syrup to cover, remove from syrup, and place on an oiled paper. If the syrup begins to crystal- ize, set back on the stove until it just comes to the boiling point, then remove, and dip again. Chocolate Creams: 2 eggs, 2 tsp. vanilla, 4 squares Baker's Chocolate. Put white of eggs with same quantity of cold water in a suitable vessel, add the vanilla, and beat thoroughly. Beat in sifted sugar (confectioner's) until the mass is of the con- sistency of stiff dough. Take small pieces in the fingers and mould into thimble shape, and place them, large end down, on a buttered dish, to harden. Set these to cooL Melt the chocolate in a small vessel over steam, to prevent burning; a bowl set into the top of a teakettle will answer the purpose. When the creams are cool and hard, take them up one at a time between two forks, or on the flat of a fork, dip them into the melted chocolate, let them drain on the forks, and place them carefully on the buttered tins again to dry. To box, wrap each in a square of tissue paper, or tinsel, and place in the box lightly. Nuts may be dipped in chocolate in the same manner. CocoANUT Drops: 1-2 c. sugar, 1-2 c. molasses, 1 c grated cocoanut. Mix all together and boil slowly, stirring constantly, until • hard ball" is reached. Remove from the fire, and stir slowly 11^8 DOMESTIC SCIENCE until the mixture cools. Drop by teaspoonful on pans well buttered, to cool. Penoche: 2 c. brown sugar, 3-4 c. milk, 2 tbsp. butter, 1 tsp. vanilla, 1 c. chopped nuts, mixed or alike. Put sugar in milk and boil until "soft ball'* is reached, remove from heat, and add the other ingredients. Beat until creamy, pour into a flat, greased, rectangular tin. When sufficiently cooled, cut in squares or oblongs. Molasses Candy: Place the molasses in a greased ves- sel and boil until the "thread" is reached. Pour into a but- tered pan, to cool. When cool enough to handle, take it from the pan in quantities as large as convenient to handle, and "pull" it, until it is as light colored as desired. Soups. Corn Soup: 1 can corn, 2 c. cold water, 1 qt. hot milk, 1 tbsp. butter, 1 tbsp. chopped onion, 3 tbsp. flour, 2 tsp. full salt, 1-8 tsp. white pepper, yolks of 2 eggs. Chop the corn, add the cold water, and boil twenty minutes. Melt the butter, add the chopped onion, and cook the onion in the butter until light brown. Add the flour to the butter and onion, and when thoroughly mixed, add the milk gradually, stirring constantly. Add this mixture to the boiled corn, and season with salt and pepper. Rub through a sieve, and re-heat to the boiling point. Beat the yolks of the eggs with 2 tbsp. cold milk, and put the mass into a soup tureen, pour in the soup, stirring constantly.