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1927

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Presented as published in 1927. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
cool, then put in chilling unit and chill i}4 to 1 hours, stirring once or twice. |[58l 0 COLD SOUPS AND ASPIC JELLY Suic\ Aspic Jelly — JS[o. ii Soak 1 >^ tablespoons gelatine in }4 cup cold water. Dissolve 2 bouillon cubes in iK cups boiling water, add gelatine and stir until gel' atine is dissolved. Flavor to taste with Newburg sherry or Lemon juice, Few grains cayenne and Salt if needed. Salad in Asbic Jelly — 7^o. 12 Put I tablespoon Quick Aspic or Jellied Soup Stock — No. 9 into each of 6 small molds. Put in chilling unit of General Electric Refrigerator for 5 minutes. Remove and decorate with Egg custard. Truffle or Pimento cut in small fancy shapes, and Sprigs of parsley — or in any way desired. Cover care- fully with enough Aspic jelly to hold the decoration in place and return to chilling unit of refrigerator for 4 minutes. Put in each mold a ball of Chicken Salad. Cover with Aspic and return to the chilling unit for 20 min- utes or until firm. Remove to shelf of refrigerator until wanted. Remove from molds and serve on Lettuce. Other salads, or slices of chicken or tongue, may be used in place of chicken salad. I59l 0 COLD SOUPS AND ASPIC JELLY Jellied Chicken — J^o. 13 Put I quart chicken stock in sauce pan with 3 ^2 tablespoons gelatine and 1 }4 tablespoons lemon juice. Add more Seasonings if necessary and 2 egg whites slightly beaten, with the shells. Stir con- stantly over the fire until boiling point is reached. Let stand away from the fire for ten minutes or until a decided separation takes place. Strain through double cheesecloth and make a layer y^. inch deep in large refrigerator pan. Chill in refrigerator and when firm place the refrigerator pan in a large pan sur- rounded with water and ice cubes. Garnish with Hard cooked egg cut in fancy shapes and Cress leaves and stems. Add a little jelly very carefully to hold decorations in place and return to refriger- ator until firm. Cut I cooked chicken or fowl and I pound cooked ham in strips and place one layer lengthwise on the jelly. Cover with jelly and return to chilling unit until firm. Fill the pan with alternate layers of chicken and ham and jelly and place in refrigerator but not in chilling unit until time for serving. Loosen around the edge with a spatula and turn out on a platter. Garnish with Lettuce and Cress, the remaining Chicken jelly chopped and Hard cooked egg cut in eighths. Canned chicken and Quick Aspic Jelly — No. 11, made with chicken bouillon cubes, may be used. I60 0 COLD SOUPS AND ASPIC JELLY Stuffed Tomatoes in Aspic — 7\[o. 14 Peel Small tomatoes, make an opening in top of each and remove soft center. Fill with I/3 cup finely cut celery mixed with 2 tablespoons nut meats cut fine and moistened with Mayonnaise dressing. Make a layer of Aspic in individual molds as for Salad in Aspic Jelly — ^No. 12. Place tomatoes top side down on the jelly, surround with Aspic and leave in refrigerator but not in chilling unit, until firm. Dip molds for an instant in hot water, loosen around edges, and turn out on nests of Lettuce leaves. Serve with Salad dressing. fell FRUIT COCKTAIL Serve fruit coc\tails in double coc\tail glasses surrounded with crushed ice or chill completely before serving in a glass with' out crushed ice FRUIT COCKTAILS AND FROZEN SALADS