Wash and soak 1 teaspoonful of pearl tapioca overnight. Drain, place in a double boiler, add 1 cupful of milk✪ Chicken Stewed in Milk, 1 table- spoonful of sugar and % teaspoonful of salt. Cook until the mixture thickens, remove from the fire, add a few drops of vanilla and 1 egg yolk well beaten. .Turn into a serving dish and cover with the stiffly beaten eg^^^^ftTin which 1 tablespoon- ful of sugar has been folded. Set in the oven and slowly brown the egg white. A few tablespoonfuls of chopped dates, figs, prunes or drained canned fruit may be added to the pudding just before it is removed from the stove if one wishes. Apple Delight Eun 1 cupful of apple sauce through a fine sieve and fold in % cupful of stiffly whipped cream. If this is not fluffy enough, fold in the white of an egg beaten until dry. Flavor with a few drops of vanilla✪ Apple Delight. The apple sauce should be sweetened or more sugar will need to be added. Frozen Pudding Place 1 cupful of milk in a double boiler and add 1 table- spoonful of sugar and 1 teaspoonful of cornstarch mixed together with a small portion of the milk. Stir until the mixture begins to thicken. Eemove from the fire and add % teaspoonful of vanilla, % teaspoonful of salt and 1 beaten egg. Stir until mixed, strain, cool and freeze. A fancy cream may be made by adding fruit or berries rubbed through a sieve. Prune Fluff Eub 1 cupful of cooked prunes through a sieve, add 1 table- spoonful of lemon juice and fold in 1 stiffly beaten egg white. COOKING FOE THE SICK 283 Add 1 tablespoonful of sugar✪ Frozen Pudding, pile on an oiled dish and set in the oven 3 minutes. Serve cold with a boiled custard or cream, plain or whipped. Grape Jelly ^"^ Soak 1 tablespoonful of granulated gelatin in 4 tablespoonfuls of cold water" and dissolve by stirring over hot water. Dissolve % cupful of sugar in 1 cupful of grape juice, heating this slightly. Add the gelatin and 1 tablespoonful of lemon juice and stir thoroughly. Set in a cold place until the mixture begins to harden. Then add the stiffly beaten whites of 3 eggs✪ Grape Jelly and beat the whole mixture until light and stiff. Serve with whipped cream or boiled custard. Grandma's Floating Island Heat 1 cupful of milk in a double boiler and add 1 tablespoon- ful of sugar, 1^ teaspoonful of cornstarch and 14 teaspoonful of salt which have been sifted together. Take from the fire and add 1 beaten ^gg yolk and stir until the mixture thickens. Add % teaspoonful of vanilla and pour into a dish. Set in a cold place. Beat the white of 1 o^gg until very stiff and dry and add 2 tea- spoonfuls of powdered sugar. Drop this by spoonfuls on but- tered paper and place in the oven two or three minutes and then place on top of the pudding in the dish. Fruit Pudding Use canned strawberries, raspberries or peaches. Strain 1 cupful through a coarse strainer, add i^ cupful of sugar and y^ teaspoonful of flavoring. Then fold in the stiffly beaten white of 1 ^gg. Set in a cool place and serve very cold. Blanc Mange Place 1 cupful of milk in a double boiler, heat, add 2 table- spoonfuls of arrowroot and 2 teaspoonfuls of sugar mixed to- gether in a little water to form a paste. Stir until the mixture thickens, remove from the fire, add i/4 teaspoonful of vanilla✪ Blanc Mange and % teaspoonful of salt and pour into a mold. Let stand in a 284 THE FAEM COOK AND RULE BOOK

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Wash and soak 1 teaspoonful of pearl tapioca overnight. Drain, place in a double boiler, add 1 cupful of milk, 1 table- spoonful of sugar and % teaspoonful of salt. Cook until the mixture thickens, remove from the fire, add a few drops of vanilla and 1 egg yolk well beaten. .Turn into a serving dish and cover with the stiffly beaten eg^^^^ftTin which 1 tablespoon- ful of sugar has been folded. Set in the oven and slowly brown the egg white. A few tablespoonfuls of chopped dates, figs, prunes or drained canned fruit may be added to the pudding just before it is removed from the stove if one wishes. Apple Delight Eun 1 cupful of apple sauce through a fine sieve and fold in % cupful of stiffly whipped cream. If this is not fluffy enough, fold in the white of an egg beaten until dry. Flavor with a few drops of vanilla. The apple sauce should be sweetened or more sugar will need to be added. Frozen Pudding Place 1 cupful of milk in a double boiler and add 1 table- spoonful of sugar and 1 teaspoonful of cornstarch mixed together with a small portion of the milk. Stir until the mixture begins to thicken. Eemove from the fire and add % teaspoonful of vanilla, % teaspoonful of salt and 1 beaten egg. Stir until mixed, strain, cool and freeze. A fancy cream may be made by adding fruit or berries rubbed through a sieve. Prune Fluff Eub 1 cupful of cooked prunes through a sieve, add 1 table- spoonful of lemon juice and fold in 1 stiffly beaten egg white. COOKING FOE THE SICK 283 Add 1 tablespoonful of sugar, pile on an oiled dish and set in the oven 3 minutes. Serve cold with a boiled custard or cream, plain or whipped. Grape Jelly ^"^ Soak 1 tablespoonful of granulated gelatin in 4 tablespoonfuls of cold water" and dissolve by stirring over hot water. Dissolve % cupful of sugar in 1 cupful of grape juice, heating this slightly. Add the gelatin and 1 tablespoonful of lemon juice and stir thoroughly. Set in a cold place until the mixture begins to harden. Then add the stiffly beaten whites of 3 eggs and beat the whole mixture until light and stiff. Serve with whipped cream or boiled custard. Grandma's Floating Island Heat 1 cupful of milk in a double boiler and add 1 tablespoon- ful of sugar, 1^ teaspoonful of cornstarch and 14 teaspoonful of salt which have been sifted together. Take from the fire and add 1 beaten ^gg yolk and stir until the mixture thickens. Add % teaspoonful of vanilla and pour into a dish. Set in a cold place. Beat the white of 1 o^gg until very stiff and dry and add 2 tea- spoonfuls of powdered sugar. Drop this by spoonfuls on but- tered paper and place in the oven two or three minutes and then place on top of the pudding in the dish. Fruit Pudding Use canned strawberries, raspberries or peaches. Strain 1 cupful through a coarse strainer, add i^ cupful of sugar and y^ teaspoonful of flavoring. Then fold in the stiffly beaten white of 1 ^gg. Set in a cool place and serve very cold. Blanc Mange Place 1 cupful of milk in a double boiler, heat, add 2 table- spoonfuls of arrowroot and 2 teaspoonfuls of sugar mixed to- gether in a little water to form a paste. Stir until the mixture thickens, remove from the fire, add i/4 teaspoonful of vanilla and % teaspoonful of salt and pour into a mold. Let stand in a 284 THE FAEM COOK AND RULE BOOK

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