Put the frying pan on the fire half full of hot water;
add half a teaspoonf ul of salt. Batter the inside of a tin
mufOn ring and put this in the pan. Break a fresh egg
carefully into a saucer and slip it into the ring; the water
should cover the egg. Put a cover on the pan and set it
on the back of the stove and let it stand till the white of
the egg is like firm jelly.
While it is cooking make a slice of nice toast✪ Poached Eggs; cut it into
a circle, butter it and lay it on a hot plate. When the egg
is done take a cake turner, butter its edge and slip it under
the muf&n ring and egg together and hold it over the pan
till the water dripls away; then take off the ring, slip the
egg carefully on the round of toast, add just a sprinkle of
salt and one of pepper, and a bit of parsley. Cover the
plate till you serve it, to keep it hot.
**Now, Mildred, I think you had better run
home and get out the things for your tray, and
I '11 come over just before lunch and help you
lay it prettily, if you want me to. See if you
186 THE FUN OF COOKING
can find a pretty^ thin cup for the soup, and a
plate that looks well with it, and something per-
fectly dear for the junket. And a little napkin,
not a large one. I *11 bring a flower ; you know'
you always have to have a flower for a sick-
tray. ' '
**You do I'' Mildred's eyes were round.
**What for, Miss Bettyf You don't eat a
flower ! ' ' she giggled.
**No, but you can't eat so well without it, if
you are sick. Just wait tiU you are, and you 'U
see. ' '
So Mildred went home and got out all the
things she could think of for her mother's
lunch and laid them on one end of the kitchen
table. Then she tip-toed into the sick room,
gave her mother her medicine and a cool drink
of water, and turned her pillow over. After
that she went out to begin the lunch.
She found Norah had plenty of junket tablets,
so first of all she followed the rule for that.
It was very easy indeed, and in just a moment
she poured half the junket into a little glass
for her mother, and the other half into an egg
cup-mold for Jack's lunck She put both of
these right on ice so they would be firm, and
used half the tablet instead of a quarter as her
— - * — "^
WHEN MOTHER BLAHt WAS SICK 187
mle suggested, to be perfectly certain the junket
would be firm enough by noon.
* * You must be sure not to let them stand one
minute, Miss Mildred,'* said Norah as she
watched her. **If you do, they '11 never set at
all."
*'Why not, Norah? Couldn't I just set the
dish on the table for two minutes before I put
it away!"
Norah assured her that it was quite impossi-
ble. ** Junket isn't like gelatine; it won't
wait," she said. So Mildred hurried just as
fast as she could.
Next she made the soup ; she found a cup of
spinach in the refrigerator, and used that ex-
actly as the receipt said, and the soup was a
lovely pale green color. She put this where it
would keep hot, and then boiled the water to
poach the egg.
Before this bubbled Miss Betty came in with
a pink geranium in her hand, and two green
leaves. These she put in a very slender clear
glass vase she found in the sitting-room, just
large enough for them. Then she began to help
Mildred with the tray.
** First you cover it with a clean napkin or
tray cloth ; that 's a nice napkin^ Norah, thank
188 THE FUN OF COOKING
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Put the frying pan on the fire half full of hot water; add half a teaspoonful of salt. Batter the inside of a tin muffin ring and put this in the pan. Break a fresh egg carefully into a saucer and slip it into the ring; the water should cover the egg. Put a cover on the pan and set it on the back of the stove and let it stand till the white of the egg is like firm jelly.
While it is cooking make a slice of nice toast; cut it into a circle, butter it and lay it on a hot plate. When the egg is done take a cake turner, butter its edge and slip it under the muffin ring and egg together and hold it over the pan till the water drips away; then take off the ring, slip the egg carefully on the round of toast, add just a sprinkle of salt and one of pepper, and a bit of parsley. Cover the plate till you serve it, to keep it hot.
**Now, Mildred, I think you had better run home and get out the things for your tray, and I '11 come over just before lunch and help you lay it prettily, if you want me to. See if you
can find a pretty thin cup for the soup, and a plate that looks well with it, and something perfectly dear for the junket. And a little napkin, not a large one. I 'll bring a flower ; you know you always have to have a flower for a sick tray.''
**You do?'' Mildred's eyes were round. **What for, Miss Betty? You don't eat a flower ! ' ' she giggled.
**No, but you can't eat so well without it, if you are sick. Just wait till you are, and you 'll see. ' '
So Mildred went home and got out all the things she could think of for her mother's lunch and laid them on one end of the kitchen table. Then she tip-toed into the sick room, gave her mother her medicine and a cool drink of water, and turned her pillow over. After that she went out to begin the lunch.
She found Norah had plenty of junket tablets, so first of all she followed the rule for that. It was very easy indeed, and in just a moment she poured half the junket into a little glass for her mother, and the other half into an egg-cup mold for Jack's lunch She put both of these right on ice so they would be firm, and used half the tablet instead of a quarter as her
WHEN MOTHER WAS SICK 187
rule suggested, to be perfectly certain the junket would be firm enough by noon.
*"You must be sure not to let them stand one minute, Miss Mildred," saidNorah as she watched her. **If you do, they 'll never set at all."
"Why not, Norah? Couldn't I just set the dish on the table for two minutes before I put it away!"
Norah assured her that it was quite impossible. "Junket isn't like gelatine; it won't wait," she said. So Mildred hurried just as fast as she could.
Next she made the soup ; she found a cup of spinach in the refrigerator, and used that exactly as the receipt said, and the soup was a lovely pale green color. She put this where it would keep hot, and then boiled the water to poach the egg.
Before this bubbled Miss Betty came in with a pink geranium in her hand, and two green leaves. These she put in a very slender clear glass vase she found in the sitting-room, just large enough for them. Then she began to help Mildred with the tray.
"First you cover it with a clean napkin or tray cloth; that's a nice napkin, Norah, thank
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