MARZIPAN. Almonds, 1 pound. Powdered sugar, 1 pound. Rose water✪ Marzipan. Blanch the almonds and when perfectly dry pound them or grind in a meat chopper. To this add gradually the powdered sugar and a little rose water. Cover a board thickly with powdered sugar and on this, with the fingers knead the mixture thoroughly. Allow the mixture to remain for an hour after kneading and roll out to the thickness of about 1/4 inch. Cut into small, fancy shapes and allow these to harden. If so desired the mixture may be pressed into a figured mold or into small molds and there allowed to harden before turning out. This does not require cooking but may be placed in a cool oven a few minutes to dry if desired. CANDIED GRAPEFRUIT PEEL. Soak grapefruit rind in cold salted water for 48 hours, chang- ing water 2 or 3 times. Put on in cold water to boil, changing water twice, till a straw can easily penetrate. Remove from fire, drain and when cool cut into strips. Make a syrup of 1 cup of sugar and 1-3 cup of water✪ Candied Grapefruit Peel for the rind of each grapefruit, lay in strips and cook till syrup is all taken up. When cold roll each strip in granulated sugar and lay on platter to dry. Pack in preserve glasses to keep soft. Mrs. H. B. C., South Boston. KISSES. Egg white, 1. Sugar, 13 teaspoons. Vanilla extract, a few drops✪ Kisses. Beat the white of egg to a very stiff froth, add sugar and vanilla and beat altogether. Drop by teaspoons on white paper placed on an inverted baking tin and slightly brown in a very moderate oven. Miss H. B., Roxbury. CEREALS, RICE AND MACARONI. 73 FARINA MUSH. Milk, 1 quart. Farina, i/2 cup. Salt. Butter, 1 dessertspoon✪ Farina Mush. Boil salted milk and when bubbling add farina, stirring con- stantly. Add lump of butter and cook in double boiler until done. SAMP. Samp, 1 cup. Boiling water, 2i/2 cups. Salt, i/) teaspoon✪ Samp. Cover the samp with cold water and soak for 8 hours. Drain and put into a double boiler with the boiling water and salt. Cook until tender. CEREAL-FRUIT PUDDING. Cold boiled cereal, (oatmeal, Fruit, (apples, pears, dates). hominy or rice). Buttered cracker crumbs. Sugar✪ Cereal-Fruit Pudding. Buttered cracker crumbs. Put a layer of the cereal in a baking dish, cover with a layer of sliced fruit and dredge with sugar. Repeat and cover all with the crumbs. Bake in a medium oven till fruit is soft and crumbs are brown. Serve with cream. Juicy apples are the best fruit to use. BERRIES AND FARINA. Berries, 1 quart. Farina, 1 cup. Salt✪ Berries and Farina. Wash, stew and mash berries in double boiler, add farina and salt and stew for 50 minutes. Let harden in small cups and serve cold with cream and sugar. Blackberries, strawberries and rasp- berries are best for this purpose. HOMINY. Hominy, 1 cup. Boiling water, 4 cups. Salt, 2 teaspoons. Boil hominy rapidly in the salted water for 10 minutes, then eook in double boiler for 1 hour. 74 CEREALS, RICE AND MACARONI. GRAHAM MUSH. Sift graham flour slowly into boiling water✪ Graham Mush, stirring until it is as thick as can be stirred with one hand. Put into a steamer and steam for 3 or 4 hours. Eat with cream and sugar. FRUIT JUICE CEREAL. ✪ Fruit Juice Cereal

AI-modernized reading of the original text

A modernized reading is not available for this page yet. You are seeing the original text.

MARZIPAN. Almonds, 1 pound. Powdered sugar, 1 pound. Rose water. Blanch the almonds and when perfectly dry pound them or grind in a meat chopper. To this add gradually the powdered sugar and a little rose water. Cover a board thickly with powdered sugar and on this, with the fingers knead the mixture thoroughly. Allow the mixture to remain for an hour after kneading and roll out to the thickness of about 1/4 inch. Cut into small, fancy shapes and allow these to harden. If so desired the mixture may be pressed into a figured mold or into small molds and there allowed to harden before turning out. This does not require cooking but may be placed in a cool oven a few minutes to dry if desired. CANDIED GRAPEFRUIT PEEL. Soak grapefruit rind in cold salted water for 48 hours, chang- ing water 2 or 3 times. Put on in cold water to boil, changing water twice, till a straw can easily penetrate. Remove from fire, drain and when cool cut into strips. Make a syrup of 1 cup of sugar and 1-3 cup of water for the rind of each grapefruit, lay in strips and cook till syrup is all taken up. When cold roll each strip in granulated sugar and lay on platter to dry. Pack in preserve glasses to keep soft. Mrs. H. B. C., South Boston. KISSES. Egg white, 1. Sugar, 13 teaspoons. Vanilla extract, a few drops. Beat the white of egg to a very stiff froth, add sugar and vanilla and beat altogether. Drop by teaspoons on white paper placed on an inverted baking tin and slightly brown in a very moderate oven. Miss H. B., Roxbury. CEREALS, RICE AND MACARONI. 73 FARINA MUSH. Milk, 1 quart. Farina, i/2 cup. Salt. Butter, 1 dessertspoon. Boil salted milk and when bubbling add farina, stirring con- stantly. Add lump of butter and cook in double boiler until done. SAMP. Samp, 1 cup. Boiling water, 2i/2 cups. Salt, i/) teaspoon. Cover the samp with cold water and soak for 8 hours. Drain and put into a double boiler with the boiling water and salt. Cook until tender. CEREAL-FRUIT PUDDING. Cold boiled cereal, (oatmeal, Fruit, (apples, pears, dates). hominy or rice). Buttered cracker crumbs. Sugar. Buttered cracker crumbs. Put a layer of the cereal in a baking dish, cover with a layer of sliced fruit and dredge with sugar. Repeat and cover all with the crumbs. Bake in a medium oven till fruit is soft and crumbs are brown. Serve with cream. Juicy apples are the best fruit to use. BERRIES AND FARINA. Berries, 1 quart. Farina, 1 cup. Salt. Wash, stew and mash berries in double boiler, add farina and salt and stew for 50 minutes. Let harden in small cups and serve cold with cream and sugar. Blackberries, strawberries and rasp- berries are best for this purpose. HOMINY. Hominy, 1 cup. Boiling water, 4 cups. Salt, 2 teaspoons. Boil hominy rapidly in the salted water for 10 minutes, then eook in double boiler for 1 hour. 74 CEREALS, RICE AND MACARONI. GRAHAM MUSH. Sift graham flour slowly into boiling water, stirring until it is as thick as can be stirred with one hand. Put into a steamer and steam for 3 or 4 hours. Eat with cream and sugar. FRUIT JUICE CEREAL.

Mary Jane's cook book