Boil together one-half the sugar, half of the water and half of the
com sirup to the crack stage, or 280° F. Remove the sirup from
the fire and pour it slowly over the well-beaten whites and con-
tinue beating until it is cool. WTiile beating, cook the remaining
half of the ingredients to the crack stage, or 280° F. Remove
and add at once to the first mixture, beating while adding. When
cool, add the vanilla, nut-meats and candied cherries and pour
into buttered pans. Smooth over the surface and let it stand
overnight before cutting. In the morning cut and wrap in oiled
paper.
JVJw 'would not he tempted
by ice cream zvitJi fruit,
above, or zuifh nuts and
chocolate sauce, below?
There is something about
the very shape of a par-
fait glass that makes the
contents doubly tempting
For mousse, above, cream
must he zvhippcd; hut for
ice-cream, helow, this is
not necessary, page 170
Biscuit glace, page 155, is
particularly well suited to
freezing in the trays of
the mechanical refrigerator
NEW DELINEATOR RECIPES 155
POPCORN BALLS
3 quarts popped corn i cup water
1 cup sugar 54 teaspoon salt
Yz cup white corn sirup i teaspoon lemon or vanilla✪ Popcorn Balls
Discard all imperfect kernels of corn. Put the corn into a large
pan. Cook sugar, sirup and water to the crack stage, or 270° F.
Add flavoring and salt. Pour slowly over the com, stirring with
a spoon so that all kernels will be evenly coated. Shape the corn
into balls and lay on waxed paper. Wrap in waxed paper, if
desirable.
PEANUT BRITTLE
2 cups granulated sugar i teaspoon salt
1 pint chopped peanuts✪ Peanut Brittle
Put the granulated sugar into an iron frying-pan and heat slowly
until the sugar is melted and turns a light browTi, or slightly
above 300° F., stirring constantly. Have in readiness the finely
chopped peanuts, sprinkled with the salt. Place these in a but-
tered tin, warm slightly and pour over them the melted sugar.
GLACE FRUITS
2 cups sugar 2 tablespoons lemon-juice or
I cup water✪ Glace Fruits ^ teaspoon cream of tartar
Fruit
Make a sirup of the sugar and water. Boil, without stirring,
to the hard-crack stage, or 300° F. Remove the saucepan from
the fire and set it in an outer pan of boiling water to prevent the
sirup from hardening. Add the lemon-juice. Dip the fruits,
one at a time, into the hot sirup. Remove and place on an oiled
paper to dry.
FRUIT DESSERTS
STUFFED PEACHES
Pare large peaches and cut a slice from the top of each. Re-
move the pits without breaking the fruit and fill hollows with any
chopped fruit, such as apples, citron, raisins, or with nuts.
Sprinkle with sugar and a little cinnamon or nutmeg. Pour
custard over the peaches and bake; or serve cold soft custard
with the chilled fruit.
FRESH-FRUIT CUP
Yi pineapple 3 oranges
I cup strawberries 2 tablespoons lemon-juice
3 bananas Sugar
Peel and dice the pineapple, bananas and oranges. Wash and
hull the strawberries. Mix all together, with the lemon-juice
and sugar, and set on ice until very cold.
MACEDOINE OF FRUIT
3 peaches ^ cup diced watermelon
3 pears i cup raspberries
Yi cup diced pineapple Yz cup sugar
Pare and slice peaches and pears, cut pineapple and melon in
small pieces, mix fruit and sugar, and chill for one hour. Serve
in glasses, adding one tablespoon whipped cream to each glass
just before serving. A berry or piece of pineapple placed on the
cream gives color to the dish. ✪ Fruit Sirup
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Presented as published in 1929. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Boil together one-half the sugar, half of the water and half of the corn sirup to the crack stage, or 280° F. Remove the sirup from the fire and pour it slowly over the well-beaten whites and continue beating until it is cool. While beating, cook the remaining half of the ingredients to the crack stage, or 280° F. Remove and add at once to the first mixture, beating while adding. When cool, add the vanilla, nut-meats and candied cherries and pour into buttered pans. Smooth over the surface and let it stand overnight before cutting. In the morning cut and wrap in oiled paper.
[illustration: Who would not be tempted by ice cream with fruit, above, or with nuts and chocolate sauce, below?]
[illustration: There is something about the very shape of a parfait glass that makes the contents doubly tempting]
[illustration: For mousse, above, cream must be whipped; but for ice-cream, below, this is not necessary, page 170]
[illustration: Biscuit glace, page 155, is particularly well suited to freezing in the trays of the mechanical refrigerator]
POPCORN BALLS
3 quarts popped corn i cup water
1 cup sugar 54 teaspoon salt
Yz cup white corn sirup i teaspoon lemon or vanilla
Discard all imperfect kernels of corn. Put the corn into a large pan. Cook sugar, sirup and water to the crack stage, or 270° F. Add flavoring and salt. Pour slowly over the com, stirring with a spoon so that all kernels will be evenly coated. Shape the corn into balls and lay on waxed paper. Wrap in waxed paper, if desirable.
PEANUT BRITTLE
2 cups granulated sugar i teaspoon salt
1 pint chopped peanuts
Put the granulated sugar into an iron frying-pan and heat slowly until the sugar is melted and turns a light brown, or slightly above 300° F., stirring constantly. Have in readiness the finely chopped peanuts, sprinkled with the salt. Place these in a buttered tin, warm slightly and pour over them the melted sugar.
GLACE FRUITS
2 cups sugar 2 tablespoons lemon-juice or
I cup water ^ teaspoon cream of tartar
Fruit
Make a sirup of the sugar and water. Boil, without stirring, to the hard-crack stage, or 300° F. Remove the saucepan from the fire and set it in an outer pan of boiling water to prevent the sirup from hardening. Add the lemon-juice. Dip the fruits, one at a time, into the hot sirup. Remove and place on an oiled paper to dry.
FRUIT DESSERTS
STUFFED PEACHES
Pare large peaches and cut a slice from the top of each. Remove the pits without breaking the fruit and fill hollows with any chopped fruit, such as apples, citron, raisins, or with nuts. Sprinkle with sugar and a little cinnamon or nutmeg. Pour custard over the peaches and bake; or serve cold soft custard with the chilled fruit.
FRESH-FRUIT CUP
Yi pineapple 3 oranges
I cup strawberries 2 tablespoons lemon-juice
3 bananas Sugar
Peel and dice the pineapple, bananas and oranges. Wash and hull the strawberries. Mix all together, with the lemon-juice and sugar, and set on ice until very cold.
MACEDOINE OF FRUIT
3 peaches ^ cup diced watermelon
3 pears i cup raspberries
Yi cup diced pineapple Yz cup sugar
Pare and slice peaches and pears, cut pineapple and melon in small pieces, mix fruit and sugar, and chill for one hour. Serve in glasses, adding one tablespoon whipped cream to each glass just before serving. A berry or piece of pineapple placed on the cream gives color to the dish.
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