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Physical culture cook book

1901

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Presented as published in 1901. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
64. Orange Jelly. — Dissolve one-half box of tttfi PHYSICAL et'Lfufifi CddK SOCK, gelatine in one-half cup of cold water ; cut one* half dozen oranges in halves, remove the fruit carefully and lay the skins in cold water. Add to the pulp of the oranges the juice of two lemons, one cup of sugar and one cup of boil- ing watOrange Jellyer. Stir all together and strain. Dry the inside of the skins, fill with the jelly and stand on a tray until it begins to firm. Serve cold. 65. Tutti Frutti Jelly.— Soak one-half box gelatine in one-half pint cold water. Dissolve with one pint boiling water, add juice of three lemons, one and one-half cups sugar. Strain. When beginning to stiffen put a layer of jelly in a dish, then a layer of sliced bananasTutti Frutti Jelly, an- other layer of jelly, one of sliced oranges, one of jelly and one of grated cocoanut, and finish with jelly. PUDDING SAUCES. . i. Creamy Sauce. — Beat one-half cup of but- ter to a cream and add gradually one cup powdered sugar, beating the while. When light and creamy stir in one cup milk or cream, a little at a time. Beat smooth, place in a basin of boiling water and stir until creamy and foamy. 2. Hard Sauce. — Rub two cups powdered THE PHYSICAL CULTURE COOK BOOK. 173 sugar and one of butter to a cream. Add one tablespoonful of milk or cream and flavor with vanilla, or add one egg instead of milk. 3. Pudding Sauce. — Two coffee cups sugar, three-fourths of a coffee cup of butter; rub to a cream ; when well mixed, stir in one-half tea cup boiled cider, a little at a time. Just before serving set in a kettle of boiling water until hot, but not boiling. 4. Substitute for Cream. — Boil three-fourths of a pint of sweet milk ; beat the yolk of one egg, and a level teaspoonful of flour with sugar enough to make the cream very sweet. When the milk boils, stir this into it, and let it cool ; flavor to taste. For puddings in which eggs are used, this is almost as good as rich cream, and preferable to thin cream. 5. Fruit Sauce. — Take one quart of any kind of ripe fruit, as red raspberries, strawberries, or peaches; if the latter they must be very ripe. Pare and mash the fruit with a potato masher and one cup of powdered sugar. Stir well together, and set on the fire until warm, 6. Lemon Sauce. — Three-fourths cup of su- gar, one-half cup of butter, one egg, the juice and half the grated rind of one lemon, one tea* 174 THE PHYSICAL CULTURE COOK BOOK. spoonful of nutmeg, and one-half cup of boil- ing water. Cream the butter and sugar and beat in the egg, whipped light, the lemon and nutmeg. Beat hard, then add the water, put into a tin pail, and set within the uncovered top of the teakettle, which must boil until the sauce is very hot, but not boiling. Stir con- stantly. 7. Chocolate Sauce (No. i). — Put one pint milk on in double boiler. Shave two ounces chocolate and put in pan with four tablespoon- fuls sugar and two of boiling water. Stir over fire until smooth and add to hot milk. Beat to- gether thoroughly yolks of four eggs, three ta- blespoonfuls sugar, small pinch salt, and then add one gill cold milk. Pour the boiling mix- ture on this, stirring well. Return to double boiler and cook fiv> minutes, stirring the while. Set aside to cool, stirring occasionally until cold.