Six little cooks

Another way : Melt the chocolate half at a time, cover the bottom of a plate with it, and while it is cooling make the cream; spread this over the chocolate and then cover with another coat of the latter. Cut into small squares when cool. The only trouble in making the cream is to cook it just enough. If the sugar grains it is cooked too much ; if it cannot be handled it is not cooked enough. If spoiled it cannot be boiled over again, but is nice mixed among English walnuts. "How delicious it looks," exclaimed Edith, gazing into the sauce-pan where the cream candy, which they decided on trying first, was slowly boiling. " I think it will be good," said Aunt Jane. " But I must warn you not to be disappointed if you don't succeed well the first time you try it, nor the second. It is so entirely a matter of judgment to know just how long to boil it, just when it has reached the exact point of 1 sugariness ' that it really needs long practice before you can do it without a mistake." " It seems to me you do nothing but try it," said Grace, as she saw her aunt for the dozenth time drop a little of the boiled sugar into a saucer, and, after stirring it awhile, pour it back again. " I shouldn't have the patience to do that so many times." " Then you will never be a successful candy-maker," said her aunt very decidedly. By this time the acetic acid had arrived, and the muchdesired chocolate creams were begun. " Be sure," said Aunt Jane, while the chocolate was melting, " to stir it only by constantly rubbing it one way, against the side of the pan. Don't stir it round and round. The main body of it should be disturbed just as little as possible." " Why wouldn't it do to use vanilla chocolate," said Rose, " and not put the vanilla in separately? " " Because, in the first place, it would be very expensive, and then you don't want sweetened chocolate to make candy of. Melting the sugar in it while it is cooking, is an important part of the process. Now, I think it will be firm enough. Suppose we try a ball, and if it is not, we can boil it a little more." But it was, and as it was necessary to keep it liquid, the pan was set over hot water at the back of the stove, the result being a most inviting-looking dishful of brown figures of various sorts ; for the girls, in defiance of the recipe, had exercised their taste in making cones, lozenges, pipe-steins and various fancy shapes, the rich liquid giving an impartial coating to all. " There's only one fault to be found with these things," said one of the boys, as he devoured the share which had been assigned to him, " there are not enough of them." [illustration: page number 46 SIX LITTLE COOKS] FOURTH DAY. u Girls, let us give them all a surprise to-morrow,'' whispered Aunt Jane mysteriously one evening. " Suppose we ask Rhoda to let us cook the breakfast." " All by ourselves? " asked Mabel with large eyes. " All by ourselves! That will be the joke of it. How astonished your papa and mamma will be to see a breakfast that their own little daughters have prepared for them ! They will think we are getting on famously." So they all stole out to the kitchen, and finding Rhoda in a good humor, the plan of operations was soon made. The recipes were as follows: No. 27 — YEAL HASH.