Snowdrift secrets

Put the sugar and water over the fire, stir until the sugar is dissolved, and then boil until the syrup spins a heavy strand. Pour slowly, while hot, into the whites of the eggs well beaten. Beat until cool. Melted chocolate may be added to this or chopped nuts or chopped fruit. PLAIN FROSTING White of 1 Egg 1 Saltspoonf ul Cream of Tartar 1 Cupful Pulverized Sugar Put the egg unbeaten into a bowl, add the cream of tartar; beat in the sugar and beat until smooth and creamy. Ice the cake while it is still warm. CHOCOLATE ICING 2 Squares (2 Ounces) Chocolate 1 Cupful Milk 1 Tablespoonful Snowdrift 1 Cupful Sugar 1 Teaspoonf ul Lemon Put all the ingredients into a saucepan and stir over the fire until it hardens when dropped into cold water. A half cupful of condensed milk mixed with a half cupful of water makes a better icing than plain milk. ORANGE ICING 1 Cupful Powdered Sugar 1 Tablespoonful Boiling Water Grated Rind of 1 Orange Grate the rind into the sugar, rub thoroughly. Add the water and stand the bowl over hot water until the sugar is moist, not melted. Use at once. SNOWDRIFT should not be hot enough to smoke PASTRY SNOWDRIFT PUFF PASTE Add a half teaspoonful of salt and a teaspoonful of sugar to three cupfuls of flour, sift; add a half cupful of cold Snowdrift. Chop with a knife until it is thoroughly mixed with the flour, and add sufficient ice water to just moisten, about a half cupful. Turn the paste on the baking board, roll to a thin sheet, spread over two tablespoonfuls of cold butter; fold in the sides, then the ends; roll the paste from you, fold and roll again. Stand this on the ice for fifteen minutes, then fold and roll twice. Stand again on the ice, and when cold it is ready to use. This paste, if properly made, is "short" and flaky. SNOWDRIFT PASTE (PIE CRUST) 3 Cupfuls Flour Add the salt and sugar to the flour. Make Cupful (6 Ounces) the Snowdrift very cold, cut it with an Snowdrift ordinary knife or spatula into the flour, Cupful Ice Water add gradually the water and mix until 1 Teaspoonful Sugar every part of the flour is moist but not 1 Teaspoonful Salt wet. Roll it out into a thin sheet, then fold in the sides and over the ends, turn the paste and roll it quickly again. Fold, roll again and again; stand it on the ice until thoroughly chilled and it is ready to use. LEMON MERINGUE Line a deep pie dish with Snowdrift Paste; brush the edge with water, put on the edge another layer of paste and stand the dish in a cold place while you make the filling. SNOWDRIFT is more 'wholesome than animal fat LEMON FILLING 1 Cupful Milk Heat the milk, add the flour moistened, 1 Lemon and stir until boiling. Take from the 3 Eggs fire and when cold add the grated yellow 2 Tablespoonfuls Flour rind of the lemon. Beat the yolks of the 1 Cupful Sugar eggs and the sugar together, add gradually the milk and the juice of the lemon. Pour the mixture into the lined pie dish and bake in a moderate oven a half hour. Beat the whites of the eggs until stiff, add three tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, beat until dry and glossy. Heap this over the top, dust with powdered sugar and put back into the oven just a minute to brown. PUMPKIN PIE