Add cinnamon and lemon juice and rind to boiling water and let stand over low flame until ready to use. Soak gelatin in cold wa- ter for 5 minutes. Then add gelatin to hot mixture and stir well. Add sherry wine and sugar and strain through cheesecloth. Pour into mold and place in ice box until set. Serve with whipped cream if desired. Christening Cake 7 eggs % pound butter 4 cups flour 4 cups sugar 2 heaping teaspoons baking powder 3 teaspoons nutmeg 1 cup sherry 1 cup chopped pecans 1% pounds raisins✪ Christening Cake Cream butter and sugar together until well blended. Separate the eggs and beat yolk un- til light and lemon colored, then add to but- ter and sugar and mix thoroughly. Sift flour, baking powder and nut- meg together and add alternately with the sher- ry wine. Add raisins and pecan meats. Fold // in the stiffly beaten egg whites /) and bake in a large well- buttered cake pan in slow oven (300° F.) for 4 hours. Some Southern homes make quite an event of the "Guest Breakfast" which frequently consists of fruit, chicken hash, hot cakes, sausage, corn bread, pie and coffee . . . and then there is that celebrated ritual known as the "Kentucky Break fast" which is said to consist of a big beefsteak, a quart of bourbon and a houn dog . . . the dog eats the beefsteak. 48 THE SOUTHERN COOK BOOK Mint Julep Few folks agree as to what should constitute a really good mint julep. The controversy dates back to Captain Marryat who contended that he had learned how to make the real julep with fair success. Following his instruc- tions, we do not crush the sprigs of tender mint shoots, we use a little sugar and equal portions of peach and common brandy, and we fill our glass with shaved ice. "Stalactites" of ice will form on the tumbler; and as the ice melts, we drink. A Georgia writer of fifty years ago summed up the matter thus: "The mint julep still lives, but is by no means fashionable. Somehow the idea has gotten abroad that the mint ought to be crushed and shaken up with water and whisky in equal proportions. No man can fall in love with such a mixture." Then there is the Kentucky colonel who advises crushing the mint within the glass until no place has been left untouched. We are then to throw away the mint; in so doing, "it is a sacrifice." This is "the one way of perfection" in concocting this "most delectable libation of man." For each glass of mint julep, dissolve two lumps of sugar in enough water to form a sort of oily syrup. In a glass crush a few sprigs of tender mint shoots until most of the mint es- sence has been extracted. Remove the mint from the glass; fill the glass with cracked ice, and pour in the quantity of Bourbon desired. Allow the Bourbon to become thoroughly chilled and then add the heavy sugar syrup. Let the glass stand for a few moments, not stirring it at all. Place sprigs of fresh mint around the rim of the glass ; serve immediately. Planter's Punch (See the World Through Rose-Colored Glasses) Dissolve a tablespoonful of sugar in a large glass, add one wineglassful of Jamaica rum, one-half wineglassful of good brandy. Squeeze into this the juice of one-half lemon and a lit- tle pineapple juice. Pour into tall glass and then fill glass with shaved ice✪ Planter's Punch and mix thor- oughly with a spoon. The glass should be frosted when the drink is served.

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Add cinnamon and lemon juice and rind to boiling water and let stand over low flame until ready to use. Soak gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes. Then add gelatin to hot mixture and stir well. Add sherry wine and sugar and strain through cheesecloth. Pour into mold and place in ice box until set. Serve with whipped cream if desired. Christening Cake 7 eggs % pound butter 4 cups flour 4 cups sugar 2 heaping teaspoons baking powder 3 teaspoons nutmeg 1 cup sherry 1 cup chopped pecans 1% pounds raisins Cream butter and sugar together until well blended. Separate the eggs and beat yolk until light and lemon colored, then add to butter and sugar and mix thoroughly. Sift flour, baking powder and nutmeg together and add alternately with the sherry wine. Add raisins and pecan meats. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites and bake in a large wellbuttered cake pan in slow oven (300° F.) for 4 hours. Some Southern homes make quite an event of the "Guest Breakfast" which frequently consists of fruit, chicken hash, hot cakes, sausage, corn bread, pie and coffee . . . and then there is that celebrated ritual known as the "Kentucky Break fast" which is said to consist of a big beefsteak, a quart of bourbon and a houn dog . . . the dog eats the beefsteak. Mint Julep Few folks agree as to what should constitute a really good mint julep. The controversy dates back to Captain Marryat who contended that he had learned how to make the real julep with fair success. Following his instructions, we do not crush the sprigs of tender mint shoots, we use a little sugar and equal portions of peach and common brandy, and we fill our glass with shaved ice. "Stalactites" of ice will form on the tumbler; and as the ice melts, we drink. A Georgia writer of fifty years ago summed up the matter thus: "The mint julep still lives, but is by no means fashionable. Somehow the idea has gotten abroad that the mint ought to be crushed and shaken up with water and whisky in equal proportions. No man can fall in love with such a mixture." Then there is the Kentucky colonel who advises crushing the mint within the glass until no place has been left untouched. We are then to throw away the mint; in so doing, "it is a sacrifice." This is "the one way of perfection" in concocting this "most delectable libation of man." For each glass of mint julep, dissolve two lumps of sugar in enough water to form a sort of oily syrup. In a glass crush a few sprigs of tender mint shoots until most of the mint essence has been extracted. Remove the mint from the glass; fill the glass with cracked ice, and pour in the quantity of Bourbon desired. Allow the Bourbon to become thoroughly chilled and then add the heavy sugar syrup. Let the glass stand for a few moments, not stirring it at all. Place sprigs of fresh mint around the rim of the glass ; serve immediately. Planter's Punch (See the World Through Rose-Colored Glasses) Dissolve a tablespoonful of sugar in a large glass, add one wineglassful of Jamaica rum, one-half wineglassful of good brandy. Squeeze into this the juice of one-half lemon and a little pineapple juice. Pour into tall glass and then fill glass with shaved ice and mix thoroughly with a spoon. The glass should be frosted when the drink is served.

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