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The thorough good cook

1895

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Presented as published in 1895. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Strain the juice of five lemons over the rind of two. Add half a pound of loaf-sugar, and let remain for an hour or two. Add a pint of thick cream and half a pint of sherry or raisin wineLemon Syllabub, strain, and then whisk until the mixture is well frothed. Pour the syllabub into glasses, and let it stand ten or twelve hours before being served. The whisking takes thirty or forty minutes. 15. Lemon "Whey. Put a quart of milk into a saucepan. When it boils, pour in four tablespoonfuls of lemon-juiceLemon Whey : add more if this does not effectually turn the milk. Let it boil up, then put it in a bowl to settle ; strain and sweeten, and add a little hot Avater if the Avhey is too acid to be agree- able. ICES AXD DlilXKS. 451 16. Lemonade, Effervescing. Boil two pounds of loaf sugar in a jiint of strained lemon- juiceLemonade, Effervescing until the sugar is dissolved. Pour the syrup out, and when it is cold, put it into bottles and cork closely. When wanted for use, put a tablespoonful into a tumbler three-parts full of cold wat«r ; stir- in briskly twenty grains of carbonate of soda, and drink during efiervescence. 17. Lemonade, Still. Boil a quart of water with three-quarters of a pound of loaf-sugar, and pour the syrup over the rind of six lemons. Let them soak for two or three hours. Add the strained juice of the lemons and two quarts of AvateLemonade, Stillr. Pass the whole through a jelly-bag, and serve in glass jugs. 18. Persian Sherbet. Pick a pound of ripe strawberries, and bruise them "well with the back of a wooden spoon. Put them into a basin, with a fresh lemon cut into thin slices, and a tea- spoonful of orange-flower water; and pour over them a quart of cold water. Let them remain for three hours, then strain the liquid through muslin, and squeeze the fruit well, to make it yield as much juice as possible. Mix with the juice a pound of refined loaf sugarPersian Sherbet, and stu' it until the sugar is dissolved; then strain it again, and place the vessel containing the sherbet on ice until it is wanted for use. Another Way. Mix two ounces of bi-carbonate of soda with two ounces of tartaric acid and four ounces of powdered loaf sugar. DD 2 452 THE THOBOUGn GOOD COOK. Flavour tlie mixture with thirt}- drops of the essence of lemon, and add two or three drops of any slight perfume. Keep the powder in a closely-stoppered bottle. When wanted for use, mix a teaspoonful in half a tumbler of water. 19. Turkish Sherbet. Boil two pounds of loaf-sugar with a pint and a half of water to a clear syrup. Skim carefully, and pour it into a bowl. When cold, stir it into a pint and a half of strained lemon-juice, and one quart of white veal stockTurkish Sherbet, clear and strong. Serve in glasses. 20. Coffee, Francatelli's Way. The simplest, the easiest, and the most effectual means to produce Avell-made coffee is to procure a percolator. Put the coffee in the well, place the perforated presser upon it, and then pour in the boiling water gently and gradually, until the quantity required is completed; put the lid on the percolator, and set it by the fire to run through. By strict attention to the foregoing instructions, excellent coffee will be produced in a few minutes — the proportions being one ounce of coffee to a large breakfast- cup of water. (See also p. 68.) 21. Coffee, Soyer's Way.