Blanc Mange

Ingredients

• one fourth cup Irish moss
• one pint milk
• one fourth teaspoon salt
• one half teaspoon vanilla flavoring

Method

1. 1

   Soak the Irish moss in cold water until soft; pick over, wash, tie in a lace bag, and put into a double-boiler with milk.

2. 2

   Boil until it thickens when dropped on a cold plate.

3. 3

   Strain and add salt and vanilla.

4. 4

   Turn into a mould that has been wet with cold water.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The school kitchen textbook (1915) by Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", page 144. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

blanc mange, simple puddings, and stewed fruits may be used. Recipe, No. 202. Hot Eggs for Invalids Place a small bowl, suitable for serving, in a pan of water just below the boiling point ; put in one teaspoon butter and let it run over the bottom and sides ; break in one or two eggs, add a bit of salt, and pepper if liked, and stir with a spoon till egg is mingled and tastes hot ; serve at once with toast or wafers. This is more acceptable to an invalid than is a cold raw egg, or a soft egg with the white, stringy and half cooked. 281 282 SCHOOL KITCHEN TEXTBOOK Recipe, No. 203. Beef Juice Broil half a pound of lean, juicy round steak, cut one inch thick, until each side is just seared and the juice will flow when cut. Divide into small pieces and press in a lemon squeezer (or a meat press if you have one). Put the juice into a hot cup and stand it in hot water ; stir till the liquid is hot, but do not let it boil or cook enough to curdle. Salt slightly and serve immediately. If you have the cup in hot water and work quickly, there will be no need of reheating juice. Recipe, No. 204. Blanc Mange Soak one fourth cup Irish moss in cold water until soft ; pick over, wash, tie in a thin lace bag, and put it into the double- boiler with one pint milk ; boil until it thickens when dropped on a cold plate. Add one fourth teaspoon salt, strain, and add one half teaspoon vanilla flavoring

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