Cherry Blanc-mange

Ingredients

• 1 quart of milk
• 1 tablespoon Crisco
• 1 cup cornstarch
• % cup cold milk
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups cherries
• 14 cup water
• 2 tablespoons sugar

Method

1. 1

   Put milk into a saucepan, add Crisco.

2. 2

   Mix cornstarch smoothly with cold milk; when the milk boils stir in cornstarch and stir for 10 minutes, then add sugar and vanilla.

3. 3

   Stew cherries until tender in water, add sugar.

4. 4

   Rinse out a mold with cold water, arrange cherries in the bottom, then put in some blanc-mange, then rest of cherries mixed with cornstarch.

5. 5

   Turn out when firm.

6. 6

   Serve with milk.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes (1913) by Marion Harris Neil, page 121. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cherry Blanc-mange Coffee *Cherry Blanc-mange—Put 1 quart of milk into a saucepan, add 1 table- spoon Crisco. Mix 1 cup cornstarch smoothly with % cup cold milk; when the milk boils stir in cornstarch and stir for 10 minutes, then add 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stew 2 cups cherries until tender in 14 cup water, add 2 table- spoons sugar. Rinse out a mold with cold water, arrange a few cherries in the bottom, then put in some blanc-mange, then rest. of cherries mixed with cornstarch. Turn out when firm. Serve with milk. July 29 Iced Tomato Bouillon *Swiss Steak Mashed Potato Egg Plant Fritters Lettuce Salad, Chiffonade Dressing Strawberry Parfait Coffee *Swiss Steak—1 pound steak, 1 cup flour, salt and pepper, 4 skinned tomatoes, 1 sliced onion, and water. Have steak cut 2 inches thick, and pound into it the flour. Put steak into a skillet, with 3 tablespoons Crisco and brown on both sides. Then cover with water, adding sliced onion, tomatoes sliced and cover closely and let simmer for 3 hours. Just before steak is done add salt and pepper to taste. When done, the gravy is already made and is delicious. July 30 Clear Soup * Planked Chicken Potato Croquettes Asparagus Tips Boiled Rice Pineapple Salad Vanilla Ice Cream Strawberry Sauce Coffee *Planked Chicken—2 spring chickens, 1 cup boiled rice, % pound mush- rooms, and 1 glass guava jelly. Stew 129 A Calendar of Dinners mushrooms; put chicken either in oven or under broiler, bone side to hottest part of fire. Heat and Crisco a plank; put chicken on, bone side down; sprinkle with melted Crisco, dust with salt and pepper and broil on board under gas for % an hour. Garnish with rice; pour over mush- rooms. Place at corners small bread patties, holding the guava jelly. July 31 *Baked Beans Finger Rolls Beet and Potato Salad Lemon Jelly, Whipped Cream Cafe Parfait *Baked Beans—Wash 2 quarts of small white beans, put them in a saucepan, cover with cold water; as soon as they come to a boil, drain; put them in a fireproof baking dish, add 4 tablespoons Crisco, 1 chopped onion, salt and pepper to taste and Y% teaspoon mustard, fill dish with boiling water, cover tight, and bake from 5 to 6 hours; add more water as required to keep from getting dry. They can be warmed over as needed. August 1 Brown Fricassee of Kidneys Summer Squash New Cabbage Salad *Blueberry Pie Coffee *Blueberry Pie—Line a deep per- forated tin with Crisco Plain Pastry; brush over with water or white of egg. Fill with floured blueberries; add sugar, Crisco, salt and vinegar. Allow 1 cup sugar to 3 cups berries, 1 tablespoon Crisco

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