Orange Float

Ingredients

• one quart of water
• the juice and pulp of two lemons
• one coffeecupful of sugar
• four tablespoonfuls of cornstarch
• the beaten whites of three eggs

Method

1. 1

   When boiling hot, add four tablespoonfuls of cornstarch.

2. 2

   Let it boil fifteen minutes, stirring all the time.

3. 3

   When cold, pour it over four or five oranges that have been sliced into a glass dish and over the top spread the beaten whites of three eggs, sweetened and flavored with vanilla.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 235. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ORANGE FLOAT. To MAKE orange float, take one quart of water, the juice and pulp of two lemons, one coffeecupful of sugar. When boiling hot, add four table- spoonfuls of cornstarch. Let it boil flfteen minutes, stirring all the time. When cold, pour it over four or flve oranges that have been sliced into a glass dish and over the top spread the beaten whites of three eggs

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