[Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties by Janet McKenzie Hill]@TWC D-Link bookSalads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties PART II 28/30
Serve the rest of the cream in spoonfuls upon the chocolate in the cups. =Plain Chocolate.= Prepare as in preceding recipe, omitting the cream mixture and such portion of the chocolate as is desired. =Plain Cocoa.= INGREDIENTS. 4 teaspoonfuls of cocoa. 4 teaspoonfuls of sugar. 1 cup of boiling water, 1 cup of hot milk. Whipped cream, if desired. _Method._--Mix the cocoa and sugar, pour over the boiling water, and when boiling again add the hot milk; beat the whipped cream into the hot cocoa, or serve a spoonful upon the top of each cup. =Ceylon Cocoa.= Scald a two-inch piece of paper-bark cinnamon with the milk to be used in making the cocoa. =Sultana Cocoa.= Stem and wash half a pound of sultana raisins; let them stand, covered with one quart of boiling water, upon the back of the range an hour or more; filter the water through folds of cheese-cloth and use in making cocoa or chocolate. =Egg Lemonade.= INGREDIENTS. 1 egg. 4 tablespoonfuls of sugar. Juice of 2 lemons. 2 cups of water. _Method._--Beat the egg until white and yolk are well mixed; then beat in the sugar, the lemon juice and the water. =Fruit Punch.= INGREDIENTS. 1 pineapple. 4 cups of sugar. 3 cups of boiling water. 1 cup of tea, freshly made. 5 lemons. 6 oranges. 1 pint of strawberry or grape juice. 1/2 a pint of maraschino cherries. 1 bottle of Apollinaris water. 6 quarts of water. _Method._--Grate the pineapple, add the boiling water and the sugar, and boil fifteen minutes; add the tea and strain into the punch-bowl.
When cold add the fruit juice, the cherries and the cold water.
A short time before serving, add a piece of ice, and, on serving, the Apollinaris water.
Strawberries, mint leaves, or slices of banana may be used in the place of the cherries. =Punch a la Nantes.= INGREDIENTS. 2 pounds of rhubarb. 1 pint of water. 1 bay leaf. 1 cup of sugar. 1 cup of orange juice. 1/4 a cup of lemon juice. 1/4 a cup of ginger syrup. _Method._--Cut the rhubarb into pieces without peeling; add the bay leaf and water, and let simmer until the rhubarb is tender; strain through a cheese-cloth.
Boil the juice with the sugar five minutes.
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