[Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties by Janet McKenzie Hill]@TWC D-Link book
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties

PART II
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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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