Add
1/2 teaspoon salt and
1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice. Cool
and fold in
1 cup cream beaten stiff.
BOILED ORANGE FROSTING
Put
1 cup sugar and
1/4 cup water in a small saucepan.
Stir until sugar is dissolved and
boiling point is reached. Do not stir after it
boils. Wash down sides
of saucepan with pastry brush dipped in cold water
to prevent formation
of crystals. Cook until syrup spins a 4 inch
thread when dropped from
spoon held at least 8 inches above pan. Pour
slowly onto
2 egg yolks beaten until thick and lemon
colored, beating constantly
with egg beater until mixture will hold its shape,
then add
Few gratings orange rind and
1/2 tablespoon orange juice and spread
on cake
2 egg whites may be used instead of egg yolks if preferred.
ICED COFFEE WITH VANILLA
Add to
6 cups cold boiled or percolated coffee
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup cream and
Sugar to taste. Serve in tall glasses
with
Cracked ice.
[Illustration: Iced coffee]
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MENU III
Tomato Consomme with Pearls
Cream Muffins
Club Sandwich with Sweetbreads
Pickled Ripe Cucumber Rings
Apricots with Cream and Nut Brittle
Ginger Puffs
Spiced Tea
PRELIMINARY PREPARATIONS
Pickled ripe cucumber rings prepared in the fall or
purchased in bottles,
or other sweet pickle or olives
Consomme ready to reheat
Sweetbreads cooked, cucumber sliced into ice water,
and lettuce washed
Dry ingredients for cream muffins mixed
Apricots cooked in syrup and nut brittle made
Ginger puffs made and frosted
If tea is to be served iced, it may be prepared
MARKET ORDER
1 pair sweetbreads 1/2 pound bacon 1/2 pint cream 1 pint milk 1/2 pound butter 6 eggs 1 head lettuce 1 cucumber 3 ounces nut meats 1 quart can tomatoes 1 pint chicken stock or 2 chicken bouillon cubes 1 can apricots 1 loaf bread Pickles or olives 1/2 cup pearl tapioca 1/2 pint mayonnaise dressing 1 cream cheese 1/2 pound confectioners’ sugar 1 ounce tea 2 lemons
TOMATO CONSOMME WITH PEARLS
Soak
1/2 cup pearl tapioca over night in
1 quart cold water. Cook in same
water until tender and clear.
Drain liquor from
1 quart can tomatoes, add
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon paprika
1 pint chicken stock or 2 chicken bouillon
cubes dissolved in 1
pint water. Wash
2 eggs, slightly beat the whites and add
whites and shells to the soup.
Stir until soup boils, boil 2 minutes, remove from
heat and let stand 20 minutes. Strain through
double cheesecloth, add tapioca drained from water
and rinsed. Reheat and serve in bouillon cups.
A bit of
Red coloring may be added to intensify
the color.