Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-02-20
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| Hard kauce.
Two tablespoonfuls of butter; ten of gu
gar. Work this till white, then add wine
and spice to your taste.
Orange or Lemon Pudding.
Two large lemons or oranges; one pound
OF loaf sugar; four ounces of butter; one
pint of cream; nine eggs, a little rose wa
ter; CRATE the yellow part of the peel of the
fruit; squeeze the juice; mix the butter and
sugar thoroughly together; beat the eggs
WE'LL mix all the Ingredients, except the
juice, which must not be added until ready
to bake; line your dishes with rich paste,
and fill and bake threc-quarters of an hour
in moderate oven.
blanc Mango.
A pint OF cream, and quart of boiled
milk an ounce and half OF clarified ISM
glass stirred into the milk. Sugar to your
taste,
Flavor with lemon, orange, or rose water.
Let it boil, stirring it well, then strain into
moulds Three ounces of almonds pounded
to paste and added while boiling, is amin
provemcnt. 1t can be favored by boiling in
it vanilla bean, or stick of cinnamon.
Save the bean, it may do to use again.
Liquid Glue.
Prepare this article by dissolving glue in
boiling water, using only water enough to
reduce the glue to liquid form. 1t is then
removed from the fire and sufficient alcohol
poured in to bring it to the right consistency,
stirring 1t briskly. Keep 1t in battle with
piece of india rubber, or bladder tied over
the mouth, and will thus preserve its pro-
perties for years. 1t is thus always ready
for use without the trouble of preparing,
when wanted. In very cold weather it may
need 10 be warmed little.
Chicken Salad.
Cut the white meat of chickens into small
bits, with sharp knife, (afler they have
been BOXED, and the skin taken off, into
pieces the size of peas. Chop the white
parts of celery nearly as small Prepare
dressing thus: Rub the yolks of hard boiled
eggs smooth, to each yolk put half tea
spoonful of mustard; the same quantity of
salt tablespoonful of good sweet olive
oil, and wine glass of vinegar Mix the
chicken and celery in large bowl, and pour
over this dressing Add cayenne pepper to
taste If desired. The dressing NEST not be
put on till just before it is used. Bread and
butter and crackers are served with it.
Carrageen Blanc Mango Irish Moss
Take one teacup full of carrageen, or
Irish moss, after it has been carefully picked
over; wash it thoroughly in pearl-ash water
to take out the saline taste, then rinse it in
several waters; put it in tin pail, and pour
to it quart of milk; set the pail closely
covered, into kettle of boiling water; let
it stand until the moss thickens the milk /;
then strain through fine sieye sweeten
with powdered loaf sugar, and flavor with
rose or lemon [some boil piece Of vanilla
bean in it and sweeten while hoi]; wet the
the moulds in cold water, then pour in the
blanc mango, and set it in cool place. In
two or three hours, or when quite firm, it
may he used. Loosen the edges from the
moulds, and then turn it out in china or
glass plates. 1t may be served with pow
dered sugar and cream. This is very sim
pie and easily made; healthy, and pretty
desert or dish for tea, or refleshment any
time. Carrageen can be procured at almost
any druggists, and can be- kept in the house
for months.