Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-12

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good-si-ed cups.
too, and as thick as even the most modern
heart could wish; the thickness coming net
from the abundance Of the chocolate Itself,
but from the cornstarch which IS the secret
If the preparation. Shave the two squares
Of chocolate fine and s6d enc pint Of hcs
water. When dissolved add one scaat tea
cupfui Of brown sugar and enc pint Of milk,
and stir freQueEtly-I might say incesSant-
ly. Then dissolve two heayiag teaspoonfuls
OF cornstarch in half capfcl Of milk, and
as soon as the chocolate boils stir 4 In. OF
course any enc who cooks much viii Under
stand that il is well 20 put two or three tea
spoonfuis Of the hot mixture into the cold
milk in which the cozrstsrch Is dissolved.
and then put an together. This avoids any
chance of humps. Let the whole oo1 Up
once and the cooking is done
Now take enc whole egg. break It into
quart bowl and pour or il half crpful Of
hot, though not boiling water, end beae
thoroughly with En- sgg-6eater. a quart
bowl seems large to Accommodate enc small
egg and hall a cupful OF water, but tho
amount of foam produced by that simple
combination is perfectly amazing. hsvo
often thought that with the addition Of
sugar and sherry il would make an ex-
celleut sauce Cor padding for gcod-si-ed
family.
Just as the chocolate is 70 be served put
this foam IN the pitcher before pouring IN
the chocolate, ressrving part OF the foam
for the top Chocolate, OF course. must bo
cooked II granite or porcelain ware
In this age Of ways aud means i nay Be
useful 10 some 70 know how tEso sisters
made an income fer themselves from know
ing this very siupie.recipe. Il was TIC old,
old story with them of an unexpected bank
failure and cashier seeking tAefriencly
shores of Cauada--oDly another newspspes
paragraph 90 many OF Us, but 20 them a
very serious loss. SO when the storm had
broken and they began % think CT what they
could do best. they came 20 tho c0ncluSioa
that they could do nothing SO well Is ~
make Vienna chocolats, ever wh.ch their
large circle of friends had always Taved,
singlv and IN chorus. Tho friends nigat
have il royv whenever they wished, by pays
ing for il at ten cents a cup. 50 the sisters
wen: 20 the proprietor Of 9 popular fancy
store downtown (this was ia enc OF ous
large cities) and secured room IN the reas
of the store fer G-few tables aad chairs. and
then advertised their famous chocolate. to
be had between. the hours OF eleven ard
two each day, with rolls acconpapying II
one wished.
And really the chocolate Yas so gocd
that il soon ted more than q LEGAL reput2.
ton. Ladies shopping found it Just tbs
thing 10 stop and get = cup Of their fagorita
beverage, served In dainty china; and 70
they wished change from the teg1ist.sn
Vienna roll. they could elwsys bring any
thing they wished purchased es conven-
tent bakery near by. IL helped the fancy
store, TOO. People coming in - drink re-
NAMED 70 buy. And, Of course, very ottaa
people coming in TO buy ror1ainedto drink,
seeing the cory room, the foaming cups (nos
metapnorical), and often many OF their
friends already gathered in there.
1t is not my intention TO give q fun de-
scription Of al tho sisters work-tbeiF ex-
penses, successes Cnd sometimes failures.
They have made IN excellent income u is
for some time, as any one cGa sec who hg-
ures for himself The rent was very little,
a. il was help in the way Of business 70
the store. And the china chairs and spro
OF tho tables they had when the smash
came. For the rest ittlo extra tables aro
Lot expensive, and they made The chocolats
on their own oiLstove behind q screen.
Chocolate can be bought IN sor7e citses for
thir,y-eight cents double pacieagas tsoagh
in most places I believe e Is fifty. a two
squares viii make eight cBpfuls and thsre
are sixteen squares in each double package,
it win DO seen that the result for each pscig-
age is sfxty-fOur cupful8. Tho other ingfe-
dents are far from dear.
Besides the store. the sisters have oftan
also Oiled orders for luucheo1s and after
noon teas. and thsir business does 30.
show any signs o. diInirishing; for choco-
late is an extremely heaith;ul drink. IL Is
only another form OF cocoa Or, as y sEoGlI
be written. cacao. which - 50 ofaeu given 70
luvaIfds on account az is n0uriahing
Qualities. Irdeed the word chocol ats is
simply chocolate, the Mexican name fer The
cacao tree, sort Of evergreen which gTovEs-
Wild In Brazil AID Central. AEeTiea snd
which produces pods shaped Ike cucJ.n-
bers and con attaining beans about the size CT
large almonds.
The difference between coca and cbcoc-
late as prcpared for tha market IL this.
For the former the seeds after they arc
taken from tie pod are dried q the SUI and
then MADE iafo paste or sometimes
crushed between rollers which makes
fake COCOA. Fer tao latter TIC bc1os ara
gently roasted. shels9. ard rsstuoc5 10
q paste. aad then rice, starch, clsuauno1 c.
vanilla Gre aasczf 70 e.
Ihaye f-iend % whom j Sace offered
the recipe f2r Vioasa chocosase (she bast
never tasted arr made IN that way) sd
she almost took Ky bre9tal away ~ replying
that size dian = want sny better recipe than
the one she rad OF course a soon - re-
covered 1 ss<e3 for hers, sHd here l. Is Is
viii DC seen that il - VERY simple, Ett1org
Is httls secret IA tie preparation, zoo,
which IL a. egg-Ds4ter.
Chocolate fous sYGEr&- : WsyJ-
For every 40 csptz.s fr0t large cupf12s
either, bat ths tA3u15se E4zs We nse - altar
noon teasJ take one square C choco3ats ana
add cue tszrzptaI Of bot water. Ehon -
has dissolved sta &C tnsczpfgI q Elk.
and sugar 70 taste, ss6 tEsa stlz, keep On
stirring 80 youT paesEce gives CO, esd
then le, Il boil fe~ Ul4Eutes ard ssl1 sslr.
Then favor with vanilla AID sppiYf1s sgg-
sczteF gig1roosiy.
To reszlt IS good, excoeGlsTly Rod. e..
! tflEk = really needs . sg,ooes - Of Warped
cream for e4cn cuYfzL l. wlil e Eesa tsss
ta1s recipe even w1iAo1. - ereas1 = sSgss
{ vice a. erp,eazivs as tbs etEsr. Y09 pay
your rzo1.sy 4ad ia tzks .czrc1gL1s. --Se@a
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