The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-06-10
Useful Recipes.

SPANISH CREAM.-Se parate the
whites and yolks of four eggs and with
the yolks make boiled custard, adding
pint OF milk and sugar to taste. Set
one-third of box of gelatine to soak
in little cold water for a few minutes;
then dissolve it in three fourths OF
cup Of boiling water. When the Gus
tard has cooled add the gelatine water
and the whites of the eggs well beaten;
favor with vanilla. stir all together and
put into moulds. A pretty effect can
be obtained by using Coxe's pink gela-
tine.
CHOCOLATE BAvARIAN CREAM.-
Soak half box of gelatine in cold
water half an hour. Boil a pint of
milk, add the gelatine, two ounces Of
grated chocolate and stir until dissolv-
ed, then add half cup of sugar and a
teaspoonful of vanilla. Pour in a pan
and cool until it thickens, then add a
pint of whipped cream and pour in
mould. Serve with cream.
MACARoNI WITH TOMATOES This
dish may be prepared several hours
before using and makes good supper
without any accompaniment but gravy
or cream toast or bread and butter and
something suitable to drink. The
macaroni should be broken in con :
venient bits, dropped into hot broth,
water or stock, boiled half an hour, the
salt added at the last. Drain we'll and
put in a baking dish with alternate
layers of nicely seasoned and strained
tomatoes. with a few stale bread or
cracker crumbs stirred in if liked. The
bottom and top layers should be Of
macaroni, the latter dotted with butter
and covered with plate, which must
be removed in time for browning. Bake
about fifteen minutes and serve hot.
/ Strawberry SuERBET.-Juice Of
two quarts Of berries mashed and strain.
ed, equal quantities OF water, two
pounds of sugar, whites of tour eggs.
Mash the berries, cover with the sugar
let stand one hour or more. then press
out the juice, add the water and freeze.
| Add the whites of eggs last. Close
carefully and freeze again.
/ STRAWBERRY GRILLI.-Strawber-
ries, slices Of thin toast, sugar. butter.
Butter the toast generously and line
J with it the bottom and sides of china
dish, which can be set in the oven
The pieces of toast, made of stale bread
and cut quite thin, should be very well
} dried in toasting. They should be
! trimmed to 6t the dish nicely. Fill the
remaining space with stemmed straw
berries, packed closely. Sift plenty Of
sugar over aud among the berries and
set in q moderate oven for thirty
minutes or until the fruit has melted
good deal aud settled. 1t will be
found that they melt away SO much
that the dish must not only be packed
, but heaped, or it will not look well
when done. Serve very cold with
thick cream.
Strawberry SHoRTcAKE.-One
quart of -four. three heaping teaspoons
Of baking powder, or self-raising -four
sift together thoroughly and rub in one
ounce of butter; mix with a pint Of rich
milk, using 8 spoon. The mixture
will be softer than common pie crust
Do not try to mould or roll out thu
dough, but spread il on tins BY pattine
with the hands ill IL is about sn incl
) in thickness. Bake slowly until ths
, cakes have bad time to rise, then in
) crease the heat Split the cakes hot
: from the Oven. spread the halves liberal
=. y with good butter, and cover then
: with fruit previously weetsned; place
: one on the other, the upper half Feysrs'
led, Of course serve at once.