The Somerset reporter., 1900-04-12

Simple Means of Making Them as
Small or as Large an You Please.
Sweet Easter Eggs, Chocolate
BOOSTERS and Candy Rabbits.
To vary the monotony of the time hon
ored Easter eggs dyed red, green and
blue and all piled together in gaudy ar
ray, here is suggestion which mother
or big sister may follow to the delight
of the smaller persons in the family.
The hens egg has come to be such a
common affair that even cookbooks use
it as a butter measure. How delightful
ii would be If one might add real birds
eggs to the Easter collection This of
course is out of the question at such
time of year. The only way to vary the
size of an egg is to take it out of the
she'll
This done, you can make it as small as
you please. The yolks and white must be
separated for this process of making ar
tifcial birds eggs. Then one needs a
number of tiny cotton or flannel bags. the
smallest no larger than the yolk of
birds egg and the others growing larger
until they reach nearly the size of hens
egg These are for the yolks. and into
each is dropped enough OF the yolk of the
original hens egg to fill it. All the bags
are carefully fastened up and put into
boiling water for about ten minutes. The
whites are then put into bags correspond
ingly larger THAI those which hold the
yolks and into each is put the tiny yolk
which belongs to it after its removal
from the bag in which il was boiled. The
new eggs are then tied and put into boil
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are done, they will represent all sizes of
eggs. from tiny canary's egg to that of
big. old hen. They may not be oval in
shape, but even round or poorly formed
ones will delight the children from pure
novelty.
Those who understand making French
candy may make delightful collection
of sweet Easter eggs Once the fondant
is made the task is easy and the possible
variety infinite.
Here is the recipe for making fondant:
Take a cup of sugar and half cup of
water, Boil together till it hairs" and
set out to cool. Then wash your hands
thoroughly and work the srup until it
becomes white and soft This will keep
almost indefinitely. but it is better when
fresh
For the yolk of an egg use grated lemon
rind, working it into the fondant with the
fingers. Then cover this with white and
smooth it down into an oval shape, and
there you have the first candy egg.
To make a brown egg melt some choco-
late and roll the white in it. Imitation
speckled birds eggs may be made by
sprinkling a little spice on the outside of
a tiny white egg These also may be
graduated in size like the real eggs first
described, and they are much less trouble.
The beauties of the chocolate Easter
egg may be greatly enhanced by the ad
dltion of decoration done In white after
such patterns as the imagination can sug-
gest and the ingenuity execute. 1t may
be done with ordinary cake frosting. but
the white fondant is the best. Some of
those in the stores have hens and little
chickens done in white over the ehoco-
late. Rabbits are not hard to initiate, be-
cause their long ears go great way in
producing the general effect, aud if the
rest is not perfect at least the attempt is
recognizable.
One of the great attractions of the
Easter counter is a monstrous chocolate
rooster which il would take weeks even
for the boarding school girl to eat. 1t is
more than life size and sells-that is, il
anybody buys him-for the enormous
price of S15.-Denyes News.