This section is from the book "The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book", by Fannie Merritt Farmer. Also available from Amazon: Original 1896 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.
(To be served with Vanilla Ice Cream)
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup sugar
6 tablespoons grated chocolate
1 tablespoon arrowroot 1/2 cup cold water Few grains salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Boil water and sugar five minutes. Mix chocolate with arrowroot to which water has been added. Combine mixtures, add salt, and boil three minutes. Flavor with vanilla, and serve hot.
1 square unsweetened chocolate 1 cup sugar l tablespoon butter 1/3 cup boiling water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Melt chocolate; add butter, and pour on gradually water. Bring to boiling-point, add sugar, and let boil five minutes, cool slightly, and add vanilla.
(To be served with Vanilla Ice Cream)
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup ground coffee
1/3 cup sugar
3/4 tablespoon arrowroot
Few grains salt
Scald milk with coffee, and let stand twenty minutes. Mix remaining ingredients, and pour on gradually the hot infusion which has been strained. Cook five minutes, and serve hot,
 
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