This section is from the book "The Bride's Cook Book", by Ralph P. Merritt. Also available from Amazon: Larousse Gastronomique.
Boil 3/4 cup of sirup from DEL MONTE Canned Sliced Peaches, 1/2 cup of sugar or 2/3 cup of corn sirup, and 1 1/2 cups of water for 3 minutes, add the juice of 2 oranges, cool, and freeze. When nearly done add 3/4 cup (1/3 can) of the sliced peaches, pack, and allow to stand for at least 2 hours to ripen.
Put 6 halves of DEL MONTE Canned Peaches on 6 rounds of stale cake, toasted, pour over the juice of 1 lemon, 1/4 cup of sirup from the peaches and sprinkle with nutmeg.
Drain and arrange 3/4 cup (1/3 can) of DEL MONTE Canned Sliced Peaches in individual greased molds, pack with boiled rice, cover, and steam 15 minutes. Turn out of molds and serve with hot sirup from the peaches.
Dissolve 1 envelope of softened gelatin in 1 1/2 cups of boiling water, add the sirup from 1 can of DEL MONTE Canned Peaches and the juice of 1 orange. Pour into wet mold and let aside until firm.
Beat 5 egg yolks until light, add 1/3 cup of sirup from DEL MONTE Canned Sliced Peaches and fold in 5 stiffly beaten egg whites. Melt 1 tablespoon of fat in a frying pan and tip the pan so that it is thoroughly greased. Pour in the omelet mixture and bake. Spread one-half with DEL MONTE Canned Sliced Peaches, drained, and fold like an omelet. Turn out on a platter, garnish with more of the peaches and serve immediately.
Make a mush of 1/2 cup of cream of barley and 2 cups of boiling, salted water. Just before serving add 3/4 cup (1/3 can) of drained DEL MONTE Canned Sliced Peaches to the hot mush. Serve with the sirup from the peaches or with cream.
Make a mush of 1 1/2 cups of boiling salted water and 3/4 cup of oatmeal, add 1/2 cup of peach juice, place one-half a DEL MONTE Canned Peach in the bottom of individual wet molds, fill with mush and when cold and firm turn out and serve.
 
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