How To Make A Gooseberry Fool

Set two quarts of gooseberries on the fire, with a quart of water, and when they simmer, begin to plump and turn yellow, throw them into a cullender to drain off the water; then with the back of a spoon, squeeze the pulp through a coarse sleve into a dish.; add sugar enough to make them pretty sweet, and let them stand till they are cold: take two quarts of new milk, and the yolks of four eggs, beaten up with a little grated nutmeg; mix them together, put them into a sauce-pan, and stir the mixture gently over a flow fire : when it begins to simmer, take it off, and stir it into the goose berries by degrees; when it is cold it may be served up to the table. If you use cream, instead of milk, the eggs will be needless.

How To Make An Orange Fool

Take a pint of cream, a quarter of a pound of sugar, six eggs well beaten, and the juice of six oranges; mix them all together, put them into a sauce-pan, and keep the mixture stirring over a flow fire till it is thick: then take it off, put in a bit of butter, keep it stirring till it is cold, and then put it in a dish.

How To Make A Westminster Fool

Cut a penny loaf into thin dices, moisten them with sack, and lay them in the bottom of a dish; then take a quart of cream, fix eggs beaten up, two spoonfuls of rose-water, some grated nutmeg, and a blade of mace, with sugar enough to sweeten it : put all these into a sauce-pan, set it over a flow fire, and keep it stirring all the time to prevent a curdling; when it begins to be thick, pour it into the dish over the bread. Let it stand till it is cold.