This section is from the book "The Old And New Cook Book", by Martha Pritchard Stanford. Also available from Amazon: The old and new cook book.
1 1/2 cups sugar.
1 qt. hot milk.
2 tablespoons powdered sugar.
5 eggs.
1 teaspoon of vanilla.
Burn sugar in sauce-pan until it is brown, then stir in hot milk; pour this gradually over the beaten yolks of eggs and vanilla stirring all the time, put into a bowl, set in a pan of water and bake about 10 minutes. Make a meringue of whites of eggs and the powdered sugar, put on top of pudding, bake quickly a few minutes until brown; when cold serve with sweet cream.
8 eggs.
12 tablespoons flour.
1 qt. milk.
Beat eggs quickly, add flour and milk and bake at once. Serve with a hard sauce.
Yolks of 6 eggs.
6 ozs. sugar.
1/4 oz. gelatine.
2 1/2 doz. lady fingers.
1 pt. milk.
1 pt. sweet cream.
1 teaspoon vanilla.
Dissolve the gelatine in milk and put into a double boiler, when boiling add eggs and sugar beaten together, when thick strain and set aside to cool; then stir in the whipped cream and vanilla. Line the mould with lady fingers, trimming each side and end, put the cream into the mould and put a piece of white paper on top before putting on cover, then pack mould in ice and salt. Let it stand for 3 or 4 hours before serving.
1 pt. milk.
1 qt. whipped cream.
Yolks of 5 eggs.
1 tablespoon gelatine dissolved in milk.
1 cup sugar.
1 cup blanched almonds.
1 1/2 doz. lady fingers.
Boil the milk, with gelatine in double boiler, stir in the yolks creamed with sugar, when thick set aside to get cold. Line a dish with lady fingers; pour in the custard, with a layer of almonds and cream alternately, putting a thin layer of almonds on top. Put on ice until cold, then serve.
1 1/2 ozs. gelatine dissolved in 1/2 pt. water.
2 lemons. 5 cloves.
1 or 2 pieces cinnamon. 7 ozs. cut loaf sugar.
1 pt. water.
2 eggs, whites and shells. 1 gill white wine. 1 pt. champagne.
Put water on to boil with gelatine, spices (in a small muslin bag) sugar, juice of 2 and rine of 1 lemon and 1 gill wine, when this comes to a boil add the whites of eggs and shells and boil 5 minutes, then strain through a flannel several times. Set on ice to congeal, when nearly firm stir in the champagne. Serve when thoroughly congealed.
1 pt. cream.
1 pt. milk.
3 eggs.
1 teaspoon vanilla.
1/2 lb. sweet chocolate. 1/2 box gelatine. 1 cup sugar.
Boil the milk and cream with chocolate; when boiled stir in the eggs and sugar, put into double boiler and add gelatine, boil about 5 minutes longer, then take off and put aside to get cool, when nearly cold stir in vanilla, set on ice until congealed.
2 slices soaked bread. 1 pt. milk.
1/2 cake sweet chocolate. 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
4 eggs.
4 tablespoons sugar.
2 tablespoons butter.
Boil milk, stir in chocolate and butter, then pour this over the bread which has been mixed with eggs, sugar and vanilla. Bake 1/2 hour. Serve cold.
 
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