This section is from the book "The Peoria Women's Cook Book". See also How to Cook Everything.
Life's a mockery and cheat, So much you like and dassent eat. - Old Song.
1 quart milk,
2 cups sugar,
Juice of 3 lemons.
Freeze the milk slightly, then add the sugar and lemon juice and freeze hard. - Mrs. Wm. Heyl.
3 pints milk,
½ cup corn starch,
1 ¾ cups granulated sugar,
2 eggs,
½ cup chopped maple sugar.
Make a custard of milk, corn starch, granulated sugar, and eggs, Melt the maple sugar in a skillet and add to the custard while hot.
Mrs. A. S. Oakford.
Make a syrup of 6 cups of sugar. To this add the juice of 5 lemons, the juice of 12 good sized oranges and enough water to fill a gallon freezer. Before it become solid add the beaten whites of four eggs.
Mrs. P. R. McComas.
Four cups milk, 1 ½ cups sugar, 9 tablespoons lemon juice. When the milk is partly frozen add the mixed sugar and lemon juice.
Misses S. and E. Benton.
Two cans of grated pineapple, juice of 3 lemons, 1 qt. sugar and 1 pt. water boiled to a thick syrup, add ¼ box of gelatine and 2 pts. of water, when partly frozen add whites of 4 eggs beaten stiff.
Edna Westervelt, Fairbury, Ill.
Pick over, wash, drain and hull 1 qt. strawberries. Sprinkle with 1 cup sugar, cover and let stand 2 hours. Wash, squeeze through cheese cloth, add 1 cup water and lemon juice to taste. Freeze, using 3 parts finely crushed ice to one part rock salt. Ice prepared in this way retains color of fruit. - Mrs. M. J. Grieves.
1 can apricots, 1 qt. water, Juice of 2 lemons,
1 tablespoon gelatine,
2 large cups sugar.
Put apricots thru sieve. Dissolve gelatine in a little hot water. Mix all together and freeze. - Mrs. Moorehead.
Two eggs, ¾ cup of maple syrup, 1 pint whipped cream. Stir maple syrup with beaten eggs and heat, then cool and add cream. Save a little of the whipped cream for the top when serving. Chill thoroughly.
Mrs. A. E. Giles.
Yolks of 8 eggs, 1 cup or ½ lb. pulverized sugar. Beat these together until very light. 1 quart cream whipped until firm, then beat in the yolks and sugar. Flavor with vanilla. Pack in freezer and let stand 4or 5 hours without stirring. - Marie Huff, Wabash, Ind.
Yolks of 4 eggs beaten, 1 cup maple syrup. Cook until thick. When cold, add one pint of whipped cream and freeze.
Marie Huff, Wabash, Ind.
5 eggs,
2½ cups sugar,
2 qts. flour,
2 teaspoons vanilla.
Beat eggs and sugar together until light, add flour and enough water to make smooth batter, then thin out until it runs easy; lastly add vanilla. Have your cone griddles hot and bake. This recipe makes 50 cones.
Mrs. N. Paradise.
 
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