This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Two cups of sugar, one cup of water, whites of four eggs, two teaspoonfuls of vanilla, or one tablespoonful of lemon juice.
Make same as white mountain cream. This frosting, on account of the larger quantity of egg, does not stiffen so quickly as white mountain cream, therefore is more successfully made by the inexperienced.
 
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