This section is from the "The Hostess Of To-Day" book, by Linda Hull Larned. Also available from Amazon: The hostess of to-day.
10 cts.
A: 2 cs. boiling milk, add to 3 eggs slightly beaten with 1/4 c. sugar browned in a sauce-pan, dash salt, 1/2 tsp. butter, 1 tsp. vanilla ; 13 : Caramel Sauce No. 58 (Lobster Bisque)(5. Fill moulds with A, bake in pan of hot water until firm, when cold turn out on plates and serve with B.
30 cts.
A : 1 qt. chestnuts blanched, 1/2 c. sugar, 1 c. water, 3-inch stick cinnamon ;
B : 1/4 c. strong, black, hot coffee, poured over 2 beaten eggs. Cook A until tender, add B, and serve when cold.
24 cts.
A : 1 pt. boiled chestnuts, mashed smooth, with grated rind of 1 lemon, add to Boiled Custard No. 585 (Boiled Custard), and 1 tsp. lemon-juice and grating of nutmeg ;
B : 1/2 c. cream, whipped stiff.
Mix A, turn into sherbet-glasses ; when cold, cover with
B and serve.
40 cts.
A : 1 qt. chestnuts, boiled and mashed, 3 tbsps. powdered sugar, dash salt, 3 tbsps. cream, 1 tsp. vanilla, 4 tbsps. sherry ;
B : 1 c. cream, whipped stiff, 2 tbsps. powdered sugar, 2 of Maraschino or sherry, and 1/2 tsp. vanilla. Press A into a border-mould ; when cold, turn out, garnish with candied fruit, fill centre with B, and serve.
18 cts.
A : 1 c. pearl tapioca, soak in 2 cs. cold water until water is absorbed ;
B : 1 pt. canned cherries ;
C : Whipped Cream Sauce No. 597 (Whipped Cream Sauce).
Cook A with syrup from B 1/2 an hour, add cherries, turn into mould ; when cold serve with C.
15 cts.
A : 1 pt. milk, 3 tbsps. powdered sugar, 3 tbsps. cornstarch dissolved in cold milk, 1/8 tsp. salt;
B : 1 c. cocoanut, whites of 3 eggs, beaten stiff; C : Boiled Custard No. 585 (Boiled Custard).
Boil A 10 m. add B, turn into moulds; when cold, serve with C.
18 cts.
A : 1/2 lb. dates, stoned, chopped, and cooked in 1/2 c. boiling water;
B : 5 egg-whites, beaten stiff, 1/4 c. sugar, 1 tbsp. lemon-juice, and dash salt; C : Boiled Custard No. 585 (Boiled Custard), or whipped cream.
Mash A until smooth, add B, pour in buttered dish. bake 25 m., and serve cold with C.
12 cts.
A : 1/3 box gelatine soaked and dissolved in 1 c. water ;
B : 1 c. apple-pulp, juice of 1 lemon, or orange-pulp and juice, or peach-pulp and 1 tsp. bitter almond extract, or bananas and lemon-juice, and § c. sugar ;
C : 1 c. cream whipped, or whites of 3 eggs beaten very stiff ;
D : Boiled Custard No. 585 (Boiled Custard).
Add A to B, when cool add C, turn into moulds, and serve with D.
70 cts.
A : 1/2 c orange-juice, \ c. sherry, 2 tbsps. Maraschino or rum, 4 tbsps. powdered sugar;
B : 4 oranges, 1/2 lb. Malaga grapes, 3 bananas, 1 grapefruit arranged in layers and small squares wine jelly ; or
A : 2 oranges, 1 grape-fruit, -2 tart apples cut in dice, 1/2 can imported brandied cherries, same of Weisbaden strawberries or fresh strawberries ;
B : 2 tbsps. each rum, Maraschino, and powdered sugar.
Add A to B and serve very cold. A very pretty way is to serve this on a foundation of Lemon Ice No. 639 (Water Ice).
 
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