This section is from the book "The Myrtle Reed Cook Book", by Myrtle Reed. Also available from Amazon: The Myrtle Reed Cook Book.
Sweeten heavily three cupfuls of strong hot coffee and add half a package of gelatine which has been soaked and dissolved. Mould in a border mould and at serving-time fill the centre with whipped cream sweetened and flavored to taste.
Melt half a cake of bitter chocolate in a quart of milk and thicken with yolks of seven eggs beaten with ten tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Add half a package of gelatine which has been soaked and dissolved. Strain, mould, and chill.
Heat a pint of milk with a pinch of soda, add a cupful of sugar, the yolks of three eggs well-beaten, and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Cook until smooth and thick, stirring constantly, then add half a package of gelatine which has been soaked and dissolved. When cool but not set, fold in the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs, mould, and chill.
Rub a can of apricots through a sieve and cook to a smooth paste with half a cupful of maraschino, the juice of two lemons, and half a cupful of sugar, add a package of gelatine which has been soaked and dissolved, mould, chill, and serve.
Cut fine two oranges and four bananas, sweeten to taste, and add a little wine. Pour over one-half package of acidulated gelatine which has been soaked and dissolved, and chill. Cut into squares and serve with whipped cream or boiled custard. Other fruits may be used in the same way.
Cut a pound and a half of rhubarb into inch lengths and cook slowly until tender, sweetening with brown sugar. Add a package of gelatine soaked and dissolved, using as little water as possible. Mould and chill.
Cook a pint of white currants until soft in thin syrup to cover. Add the juice of a lemon and a package of gelatine soaked and dissolved in two cupfuls of water. Mould, chill, and serve.
Make a strong hot lemonade, and, if desired, add a little of the grated peel. Stiffen with gelatine which has been soaked and dissolved, allowing half a package to each scant quart of liquid.
Soak a package of gelatine in a cupful of cold water and dissolve by gentle heat. Add to four cupfuls of wine heavily sweetened, mould, and chill. Coffee or fruit-juice may be used instead of the wine and the stiffly beaten whites of four or five eggs may be folded in just before the mixture begins to set. Strawberry, raspberry, cherry, lemon, orange, maraschino, kirsch, chocolate, pineapple, and numberless other jellies may be made in the same way. Fresh or preserved fruit, small sponge cakes, or candied fruit may be moulded in these jellies.
Thicken a quart of boiling milk with the yolks of eight eggs beaten with ten tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar. Strain, flavor with vanilla, and add half a package of gelatine which has been soaked and dissolved. Mould, chill, and serve with whipped cream.
 
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