This section is from the book "The Laurel Health Cookery", by Evora Bucknum Perkins. Also available from Amazon: The Laurel Health Cookery.
Beat whites of 2 eggs, add powdered sugar till creamy; then add 3 tablespns. cream and 1 cup grated pineapple; serve with Irish moss or gelatine blanc mange.
Boil 1/2 - 3/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water 5 m, add 1 cup cranberry juice and boil again. Thicken with 1 teaspn. corn starch, add a few drops lemon extract and 1 teaspn. melted butter. Strawberry or rose extract may be used instead of lemon.
1/2 cup grape, black raspberry or other fruit juice 1/3 - 1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspn. lemon juice
1 egg
1/3 - 1/2 cup sugar
Heat juice, the first sugar and lemon juice nearly to boiling; pour, stirring, over egg (in double boiler) which has been beaten with the last sugar. Cook, stirring, a moment or two, to just thicken but not to curdle the egg; serve hot or beat until cold. 1/4 cup cream-whipped, may be added.
Beat white of egg stiff, then beat in gradually any desired jelly. 1-1 1/2 tablespn. powdered sugar may be added to the egg before the jelly, and 2 tablespns. cream, plain or whipped. This sauce will keep on ice for several hours.
Steep, not boil, 2 tablespns. cocoanut in 1 pt. of milk for 20 m., strain and use milk in white or foamy white sauce.
Heat cream and sugar nearly to boiling in double boiler. Remove from fire, add fine diced bananas and serve at once. A little vanilla may be added. Serve over popovers, molded farina, rice or plain tapioca pudding.
1 egg
1/2 cup sugar, granulated or powdered
1/2, cup cream
1/3 cup milk
1/2 teaspn. vanilla
Put ingredients all together and beat until thick as whipped cream.
1 cup cream 1/2 - 1 teaspn. vanilla
1/2 cup sugar white of 1 egg
Whip cream until quite stiff, add sugar and vanilla, finish whipping, chop in stiffly-beaten white of egg. May beat fresh fruit or fruit jelly into white before adding to cream.
1/2 pt. cream 1 1/2 cup mashed strawberries
1/2 cup sugar white of 1 egg
Whip cream, add half the sugar, berries, and white of egg stiffly-beaten with remainder of sugar.
1/2 cup cooking oil 1/4 cup cream
1/2 cup sugar flavored with oil of lemon 2-2 1/2 tablespns. lemon juice
Beat the oil and sugar to a thick cream; when very light add cream a little at a time, stir over boiling water if necessary to make the sauce smooth and creamy, add lemon and serve.
1 cup sour cream a few drops almond extract
1/4 - 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 teaspn. vanilla
Beat cream and sugar together until light and add flavoring.
2 eggs
1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespn. cream
1/2 teaspn. vanilla or a few drops lemon extract or 1 or 2 drops of rose
Beat whites stiff with a trifle of salt, add sugar, beat until smooth; chop in lightly, yolks, cream and flavoring. Do not let stand. Nice for plum and other puddings.
 
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