Foamy Sauce

What and how much. Butter Powdered sugar

Egg Vanilla

2 tablespoonfuls I cup

1 teaspoonful

How to make. Cream the butter. Add gradually the sugar, the egg well beaten, and vanilla. Beat while heating over hot water. If too thick, add a little hot water.

Fruit Tapioca

What and how much. Minute tapioca Lemon peel Boiling water Salt

Tart apples Sugar

3/4 cup

21/2 cups

1/2 teaspoonful

2 cup

How to make. Cook the tapioca in the salt and water until it becomes transparent. Core and pare the apples and place in the bottom of the baking dish. Fill the cavities with sugar and add a little lemon peel. Pour the tapioca over the apples and bake in a moderate oven until the apples are soft. Serve cold with sugar and cream.

Remarks. This is sometimes called bird's nest pudding. Other fruit can be used. Prunes, with the stones out, are very delicious in the tapioca. There are still other ways for using fruit in puddings and desserts. Some of these you will find mentioned in Lesson 25 and in all cook books.

Exercises And Problems

I. Make a definition of "cooking," from what has been said about the baked apple.

2. Make a list of all the different ways of cooking that you know.

3. Explain why fruit should be eaten daily.

4. Can you find a very important reason for cooking figs and dates?

5. Compare the cost of a can of peaches from the grocery with home-canned peaches. What must you take into account?