ROMAINE.
From MRS. POTTER PALMER, of Chicago, President Board of Lady Managers
_With best wishes for your success, I am very sincerely yours,_
Boil together one quart of water and one pint of sugar for about half an hour; add the juice of six good sized lemons and one orange; strain and set away to cool. Then prepare the following: Boil together one gill of sugar and one gill of water for eighteen minutes. While the syrup is cooking, beat the whites of four eggs very stiff, and into these pour the hot syrup very slowly--beating all the time, and continue to beat a few minutes after it is all in. Set this away to cool. Place the first mixture in the freezer and freeze by turning it all the time for twenty minutes. Then take off the cover, remove the beater and add one gill of sherry, two tablespoonfuls Jamaica rum and the meringue, mixing this well with a spoon into the frozen preparation. Cover again and set away until time to serve.
Serve in punch gla.s.ses, as a course between entrees and roast.
ROMAN PUNCH.
From MRS. JOHN R. WILSON, of South Dakota, Lady Manager.
Three pounds pulverized sugar; three quarts of water; the juice of eight lemons. Soak two tablespoonfuls of gelatine in a little of the water; boil all together for a moment, then cool and strain; add one- half pint of rum and the whites of eight eggs _without beating_.
Freeze.
KIRSCH PUNCH.
Place in a vessel half a pound of powdered sugar, with one quart of cold water; grate in the rind of a large lemon or of two smaller ones, squeezing in the juice of three good-sized ones, or four, if small.
Beat this thoroughly for five minutes. Taste the mixture and add more powdered sugar if desired sweeter; then strain through a sieve into the freezer. Stir into this two gills of Kirsch. Freeze it as you would an ice cream. Serve in twelve punch gla.s.ses.
APRICOT SORBET.
From MRS. M. D. OWINGS, of Washington, Lady Manager.
Take twelve fine, sound apricots; wipe carefully, cut them in two, remove the stones, and put them in a vessel with half a pound of powdered sugar, mashing them thoroughly. Then take two ounces of bitter almonds; peel and mash these while wet; add one gill of cold water and one ounce of powdered sugar, mashing the whole together.
Place a muslin cloth over the vessel containing the mashed apricots and through it press the almond mixture. Stir all this together for four minutes; then add the juice of three lemons and a pint and a half of cold water. Beat thoroughly, then strain through a fine sieve into the freezer, and freeze as you do ice cream.
PINEAPPLE SHERBET.
From MRS. GOVERNOR EDWIN C. BURLEIGH, of Maine, Second Vice-President Board of Lady Managers.
One quart grated pineapple, two heaping tablespoonfuls gelatine dissolved in hot water, one quart water, one quart sugar, juice of one large lemon, whites of two eggs well beaten put in just before freezing.
ORANGE WATER ICE.
From MRS. THEO. F. ARMSTRONG, of Delaware, Alternate Lady Manager.
Eight oranges, two lemons, the grated rind of two of the oranges boiled in a little water and then strained, two tablespoonfuls of corn starch mixed with a little cold water; then pour boiling water on the starch; put in the juice of oranges and lemons after straining; one and one-half pounds sugar; add enough water to make one gallon, then freeze.
ORANGE FRAPPeE.
From MISS ANNIE M. MAHAN, of West Virginia, Alternate Lady Manager.
One pint orange juice, one pint water, one pint sugar, juice of two lemons, grated rind of two oranges, partially freeze and pack in ice only.
BEVERAGES
EGG NOGG.
From MRS. W. W. KIMBALL, of Chicago, Lady Manager.
One tablespoon of sugar; the yolk of one egg beaten with sugar; beat the white separately, stiff; add four spoons of brandy to beaten yolk; put half the white into mixture; half a gla.s.s of cream; then put the rest of the white on top.
OUR GRANDMOTHER"S SYLLABUB.
From MRS. SARAH S. C. ANGELL of Michigan, Lady Manager.
One quart rich cream, juice and peel three lemons, one pint sherry wine, one quart pulverized sugar. Grate the lemon peels and express the juice, add sugar and pour over these the wine; stir until sugar is thoroughly moistened and then slowly add the cream. When mixed take whip-dash and with a tablespoon remove the floating bubbles which rise to the surface. Drop the contents of your spoon into lemonade or champagne gla.s.ses, continuing thin process until all the cream is whipped. If the mixture becomes too thick and creamy to make bubbles, dilute it with sweet milk. This quant.i.ty will make thirty or forty gla.s.ses or fill a four-quart gla.s.s howl. Great care must be taken not to dip the spoon too deeply into the mixture, the froth is what is desired.
CLARET PUNCH.
From MRS. FRONA EUNICE WAIT, of California, Alternate Lady Manager.
Take half a gallon of good claret and a pint of old whisky and mix them thoroughly; sweeten to taste by mixing the sugar with a little water to dissolve it before it comes in contact with the alcohol. Take a can of pineapple, or one fresh one, and chop fine, put juice and all into the punch; set the whole mixture on ice and let it stand at least three hours before using; serve some portion of the pineapple with each gla.s.s.
BEEF TEA FOR CHILDREN.
From MRS. IDA M. BALL, of Delaware, Lady Manager.
Use soup meat without bone cut into dice, and to every pound of meat use one pint of cold water. Cut up the meat on a dish, not on a board, as the latter absorbs the juices. Have the proper measure of water beside you in a soup basin or bowl, and as you cut up the meat sprinkle it moderately with salt and throw it into the cold water; there let it remain for two hours, then put it all into a sauce pan and set it on the fire. Watch carefully the first rising and skim and secure this as it is the very essence of the beef; put it into a clean bowl and let the beef go on boiling ten minutes, no longer; then pour the extract through a sieve to the first skimmings; stir before using.
For older children than infants you may flavor with onion and a few cloves.
CHAFING DISH
LOBSTER a LA NEWBURG.
From MISS MARY CREASE SEARS, of Ma.s.sachusetts, Alternate Lady Manager.
Two good-sized boiled lobsters. Pick out all the meat and cut into one-inch pieces. Place in a chafing dish with one ounce of b.u.t.ter, a pinch of salt and a very little red pepper. Cook five minutes, then add a wine gla.s.s of Madeira. Cook about three minutes, then add the yolks of three eggs well beaten with half a pint of sweet cream or milk; cook until it thickens, then serve.