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New system of domestic cookery, formed upon principles of economy, and adapted to the use of private families

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New system of domestic cookery, formed upon principles of economy, and adapted to the use of private families

by Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby · Page 143 of 240 · 83,971 words

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it is done enough to pulp, press it through a colander: have ready a sufficient quantity of new milk, and a teacup of raw cream boiled together; or an egg instead of the latter, and left to be cold; then sweeten it pretty well with fine Lisbon sugar, and mix the pulp by degrees, with it. _Apple Fool._ Stew apples as directed for gooseberries, and then peel and pulp them. Prepare the milk, &c. and mix as before. _Raspberry Cream._ Mash the fruit gently, and let them drain; then sprinkle a little sugar over, and that will produce more juice; then put the juice to some cream, and sweeten it. After which, if you choose to lower it with some milk, it will not curdle; which it would, if put to the milk before the cream; but it is best made of raspberry jelly, instead of jam, when the fresh fruit cannot be obtained. _Flummery._ Put three large handfuls of very small white oatmeal to steep a day and night in cold water; then pour it off clear, and add as much more water, and let it stand the same time. Strain it through a fine hair sieve, and boil it till it be as thick as hasty pudding; stirring it well all the time. When first strained, put to it one large spoonful of white sugar, and two of orange flower water. Put it into shallow dishes; and serve to eat with wine, cyder, milk, or cream and sugar. It is very good. _To butter Oranges._ Grate off a little of the outside rind of four Seville oranges, and cut a round hole, at the blunt the end opposite the stalk, large enough to take out the pulp, seeds, and juice; then pick the seeds and skin from the pulp. Rub the oranges with a little salt, and lay them in water for a short time. You are to save the bits cut out. Set the fruit on to boil in fresh water till they are tender, shifting the water to take out the bitterness. In the mean time,

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