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and fresh violets. Marshmallow Pudding à la Stanley ½ pound marshmallows 1 cup heavy cream ½ teaspoon vanilla ¼ cup candied cherries ½ cup English walnut meats 2 tablespoons powdered sugar Soak cherries in rum to cover one hour, then cut in pieces. Cut walnut meats and marshmallows in small pieces. Whip cream, add sugar and vanilla, fold in remaining ingredients. Mould and chill. CHAPTER XXVI ICES, ICE CREAMS, AND OTHER FROZEN DESSERTS Ices and other frozen dishes comprise the most popular desserts. Hygienically speaking, they cannot be recommended for the final course of a dinner, as cold mixtures reduce the temperature of the stomach, thus retarding digestion until the normal temperature is again reached. But how cooling, refreshing, and nourishing, when properly taken, and of what inestimable value in the sick room! Frozen dishes include:— _Water ice_,—fruit juice sweetened, diluted with water, and frozen. _Sherbet_,—water ice to which is added a small quantity of dissolved gelatine or beaten whites of eggs. _Frappé_,—water ice frozen to consistency of mush; in freezing, equal parts of salt and ice being used to make it granular. _Punch_,—water ice to which is added spirit and spice. _Sorbet_,—strictly speaking, frozen punch; the name is often given to a water ice where several kinds of fruit are used. _Philadelphia Ice Cream_,—thin cream, sweetened, flavored, and frozen. _Plain Ice Cream_,—custard foundation, thin cream, and flavoring. _Mousse_,—heavy cream, beaten until stiff, sweetened, flavored, placed in a mould, packed in salt and ice (using two parts crushed ice to one part salt), and allowed to stand three hours; or whip from thin cream may be used folded into mixture containing small quantity of gelatine. How to Freeze Desserts The prejudice of thinking a frozen dessert difficult to prepare has long since been overcome. With ice cream freezer, burlap bag, wooden mallet or axe, small saucepan, sufficient ice and coarse rock salt, the process neither takes much time nor patience. Snow may be used instead of ice; if not readily acted on by salt, pour in one cup cold water. Crush ice finely by placing in bag and giving a