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mixture. To Line a Mould Allow mould to stand in salt and ice until well chilled. Remove cover, put in mixture by spoonfuls, and spread with back of spoon or a case knife evenly three-quarters inch thick. To Mould Frozen Mixtures When frozen mixtures are to be bricked or moulded, avoid freezing too hard. Pack mixture solidly in moulds and cover with buttered paper, buttered side up. Have moulds so well filled that mixture is forced down sides of mould when cover is pressed down. Re-pack in salt and ice, using four parts ice to one part salt. If these directions are carefully followed, one may feel no fear that salt water will enter cream, even though moulds be immersed in salt water. Lemon Ice 4 cups water 2 cups sugar ¾ cup lemon juice Make a syrup by boiling water and sugar twenty minutes; add lemon juice; cool, strain, and freeze. See directions for freezing, page 434. Cup St. Jacques Serve Lemon Ice in champagne glasses. Put three-fourths teaspoon Maraschino in each glass, and garnish with bananas cut in one-fourth inch slices, and slices cut in quarters, candied cherries cut in halves, Malaga grapes from which skins and seeds have been removed, and angelica cut in strips. Orange Ice 4 cups water 2 cups sugar 2 cups orange juice ¼ cup lemon juice Grated rind of two oranges Make syrup as for Lemon Ice; add fruit juice and grated rind; cool, strain, and freeze. Maraschino Ice Prepare Orange Ice mixture, freeze to a mush, flavor with Maraschino, and finish freezing. Serve in frappé glasses. Pomegranate Ice Same as Orange Ice, made from blood oranges. Raspberry Ice I 4 cups water 1⅔ cups sugar 2 cups raspberry juice 2 tablespoons lemon juice Make a syrup as for Lemon Ice, cool, add raspberries mashed, and squeezed through double cheese-cloth, and lemon juice; strain and freeze. Raspberry Ice II 1 quart raspberries 1 cup sugar 1 cup water Lemon juice Sprinkle raspberries with sugar, cover, and let stand two hours. Mash, squeeze through cheese-cloth, add water and lemon juice to taste, then