A Comprehensive Guide-Book to Natural, Hygienic and Humane DietBeard, Sidney Hartnoll
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A Comprehensive Guide-Book to Natural, Hygienic and Humane Diet
Beard, Sidney Hartnoll
Cooking; Diet; Vegetarian cooking; Vegetarianism
Take 6-ozs. of brown breadcrumbs (finely grated), 3-ozs. of butter, a
saltspoonful of ground ginger, the juice of a lemon, and 4-ozs. of
castor sugar. Stir these in a stewpan until the butter is melted. Chop
4-ozs. of preserved ginger and add to the mixture with the yolks of 2
eggs. Beat well together and set aside to cool. Whisk the whites of
the eggs and stir into the pudding quickly. Fill a buttered basin with
it, cover with a saucer (leaving room to swell) and steam for 3 hours.
Serve with cream or fruit sauce (177).
=214. Baked Coconut Custard.=
Beat 3 eggs and mix with 1-1/2-pts. of milk, add 2 tablespoons of
desiccated coconut, and a tablespoonful of sugar. Bake in a slow oven,
and add some grated nutmeg.
=215. Semolina Pudding.=
Boil a teacupful of semolina for 15 minutes in 2-1/2 pts. of milk,
stirring all the time. Flavour with vanilla. Turn out into a buttered
pie dish, garnish with ratafia biscuits and bake in a moderate oven.
=216. Strawberry Cream Ice.=
Take 1-1/2-lbs. of ripe strawberries, 6-ozs. of castor sugar, 1/2-lb. of
cream and a teacupful of milk. Put the strawberries through a sieve or
strainer, mix the whole well together, and freeze.
Raspberry ice can be made in a simpler form by reducing the cream by
one-half and by adding another teacupful of milk in which a
dessertspoonful of cornflour has been boiled.
=217. Vanilla Ice.=
Take 1 pint of milk, 1 gill of cream, the yolks of 3 eggs, and 3-ozs.
of castor sugar. After heating the milk, mix 1/2-oz. of ground rice with
a little cold milk and put it in the saucepan. Pour in the beaten
yolks and cream, and the sugar; stir and simmer until the custard
thickens, strain and set aside to cool; add vanilla to taste, and stir
well; place in the freezing machine. To make this ice taste richer and
more delicate, reduce the milk and increase the cream.
=218. Lemon Cheese-Cakes.=
Put in a saucepan 1/4-lb. butter, 1-lb. lump sugar, 6 eggs (leaving out
2 whites), 2 grated lemon rinds, and the juice of 3 lemons. Simmer
until all is dissolved (gently stirring), and add a few dry biscuit
crumbs. Serve on crisp pastry.
=219. Lemon Jelly.=
Dissolve 1-oz. of isinglass in 1-1/4-pts. of water. Add the grated peel
of 2 lemons and 1/2-lb. of lump sugar. Boil for 10 minutes, stirring
continually. Take off fire and add the juice of 1-1/2 lemons. Strain and
cool. Whisk well before turning into moulds.
=220. Fruitarian Mincemeat.=
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