After scalding the teapot, put into it one quart of boiling water and
two teaspoonfuls green tea. If wanted for supper, do this at
breakfast. At dinner time, strain, without stirring, through a
tea-strainer into a pitcher. Let it stand till tea time and then pour
into decanters, leaving the sediment in the bottom of the pitcher.
Fill the goblets with ice, put two teaspoonfuls granulated sugar in
each, and pour the tea over the ice and sugar. A squeeze of lemon will
make this delicious and healthful, as it will correct the astringent
tendency.--_Mrs. S. T._
CHOCOLATE.
Scrape fine one square of Baker's chocolate (which will be an ounce).
Put it in a pint of boiling water and milk, mixed in equal parts. Boil
it ten minutes, and during this time mill it or whip it with a Dover
egg-whip (one with a wheel), which will make it foam beautifully.
Sweeten to the taste, at table.--_Mrs. S. T._
COCOA.
To one pint milk and one pint cold water add three tablespoonfuls
grated cocoa. Boil fifteen or twenty minutes, milling or whipping as
directed in foregoing recipe. Sweeten to taste, at the table. Some
persons like a piece of orange-peel boiled with it.--_Mrs. S. T._
BROMA.
Dissolve one large tablespoonful broma in one tablespoonful warm
water. Pour on it one pint boiling milk and water (equal parts). Boil
ten minutes, milling or whipping as above directed. Sweeten to the
taste.--_Mrs. S. T._
A cream-pitcher of whipped cream should always accompany chocolate or
any preparation of it, such as cocoa or broma.--_Mrs. S. T._
MILK AND BUTTER.
The most exquisite nicety and care must be observed in the management
of milk and butter. A housekeeper should have two sets of milk vessels
(tin or earthenware, never stoneware, as this is an absorbent). She
should never use twice in succession the same milk vessels without
having them scalded and aired.
In warm weather, sweet milk should be set on ice, if practicable, or
if not, in a spring-house. Never put ice in sweet milk, as this
dilutes it. One pan of milk should always be set aside to raise cream
for coffee. A bucket with a close-fitting lid should be filled with
milk and set aside for dinner, one for supper, one for breakfast, and
a fourth for cooking purposes.
For making butter, strain unskimmed milk into a scalded churn, where
the churning is done daily. This will give sweeter butter and nicer
buttermilk than when cream is skimmed and kept for churning, as this
sometimes gives a cheesy taste to the butter. Do not let the milk in
the churn exceed blood heat. If overheated, the butter will be white
and frothy, and the milk thin and sour. Churn as soon as the milk is
turned. In summer try to churn early in the morning, as fewer flies
are swarming then, and the butter can be made much firmer.
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