American Recipes.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2063, 26 September 1885, Page 6 (Supplement)

American Recipes.

DIRD'B NEST IN JELLY. One quart of jolly made rather stiff, that it may be very firm ; three oup3 of white blano mange, nine empty egg shells, fresh rinds of two oranges, one oapofangar; oat the rind from the oranges in long, narrow strips and stew them gently in enough water to cover them, until they are tender ; add to them a cup of sugar, and simmer fifteen minutes logger in the syrup ; lay th°m out upon a dish to cool, taking care not to break ttnm. The blano mange ehould be made the day bofoieyou want it, and the egg shells filled and ret in a p»-i of Hour or sugar, the open end up, that the,^ may not bo overturned. The next day fill ' glaea dish two-thirds full of jelly, break tiio sheila from the hlano raargn, anil lay the artificial eggt on the ji lly an n-tan as the latter is firm enough to bsav them— pile them neatly — but not too htyh ia the middle, bearing in naind that what is the top a*; first will bo the bottom when the jrlly is turned ont. L*»y the orange peel, which represents straw, over theao and around them. Warm the reserved j*;'ly co that it will flow readilj , but do not get id hot ; pour over the straw and oj'ga Bnd sot away in a 000 l pace to form. Whrn firm turn out npon » gla«^ dish or ealver. Thi^ is a pretty diph and easily dona.

I.KSIOSADB. P,e! a lw;;9 jaVcy plneappin and rllco it into a larpe bowl or pitcher, add to it a large lump of claor ice, thr juice of six lemon? , and three-qnartera of a pound of loaf Bus?ar Hct this stand hclf an hour, thpn add thrf-e pints of water gradually, stirring all tho tirao. Serve with a slion of pineaple in eaoh tumbler.

yicrcLnD Rons H*rd boil fresh fp^H ; drop into oold water and remove the shells. Boil red bpcba tender enough to jam and cover them with oold vinegar spioed with cloves, mace, salt and pepper; pour this over the eggs, nni in two days thej -will be a beautifnl red color.

fcI'LUNDID FRUIT CAKK. ThreB pounds of ungar; thrpe ponndi of bnttor; a little over thton pounds of floor; I twenty-four epps ; nix ponnd* of curranta ; two pounds of raisins, chopped fine ; one pound of citron ; one pound of nweet almond*, blanohed and out thin ; one pound of lemon ppel; ono pound cf orange peel; quarter ounoe of macs ; quarter ounoe of nutmr^ ; a cup of fruit flyrup. It will take four hours to bake in a moderate ovea. Frost with almond icing.

WHITK POUND OAKR. Two coffoe oup'j of white sugar, three-fourths of a coffee "up of butter, one c floe cup a( m\lk, three ooft'ep cup^ of flour, whiten of ntno r y u», two t"<vapoonfuN of baking powder, grated rind of one lemon, titir tho butter and augur to a oroara, a^d tho milk an 1 flour, and last the whites of cf'iH whipped tn a still froth.

Iir.ACK CnOCOIiVTE OAKS. Ooe cup ot butter, two cupi of sngar, two ftnd a half cups o f flour, five G^gH, ono cup of eour milk, one tuaspoonful of aoA& di«eolvecl in n littlo boiling water, one-half oalce of ehooolutc frnt^d aud put ia tho oftke before stirring in tbu Hour ; bake ia jally tins in four layera.