BEVERAGES SERVED WITH SANDWICHES.
| Towards eve there was tea |
| (A luxury due to Matilda) and ice, |
| Fruit and coffee. |
| —Meredith's "Lucile." |
| Come, touch to your lips this melting sweetness, |
| Sip of this nectar,—this Java fine,— |
| Whose tawny drops hold more completeness |
| Than lurks in the depths of ruby wine. |
| —J. M. L. |
Filtered Coffee.
Ingredients.
- ½ a cup of coffee, ground very fine.
- 3 cups of boiling water.
- About 6 blocks of sugar.
- About 3 tablespoonfuls of cream.
- About 6 tablespoonfuls of hot milk.
Method.—Put the coffee into the filter of a well-scalded coffee-pot. Pour the boiling water over the coffee. Serve as soon as the infusion has dripped through the filter. For black coffee use double the quantity of coffee.
Boiled Coffee.
Ingredients.
- 1 cup of ground coffee.
- White and shell of 1 egg.
- 1 cup of cold water.
- 6 cups of boiling water.
- 1 tablespoonful of ground coffee.
Method.—Beat the white and crushed shell of the egg and half the cup of cold water together; mix with the coffee, pour over the boiling water, stir thoroughly, and boil from three to five minutes with the nozzle tightly closed; pour half a cup of cold water down the spout; stir in one tablespoonful of coffee and let stand on the range, without boiling, ten minutes.
Five=o'clock Tea.
Ingredients.
- Tea.
- Candied ox-heart cherries.
- Slices of lemon.
- Boiling water.
Method.—Fill the tea-ball half full with tea, put the ball into the cup, with a cherry or a slice of lemon, and pour boiling water over them; remove the ball when the tea is of the desired strength.
Rich Chocolate.
Ingredients.
- 4 ounces of chocolate.
- 4 tablespoonfuls of granulated sugar.
- ¼ a cup of hot water.
- 1 quart of scalded milk.
- 1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract.
- Whites of 3 eggs.
- 1 pint of thick cream.
- 1/3 a cup of powdered sugar.
Method.—Grate the chocolate, add the granulated sugar and hot water, and cook until smooth and glossy; with a whisk beat in the hot milk very gradually, and return to a double boiler to keep hot. Beat the cream until solid. Beat the whites of the eggs until dry, then beat in the powdered sugar and fold the cream into the egg and sugar. Add half of the cream mixture to the chocolate with the vanilla, and mix while the cream is heating. Serve the rest of the cream in spoonfuls upon the chocolate in the cups.
Plain Chocolate.
Prepare as in preceding recipe, omitting the cream mixture and such portion of the chocolate as is desired.
Plain Cocoa.
Ingredients.
- 4 teaspoonfuls of cocoa.
- 4 teaspoonfuls of sugar.
- 1 cup of boiling water,
- 1 cup of hot milk.
- Whipped cream, if desired.
Method.—Mix the cocoa and sugar, pour over the boiling water, and when boiling again add the hot milk; beat the whipped cream into the hot cocoa, or serve a spoonful upon the top of each cup.
Ceylon Cocoa.
Scald a two-inch piece of paper-bark cinnamon with the milk to be used in making the cocoa.
Sultana Cocoa.
Stem and wash half a pound of sultana raisins; let them stand, covered with one quart of boiling water, upon the back of the range an hour or more; filter the water through folds of cheese-cloth and use in making cocoa or chocolate.
Egg Lemonade.
Ingredients.
- 1 egg.
- 4 tablespoonfuls of sugar.
- Juice of 2 lemons.
- 2 cups of water.
Method.—Beat the egg until white and yolk are well mixed; then beat in the sugar, the lemon juice and the water.
Fruit Punch.
Ingredients.
- 1 pineapple.
- 4 cups of sugar.
- 3 cups of boiling water.
- 1 cup of tea, freshly made.
- 5 lemons.
- 6 oranges.
- 1 pint of strawberry or grape juice.
- ½ a pint of maraschino cherries.
- 1 bottle of Apollinaris water.
- 6 quarts of water.
Method.—Grate the pineapple, add the boiling water and the sugar, and boil fifteen minutes; add the tea and strain into the punch-bowl. When cold add the fruit juice, the cherries and the cold water. A short time before serving, add a piece of ice, and, on serving, the Apollinaris water. Strawberries, mint leaves, or slices of banana may be used in the place of the cherries.
Punch à la Nantes.
Ingredients.
- 2 pounds of rhubarb.
- 1 pint of water.
- 1 bay leaf.
- 1 cup of sugar.
- 1 cup of orange juice.
- ¼ a cup of lemon juice.
- ¼ a cup of ginger syrup.
Method.—Cut the rhubarb into pieces without peeling; add the bay leaf and water, and let simmer until the rhubarb is tender; strain through a cheese-cloth. Boil the juice with the sugar five minutes. When cold add the orange and lemon juice, with one-fourth a cup of syrup from a jar of preserved ginger, and a piece of ice. Add water as needed.
Home=made Soda Water.
Ingredients.
- 2¼ pounds of granulated sugar.
- 1¾ ounces of tartaric acid.
- 1 pint of water.
- Whites of 3 eggs.
- ½ an ounce of ginger extract.
- ¼ a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda for each glass.
Method.—Boil the sugar, water and tartaric acid five minutes. When nearly cold beat into the syrup the whites of the eggs, beaten until foamy, and the flavoring extract. Store in a fruit jar, closely covered. To use, put three tablespoonfuls into a glass half full of cold water, stir in one-fourth a teaspoonful of soda, and drink while effervescing. A pint of any kind of fruit juice may displace the water, when a teaspoonful of lemon juice should be added to the contents of each glass before stirring in the soda.
Spanish Chocolate.
(To serve 60.)
Ingredients.
- 6 quarts of milk.
- 3 blades of mace.
- 1 five-inch stick of cinnamon.
- 12 cloves.
- 20 pounded almonds.
- 1 pound of chocolate.
- 3 cups of sugar.
- 2 quarts of boiling water.
- Yolks of three eggs.
Method.—Scald the milk with the spices and nuts. Break up the chocolate and melt over hot water; add the sugar, mix thoroughly, then gradually stir in the boiling water; let cook two or three minutes after all the water has been added, then turn into the hot milk; let stand over hot water until ready to serve, then add the beaten yolks of eggs, diluted with half a cup of water, milk or cream, and strain through a cheese-cloth. Keep hot over hot water.
Claret Cup.
Ingredients.
- 2 quarts of claret.
- 1 cup of sugar.
- 1 cup of water.
- 5 lemons cut in slices.
- 1 dozen whole cloves.
- 2 qts. of charged Apollinaris or soda water.
- ¼ a cup of brandy, sherry or maraschino.
- Ice.
Boil the sugar and water about six minutes; let cool, then add the lemon slices, with seeds removed, and the cloves; let stand some hours in a cold place. When ready to serve, add the claret, water and liqueur, all chilled on ice. Put a piece of ice in the pitcher and pour over it the mixture. The beverage should not be sweet.
Copper Chafing-Dish with Earthen Casserole.