Three pounds pulverized sugar; three quarts of water; the juice of eight lemons. Soak two tablespoonfuls of gelatine in a little of the water; boil all together for a moment, then cool and strain; add one- half pint of rum and the whites of eight eggs without beating. Freeze.
KIRSCH PUNCH.
Place in a vessel half a pound of powdered sugar, with one quart of cold water; grate in the rind of a large lemon or of two smaller ones, squeezing in the juice of three good-sized ones, or four, if small. Beat this thoroughly for five minutes. Taste the mixture and add more powdered sugar if desired sweeter; then strain through a sieve into the freezer. Stir into this two gills of Kirsch. Freeze it as you would an ice cream. Serve in twelve punch glasses.
APRICOT SORBET.
From MRS. M. D. OWINGS, of Washington, Lady Manager.
Take twelve fine, sound apricots; wipe carefully, cut them in two, remove the stones, and put them in a vessel with half a pound of powdered sugar, mashing them thoroughly. Then take two ounces of bitter almonds; peel and mash these while wet; add one gill of cold water and one ounce of powdered sugar, mashing the whole together. Place a muslin cloth over the vessel containing the mashed apricots and through it press the almond mixture. Stir all this together for four minutes; then add the juice of three lemons and a pint and a half of cold water. Beat thoroughly, then strain through a fine sieve into the freezer, and freeze as you do ice cream.
PINEAPPLE SHERBET.
From MRS. GOVERNOR EDWIN C. BURLEIGH, of Maine, Second Vice-President
Board of Lady Managers.
One quart grated pineapple, two heaping tablespoonfuls gelatine dissolved in hot water, one quart water, one quart sugar, juice of one large lemon, whites of two eggs well beaten put in just before freezing.