Make a nice custard; let it get perfectly cold, and pile on it, instead of the whipped egg, a large cupful of grated cocoanut, sprinkling it on carefully, not to disturb the custard.
Eat with sponge cake.
Blanc-mange.
Like custard, this is the base—the central idea, or fact—of numberless elegant compounds, and is delightful in its simplest form.
One package of Cooper’s gelatine.
Three pints of fresh, sweet milk.
One even cupful of white sugar.
One half teaspoonful of salt.
One teaspoonful of vanilla or other essence.