Mash with a beetle very fine, working in salt only. Then rub hard and fast through a colander into a hot dish. The potato should fall in light spiral threads. Set in the oven three minutes to renew the heat, but do not let it “crust” or brown.
Green Peas.
See receipt given on Sunday.
Cress Salad.
Pull the sprigs to pieces and pour over them a dressing such as was made for your potato salad on Monday.
Lemon Trifle.
- Juice of 2 lemons and grated peel of one.
- 1 pint cream, well sweetened and whipped stiff.
- 1 cup of sherry.
- A little nutmeg.
Let sugar, lemon-juice, and peel lie together two hours before you add wine and nutmeg. Strain through double tarlatan, and whip gradually into the frothed cream. Serve very soon, heaped in small glasses. Pass cake with this as well as with the tea.
Tea and Cake.
Whereas pound, jelly, or cup-cake should accompany your trifle, small sponge-cakes, or cookies—not too sweet—taste better with tea, and do not detract so much from its flavor.