BURNING PEACHES
Place California canned whole peaches and the juice in a deep dish. Just before serving pour over them some brandy or rum and light it with a taper.
BURNING CHERRIES
Serve California white cherries in the same way as directed above for peaches.
COLD DESSERTS
APPLES RICHELIEU
Take out the cores of well-flavored apples and cut them crosswise into halves. Simmer them in sugar and water until tender. Let them cool. Lay several pieces of sliced blanched almonds straight, at regular intervals, upon the flat sides of the apples. Sprinkle them with powdered sugar and set them in the oven a minute to brown the sugar. Place candied cherries cut in halves upon the apples between the almonds. Just before serving put spoonfuls of whipped cream at intervals on a flat dish and place the cold apples upon the cream; or press the cream through a pastry-bag in circles around the apples.
STEWED APPLES, No. 1
Select apples of uniform size and shape. Remove the cores and peel them carefully. Put them into hot water with sugar and lemon juice. Cook them slowly until tender, but not so long that they lose shape. When they are cold fill the centers with sweetened and flavored boiled rice and cover them with apricot or any jam. Sprinkle them with blanched almonds cut in strips.