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Bird's Nest Jelly

A white corn-starch blanc mange is made in the proportion of 4 tablespoonfuls each of cornstarch and sugar to I pint of milk. This, after thorough cooking, is divided and each portion colored with chocolate, fruit, red color paste, raw yolk of egg, etc. When using eggs for the week or two preceding they should be emptied carefully out of a small hole in one end of the shell, the shells rinsed and put aside. These are now to be well rinsed again in water and filled with the blanc mange, then set away, propping them in an upright position in a pan of flour. When the blanc mange is firm the shells are cracked and peeled off and the eggs arranged on a bed of any kind of clear jelly (lemon, orange or wine) which has been broken with a fork. Thin strips of candied orange peel may be arranged round them to simulate a nest.