The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book

The book that taught America to measure. Fannie Farmer's 1896 classic replaced the pinch, the lump and the teacup of the old receipts with the level cup and the level spoon — and then filled eight hundred pages with what to do next.

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Apricot Sorbet

1 can apricots 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup wine 14 cup lemon juice 1 pint cream Drain apricots, and add to syrup the pulp rubbed through a sieve. Add sugar, wine, and lemon juice. Freeze to a mush, then fold in the whip obtained from cream. Let stand one and one-half hours, and serve in glasses.

Café Frappé White 1 egg 1/2 cup cold water 1/2 cup ground coffee 4 cups boiling water 1 cup sugar Beat white of egg slightly, add cold water, and mix with coffee; turn into scalded coffee-pot, add boiling water, and let boil one minute; place on back of range ten minutes; strain, add sugar, cool, and freeze same as Pineapple Frappé. Serve in frappé glasses, with whipped cream, sweetened and flavored.

Cranberry Frappé 1 quart cranberries 2 cups water 2 cups sugar Juice 2 lemons Cook cranberries and water eight minutes; then force through a sieve. Add sugar and lemon juice, and freeze to a mush, using equal parts of ice and salt. 4 cups water 2 cups sugar Grape Frappé 2 cups grape juice 2/3 cup orange juice 14 cup lemon juice Prepare and freeze same as Pineapple Frappé.

Pomona Frappé 1½ cups sugar 1 quart sweet cider 4 cups water 2 cups orange juice 1/2 cup lemon juice Make a syrup by boiling sugar and water twenty minutes. Add cider, orange juice, and lemon juice. Cool, strain, and freeze to a mush. 20 clams Clam Frappé 1/2 cup cold water Wash clams thoroughly, changing water several times; put in stewpan with cold water, cover closely, and steam until shells open. Strain the liquor, cool, and freeze to a mush.

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