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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Orange Charlotte

1/3 box gelatine or 11/3 tablespoons granulated gelatine 1/3 cup cold water 1/3 cup boiling water 1 cup sugar 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 cup orange juice and pulp Whites 3 eggs Whip from 2 cups cream • Soak gelatine in cold water, dissolve in boiling water, strain, and add sugar, lemon juice, orange juice, and pulp. Chill in pan of ice-water; when quite thick, beat with wire spoon or whisk until frothy, then add whites of eggs beaten stiff, and fold in cream. Line a mould with sections of oranges, turn in mixture, smooth evenly, and chill.

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