The Cook Book by “Oscar” of the Waldorf

Three thousand recipes from the maitre d'hotel of the Waldorf — the hotel kitchen that taught Gilded Age America how to dine, from beef tea to watermelon with champagne.

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Madeira Water Ice

Grate the peel of two lemons into a basin, strain in the juice, mix in one and one-half pints of Madeira wine and one-half pint of syrup. Stir well, and then turn it into a freezer, pack it in pounded ice and salt, and work vigorously until frozen. When sufficiently so, put the mixture into a mould, close, and pack it in pounded ice and salt for two hours. Before serving dip the mould in warm water, wipe it, then turn the contents carefully out onto a fancy china or glass dish.

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