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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Strawberry Conserve

Take some fresh and very ripe strawberries, pick them over, crush them in a cloth and wring out the juice. To each dessertspoonful of juice allow six ounces of sugar. Boil the sugar to the pearl degree, then remove it from the fire and pour the juice into it, and, if necessary, a little carmine. Stir it with a wooden spoon until the conserve begins to get dry and white, then put it into moulds or paper cases.

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