Hilda's "Where is it?" of recipes : containing, amongst other practical and tried recipes, many old Cape, Indian, and Malay dishes and preserves: also directions for polishing furniture, cleaning silk, etc. and a collection of home remedies in case of sickness / by Hildagonda J. Duckitt.

  • Duckitt, Hildagonda J., 1876-1905.
Date:
1896
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Credit: Hilda's "Where is it?" of recipes : containing, amongst other practical and tried recipes, many old Cape, Indian, and Malay dishes and preserves: also directions for polishing furniture, cleaning silk, etc. and a collection of home remedies in case of sickness / by Hildagonda J. Duckitt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A] APPLES (STEWED)—APRICOTS (DRIED)—ASPIC. STEWED APPLES AND CUSTARD. 8 good-sized Apples. 4 Cloves. | pint Water. Ingredients. % lb. Sugar. The rind of half a Lemon. £ pint Custard. (See Custard.) i doz. Almonds. Pare and core the apples, but do not divide them, and, if possible, leave on the stalks ; boil the sugar and water for ten minutes, then put into the syrup with lemon-rind and cloves, simmer gently till tender. Do not let them break Then reduce the syrup by boiling quickly, let it cool a little, then pour over the apples. Have ready half a pint of thick custard, pour round the apples. Lastly, stick into the apples one dozen almonds, blanched and cut into strips. Takes twenty to thirty minutes to stew. This quantity will fill a large glass dish. APRICOTS, DRIED AND SALTED. (iCommonly called “ Melos.) Take soft ripe apricots, lay them in salt water (about two ounces of salt to a quart bottle) tor a few hours. Then lay them on a mat to dry in the sun; the next day press them between the hands to flatten, and to let the stone come out. The next day repeat the process. At the Cape it generally dries and becomes “ Mebos in three or four days in the sun, but if the weather should be damp, they might be dried in heated rooms, or a cool oven io crystallise the Mebos, lay them in lime water (see Lime Water) for five minutes, till they feel nice and tende , take out, wipe dry on a soft cloth, and rub coarse crystallised white sugar well into each ; take one and a half pounds of sugar to one pound of Mebos. Pack close y with lots of su^ar in between, in jars that will cork well A very nice sweetmeat, and said to be a remedy for sea-sickness. APRICO TS.—See also Peaches in Brandy and Marmalade (Apricot). ASPIC.—See Jelly.