Chapter XVII: Part 17

More than a hundred different receipts for Ice-Creams and Water Ices are given, with rules for preparing all the various flavorings. The directions are both minute and systematic, and being the production of a person of education and refinement, specially qualified for the task, the work will be found to be thoroughly accurate and complete in all points. Any capable housewife, with the resources of a well-equipped kitchen, will be able to follow the directions given, without difficulty and with certainty of success.

Extreme care has been taken to avoid ambiguity and looseness of statement, the exact amount of an ingredient is always stated, so that the most inexperienced cannot go astray. _The various utensils necessary are described, and full advice given as to their use._

Following this section is a collection of receipts for Cake, embracing several hundred different sorts, many of them new and original, and all carefully tested and of prime excellence. Some of these receipts have hitherto been the property of individuals by whom they were sold singly at a high price. The book, as a whole, contains a greater number of original and choice receipts for ice-cream and cakes than any other in existence. It will be found indispensable wherever choice and dainty cookery is appreciated.

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THE DINNER YEAR-BOOK is, in its name, happily descriptive of its purposes and character. It occupies a place which, amid all the publications upon cookery—and their name is Legion—=has never yet been occupied=.

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Transcriber’s Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Varied hyphenation retained where a majority could not be ascertained as in cocoanut and cocoa-nut; cream-tartar and cream tartar. Text uses both “preserves” and “preserved” in the index where our usage would usually be “preserves.”

Ditto marks for the recipes have been replaced with the actual word. In the index, they have been replaced with long dashes or words as appropriate.

Page 4, “assisttants” changed to “assistants” (young housekeepers’ assistants)

Page 10, “ragout” changed to “ragoût” (soup, or ragoût may not) Page 44, “droppings” changed to “drippings” (absorb the drippings)

Page 45, “teasponfuls” changed to “teaspoonfuls” (two teaspoonfuls made mustard)

Page 66-67, for the recipe, “OYSTER PÂTÉS.”, all uses of “pàté” have been changed to “pâté” to conform to the rest of the book’s usage. (Oyster Pâtés) (size of the _pâté_) (For open _pâtés_) (These _pâtés_ are)

Page 91, “a la-mode” changed to “à-la-mode” (of beef _à-la-mode_)

Page 95, “a” changed to “à” (ROAST MUTTON _à la Venison_.)

Page 99, “Rechauffé” changed to “Réchauffé” (OR LAMB RÉCHAUFFÉ)

Page 99, “rechauffes” changed to “réchauffés” (and _réchauffés_ it)

Page 105, “paté” changed to “pâté” (and bake in pâté pans)

Page 110, “a” changed to “à” (VEAL CUTLETS À LA MAINTENON.)

Page 147, “conparative” changed to “comparative” (entertainments for comparative)

Page 176, “d’Hotel” changed to “d’Hôtel” (MAÎTRE D’HÔTEL SAUCE.)

Page 193, _Or,_ under CABBAGE SALAD, OR COLD SLAW., no measurement for sugar given. Ditto mark was presumed and added.

Page 214, “buiscuit” changed to “biscuit” (biscuit or rolls, from)

Page 236, “upppermost” changed to “uppermost” (crust may be uppermost)

Page 261, under YEAST (_Hop._), no measurement for sugar given. Ditto mark was presumed and added.

Page 273, “biscuit” changed to “biscuits” (if the biscuits are intended)

Page 276, “flour” added to recipe list after “white” for the second ingredient under “GRAHAM BISCUIT.”

Page 281, “stirrring” changed to “stirring” (flour, stirring in lightly)

Page 285, under NONPAREIL CORN BREAD., “teaspoonsful” changed to “tablespoonsful” after checking recipe in another text of Harland’s (1 tablespoonful lard)

Page 331, in recipe instructions, “soda” changed to “saleratus” to follow recipe ingredient list (then the saleratus)

Page 415, “sweatmeat” changed to “sweetmeat” (bit of melon sweetmeat)

Page 475, “tumeric” changed to “turmeric” (1 tablespoonful turmeric)

Page 500, “plain” changed to “Plain” (ARROWROOT JELLY (_Plain._))

Index:

Page 531, “a” changed to “à” (Beef soup _à la Julienne_)

Page 533, “á” changed to “à” (Beef _à la mode_)

Page 533, “Calf’” changed to “Calf’s” (Calf’s head scalloped)

Page 534, under Rabbit, “brown” was italicized to match rest of layout.

Page 535, under SAUCES FOR MEAT AND FISH, “Asparag” changed to “Asparagus”.

Page 536, under VEGETABLES, Carrots, the page for “stewed” was changed from “224” to “225”.

Page 538, under _Corn bread_, two recipes titles were changed from “Indian-meal” to “Corn-meal” as those titles are used in the text. Both recipes list “Indian-meal” in their ingredient lists. (Crumpets, Corn-meal) (Muffins, Corn-meal)

Page 540, “mice” changed to “mince” (Mock mince-meat)

Page 547, “succcess” changed to “success” (with certainty of success)

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