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TARTARIC ACID AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR LEMONS
If lemons cannot be obtained to make either a lemonade or jellies for the sick,
tartaric acid is a good substitute, and if used in conjunction with the extract
of lemon, is a very agreeable one.
LEMON JELLY WITHOUT LEMONS
Take a box of Cox's gelatine, pour over it one quart of boiling water, and stir
until it is dissolved. Add a teaspoonful of tartaric acid, and four cups of
sugar; let it dissolve and bring it to a boil; while boiling, stir in the beaten
whites of three eggs; let this boil up once again and take it off the fire; when
nearly cool, add to it a tablespoonful of good extract of lemon. Strain the
mixture into moulds or cups, and set it in a cool place, or on ice, to become
firm. It must be cool, or it will not jelly.
ORANGE SHERBET
Squeeze the juice from a dozen oranges; pour boiling water on the peel, and
cover it closely. Boil water and sugar (a pint to a pound) to a syrup; skim it
clear; when all are cold, mix the syrup, juice and peel with as much water as
may be necessary to make a rich orangeade; strain it, and set the vessel
containing it on ice.
Or it may be made the same as lemonade, using one lemon with half a dozen
oranges.
STRAWBERRY SHERBET
Take fifteen ounces of picked strawberries, crush them in a mortar, then add to
them a quart of water; pour this into a basin, with a sliced lemon, and
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