One quart of milk; 5 yolks of eggs, 3 whites; boil milk; make a custard of it; sweeten to taste; cut in thin slices soft peaches; put peaches in custard when cold; freeze it for use; this can be moulded in form of a brick.
Six apples, peeled and cored, 1/2 pound of rice washed well; put apples in pudding cloth; pour rice on top; leave room to swell; boil in pot 1-1/2 hours; make wine sauce for it; this is a dinner dish.
Take 1 package of gelatine, divide it in half; take 3 half pints of milk, 3 yolks of eggs; put on the milk to boil and make a custard of it; season to taste with lemon; melt one half of the gelatine, and melt it in 1/2 teacup of cold milk; then stir it in custard when done; take another 3 half pints of milk; let it boil; season with vanilla; sweeten to taste; melt the remaining half of the gelatine in a little milk and stir it in this last custard while it is hot; put out to cool enough, so it will mould; then take the first custard made and put in the mould, then on top of that in the same mould the last custard made; place on ice to cool; eat with whipped cream, seasoned with lemon or vanilla.
Take and divide 1 package of gelatine in half; take 1 pint of milk, 1/2 pint of coffee and let it boil; melt one half of the gelatine in a little milk; stir it in the boiled milk; now take 3 half pints of milk, stir in 2 tablespoonfuls of chocolate and boil it; take the remaining half of the gelatine, melt it in a little milk; stir it in the chocolate; let it get cold before putting in the mould; then put in the mould the portion made first, then the second portion on top of this; set away to cool; eat with whipped cream.
Three pints of water to 1 cup of ground coffee. Put the coffee grounds in a bowl, pour over it about 1/2 pint of cold water, and let stand for 15 minutes; bring remaining 2-1/2 pints water to a boil. Take coffee in bowl, strain through a fine sieve, then take a French coffee pot, put coffee grounds in strainer at top of French pot, leaving the water in the bowl. Then take the boiling water and pour over the coffee very slowly; then set the coffee pot on the stove for five minutes; must not boil. Take off and pour in the cold water from the bowl that coffee was first soaked in to settle. Serve in another pot. The French have the reputation of making the best coffee. Use 3 parts Java and 1 part Mocha.