e cream,
stirring it well; then give the custard a simmer till of a proper
thickness. Do not let it boil; stir the whole time one way; then season
with a large spoonful of peach-water, and two teaspoonfuls of brandy or
a little ratafia. If you wish your custards extremely rich, put no milk,
but a quart of cream.

ORANGE CUSTARDS.

With _orange custards_ and the juicy pine,
On choicest melons and sweet grapes they dine.
JONSON.

Sweeten the strained juice of ten oranges with pounded loaf sugar, stir
it over the fire till hot, take off the scum, and when nearly cold, add
to it the beaten yolks of twelve eggs and a pint of cream; put it into
a saucepan, and stir it over a slow fire till it thickens. Serve it in
cups.

CUSTARDS OR CREAMS.

But nicer cates, her dainty's boasted fare,
The _jellied cream_ or custards, daintiest food,
Or cheesecake, or the cooling syllabub,
For Thyrses she prepares.
DODSLEY.

Whisk for one hour the whites of two eggs, together with two
tablespoonfuls of raspberry or red currant syrup or jelly; lay it in any
form of a custard or cream, piled up to imitate rock. It may be served
in a cream round it.

ALMOND CREAMS.

And from _sweet kernels_ pressed,
She tempers _dulcet creams_.
MILTON.

Blanch and pound to a paste, with rose-water, six ounces of almonds; mix
them with a pint and a half of cream which has been boiled with the peel
of a small lemon; add two well-beaten eggs, and stir the whole over the
fire till it be thick, taking care not to allow it to boil; sweeten it,
and when nearly cold, stir in a tablespoonful of orange-flower or
rose-water.

MISCELLANEOUS.

YEAST.

Not with the leaven, as of old,
Of sin and malice fed,
But with unfeigned sincerity.

One dozen of potatoes, two cupfuls of hops; put them together in a bag,
and place them in a pot with two quarts of water; let it boil till the
potatoes are done; a cupful of salt, a ladle of flour; then pour the
boiling water over it, then let it stand till lukewarm; add a cupful of
old yeast, cover it up, and put near the fire till it foments.

BREAD.

His diet was of _wheaten bread_.
COWPER.

Mixt with the rustic throng, see ruddy maids,
Some taught with dextrous hand to twirl the wheel,
Some expert
To raise from _