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Emma Cornelia Ricketson cookbook manuscript, New Bedford, December 1862
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Preparations for the Sick. Chicken Jelly. Break the bones of a full grown chicken & cut the fowl into pieces. - put it into a clean pan & fill with soft water. After boiling the chicken gently for 4 hours or more, strain it through a jelly bag. Add a little salt but no other seasoning. When the liquid is cold it should be clear jelly. The chicken may be boiled again & yield more jelly. Egg Gruel Boil a pint of new milk - beat 4 eggs & pour in the milk - stir well together, but do not let it boil. Sweeten with white sugar & grate in a nutmeg. Wine Whey. Stir into a pint of boiling milk a couple of glasses of wine. Let it boil a minute, then take it from the fire - after the curd has settled, turn off the whey and sweeten with wh. sugar
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Preparations for the Sick. Chicken Jelly. Break the bones of a full grown chicken & cut the fowl into pieces. - put it into a clean pan & fill with soft water. After boiling the chicken gently for 4 hours or more, strain it through a jelly bag. Add a little salt but no other seasoning. When the liquid is cold it should be clear jelly. The chicken may be boiled again & yield more jelly. Egg Gruel Boil a pint of new milk - beat 4 eggs & pour in the milk - stir well together, but do not let it boil. Sweeten with white sugar & grate in a nutmeg. Wine Whey. Stir into a pint of boiling milk a couple of glasses of wine. Let it boil a minute, then take it from the fire - after the curd has settled, turn off the whey and sweeten with wh. sugar
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