FROZEN FRUITS Frozen Apricots.
1 quart can apricots, 2 tablespoonfuls gelatin, 9 cupfuls sugar, 2 cupfuls cream.
Drain the apricots, cut them in pieces, measure the sirup, and add sufficient water to make pints; add the sugar. Cover the gelatin with a little cold water and soak half an hour. Boil the sugar, sirup, and water together five minutes, skim carefully, add the gelatin, stir until dissolved, add the apricots, and stand to cool; then freeze, stirring slowly. "When frozen, remove the dasher and add the cream whipped. Repack, cover, and stand two hours. Dried apricots, carefully cooked, can be used.
Frozen Bananas.
1 dozen red-skinned bananas, 2 cupfuls sugar, 2 cupfuls water, Juice 2 oranges, 2 cupfuls cream.
Peel the bananas, cut them in slices, then mash fine. Boil the wa ter and sugar five minutes, strain, and when cool, add the orange juice and bananas. Freeze, turning slowly. When frozen, remove the dasher and stir in carefully the cream whipped. Repack, and put away to ripen.
Frozen Peaches.
2 pounds peaches, 4 cupfuls water, 6 peach kernels, 3 cupfuls sugar.
Pare the peaches and take out the stones. Pound the kernels to a paste, add -them with the sugar to the wa ter, boil five minutes, strain, and cool.
When cold, add the peaches, mashed, and freeze. Repack, and stand to ripen.
Frozen Cherries.
2 quarts morello cherries, 4 cupfuls sugar, 4 cupfuls water.
Stone the cherries, mix them with the sugar, and stand an hour; add the water, stir until the sugar is thor oughly dissolved, put in the freezer, and turn rapidly until frozen.
Frozen Pineapples.
2 large pineapples, 4 cupfuls sugar, 4 cupfuls water.
Pare the pineapples, cut out the eyes, and grate the flesh, rejecting the core; add the sugar and water, stir until the sugar is dissolved, and freeze.
Frozen Raspberries.
I quart raspberries, 2 cupfuls sugar, Juice 2 lemons, 4 cupfuls water.
Add the sugar and lemon juice to the berries, mash, and stand an hour; add the water, stir until the sugar is dissolved, and freeze.
Frozen Strawberries.
I quart strawberries, Juice 2 lemons, 2 cupfuls sugar, 4 cupfuls water.
Add the sugar and lemon juice to the berries, and stand an hour. Mash the berries, add the water, stir until the sugar is thoroughly dissolved, and freeze slowly.