This section is from the book "The Laurel Health Cookery", by Evora Bucknum Perkins. Also available from Amazon: The Laurel Health Cookery.
1 cup water 2 1/2 - 3 tablespns. lemon juice
3/4 - 1 cup sugar flavored 3/4 - 1 tablespn. corn starch with oil of lemon
Heat sugar and water to boiling, add corn starch blended with cold water, boil, remove from fire, add lemon juice and a trifle of salt.
1 cup water
1/2 - 2/3 cup sugar flavored with oil of lemon
2/3 - 1 tablespn. corn starch yolk of 1 egg
1 1/2 - 2 tablespns. lemon juice a trifle of salt
Boil sugar and water, thicken with corn starch blended with water, boil, add yolk, stir well but do not boil; add lemon juice and salt. One yolk is sufficient for twice the quantity of sauce.
3/4 cup sugar flavored with oil of lemon yolks of 2 eggs and white of 1 2-3 tablespns. lemon juice
1 cup water
Beat sugar, eggs and lemon juice together; add hot, not boiling, water gradually, cook stirring in double boiler till creamy. Set at once into cold water. Add a trifle of salt.
Add, beating well, 2-4 tablespns. of cream-sweet or sour, to each cup of liquid in any of the recipes for lemon sauce. When sweet cream is used it may be cooked with the other ingredients.
1 cup molasses
1 cup hot water
2-2 1/2 tablespns. lemon juice, grated rind if desired
1 cup chopped seeded raisins
2 tablespns. butter
1 tablespn. corn starch a little milk
Cook raisins 20 m; drain and measure the water for the sauce. Mix molasses, water and raisins and heat to boiling; stir in corn starch blended with milk; boil up well, add butter and lemon juice and serve.
1 pt. sour cream
2 1/2 tablespns. lemon juice
3/4 - 1 cup sugar flavored with oil of lemon
Beat all together until very light.
 
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