Put them over the fire in cold water, and let them remain until the
water is almost at the boiling-point, not allowing them to boil; then
throw them into cold water. Remove the skins, and dry the almonds in a
cloth before using.
When they are to be pounded for macaroons, _méringues_, etc., they
should be first dried for two or three days in a gentle heat.
REBECCA CAKE (_Mrs. North_).
Ingredients: Half a cupful of butter, one cupful of sugar, one cupful of
sweet milk, one egg, one pint of flour, one tea-spoonful of soda, and
two tea-spoonfuls of cream of tartar.
For a change, a cupful of raisins or of English currants, or a mixture
of both, or an addition of sliced citron, may be added.
GINGER-SNAPS (_Mrs. Leach_).
Ingredients: One pint of molasses, one coffee-cupful of brown sugar, one
coffee-cupful of butter, one table-spoonful of ginger, and one heaping
tea-spoonful of soda dissolved in one table-spoonful of hot water.
Mix very thick with flour, and roll them very thin.