Beverages
Reading edition
Coffee creamed with Carnation has a rich color and delightful flavor. Carnation gives to cocoa that delicious creaminess and richness so much desired and adds to its food value.
COCOA
3 tbsp. cocoa (For children 2 tbsp. cocoa) 2 tbsp. sugar ½ cup hot water 1½ cups Carnation Milk 1½ cups water ¼ tsp. vanilla Few grains salt
Mix cocoa, sugar, and salt and add the hot water; cook over a low fire about 10 minutes. Add the Carnation which has been scalded with the water; cook mixture in a double boiler for 10 minutes; add the vanilla. Whisk with a Dover egg beater just before serving. Place a marshmallow in the cup and pour over it the hot cocoa.
CHOCOLATE
2 cups Carnation Milk 2 cups water ⅓ cup sugar Few grains salt 2 squares bitter chocolate ½ cup water
Scald the Carnation and water and add to it the sugar and salt. Shave chocolate fine; add the ½ cup of water and heat over a low fire until smooth. Combine chocolate mixture and scalded milk. Continue cooking in a double boiler for 10 minutes. Serves 5.
COFFEE
½ cup coffee, ground medium ½ egg ½ cup cold water 3 cups boiling water ¼ cup cold water
Mix the egg and ½ cup cold water and add to the coffee in the pot. Add boiling water, boil up once, stir with a spoon and boil up again. Add the ¼ cup cold water to settle coffee. Serve immediately. Cream with undiluted Carnation. Serves 5.
EGG NOG
1 egg Few grains salt 2 tbsp. fruit juice 1 tbsp. sugar ⅔ cup ice cold Carnation Milk ⅔ cup ice cold water Few gratings of nutmeg
Add salt to egg white and beat until stiff. Beat yolk until thick and lemon colored; add the fruit juice and sugar. Dilute Carnation with the water and combine with yolk mixture. Pour into a tall glass, add nutmeg gratings and put egg white on top. Sprinkle top with chopped nuts and serve at once. Serves 2.
CHOCOLATE MALTED MILK
1½ tbsp. malted milk 1½ tsp. cocoa 1 tsp. sugar Few grains salt ½ cup water ½ cup Carnation Milk Few drops of vanilla
Mix the malted milk powder, cocoa, sugar, salt, and water, stirring well. Cook for 3 minutes. Add Carnation and vanilla. Serve very hot or ice cold. Makes 1 glass of malted milk.
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