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Crême de Menthe Ice

4 cups water
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup Crême de Menthe cordial
Burnett's Leaf Green

Make a syrup as for Lemon Ice, add cordial and coloring; strain and freeze.


Icebergs

Dissolve two cups sugar in three cups boiling water; cool, add three-fourths cup lemon juice, color with leaf green, and freeze. Serve in champagne glasses. Put one teaspoon crême de menthe in each glass, and sprinkle with finely chopped nut meats, using almonds, filberts, pecans, and walnuts in equal proportions. These may be used after the roast and before the game.


Canton Sherbet

4 cups water
1 cup sugar
1/4 lb. Canton ginger
1/2 cup orange juice
1/3 cup lemon juice

Cut ginger in small pieces, add water and sugar, boil fifteen minutes; add fruit juice, cool, strain, and freeze. To be used in place of punch at a course dinner. This quantity is enough to serve twelve persons.


Milk Sherbet

4 cups milk
1-1/2 cups sugar
Juice 3 lemons

Mix juice and sugar, stirring constantly while slowly adding milk; if added too rapidly mixture will have a curdled appearance, which is unsightly, but will not affect the quality of sherbet; freeze and serve.


Frozen Chocolate with Whipped Cream

2 squares Baker's chocolate
1 cup sugar
Few grains salt
1 cup boiling water
3 cups rich milk

Scald milk. Melt chocolate in small saucepan placed over hot water, add one-half the sugar, salt, and gradually