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| California beach, ca. 1905. Wikimedia Commons. |
Despite the weather forecasts of rain and showers in the next few days, it's only been sunny and humid around here, warming up the house quickly and not cooling down until late in the afternoon. Those of us in older houses with no air conditioning try to get by with doing as much as possible in the morning and evening when it's a bit cooler, but sometimes you have picnics or barbecues to go to, where you're expected to bring some of the food. Who wants to heat up the house even more by cooking something? Luckily, there are tons of ideas in Victorian cookbooks and women's magazines for dealing with warm weather; even if you have to bring a dessert somewhere, you're not limited to fruit salad or ice cream if you use a recipe like one of those below:
"STONE CREAM.—Put in the dish you mean to send to table three
spoonfuls of the lemon-juice with a little of the peel grated, to apricot jam;
boil together a pint of cream, half an ounce of isinglass, and some sugar; when
nearly cold, pour it on the sweetmeat. A
few macaroons at the bottom of the dish is an improvement. To be made a few hours before using.
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