A Hen's Nest

Origin: Tidewater Virginia

Source: Mary Randolph, 1824

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Get five small eggs, make a hole at one end, and empty the shells.
  2. Fill them with blanc mange;
  3. when stiff and cold, take off the shells.
  4. Pare the yellow rind very thin from six lemons, boil them in water till tender, then cut them in thin strips to resemble straw, and preserve them with sugar.
  5. Fill a small deep dish half full of nice jelly.
  6. When it is set, put the straw on in the form of a nest, and lay the eggs in it.
  7. It is a beautiful dish for a dessert or supper.

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