To make a FLOATING ISLAND.
GRATE the yellow rind of a large lemon into a quart of cream, put in a large glass of Madeira wine, make it pretty sweet with loaf sugar, mill it with a chocolate mill to a strong froth, take it off as it rises, then lay it upon a sieve to drain all night, then take a deep glass dish, and lay in your froth, with a Naples biscuit in the middle of it, then beat the white of an egg to a strong froth, and roll a sprig of myrtle in it to imitate snow, stick it in the Naples biscuit, then lay all over your froth currant jelly cut in very thin slices, pour over it very fine strong calf's foot jelly, when it grows thick lay it all over, till it looks like a glass, and your dish is full to the brim; let it stand till it is quite cold and stiff, then lay on rock candied sweet-meats upon the top of your jelly, and sheep and swans to pick at the myrtle; stick green sprigs in two or three places on the top of your jelly, amongst your shapes; it looks very pretty in the middle of a table for supper.—You must not put the shapes on the jelly till you are going to send it to the table.
To make a FLOATING ISLAND a second Way.
TAKE calf's foot jelly that is set, break it a little, but not too much, for it will make it frothy, and prevent it from looking clear, have ready a middle-sized turnep, and rub it over with gum water, or the white of an egg, then strew it thick over with green shot comfits, and stick on the top of it a sprig of myrtle, or any other pretty green sprig, then put your broken jelly round it, set sheep or swans upon your jelly, with either a green leaf, or a knot of apple paste under them, to keep the jelly from disfolding, there are sheep and swans made for that purpose, you may put in snakes, or any wild animals of the same sort.
To make a Rocky Island.
MAKE a little stiff flummery, and put it into five fish moulds, wet them before you put it in, when it is stiff, turn it out, and gild them with gold leaf, then take a deep China dish, fill it near full of clear calf's-foot jelly, and let it stand till it is set, then lay on your fishes, and a few slices of red currant jelly cut very thin round them, then rasp a small French roll, and rub it over with the white of an egg, and strew all over it silver bran and glitter mixed together, stick a sprig of myrtle in it, and put it into the middle of your dish, beat the white of an egg to a very high froth, then hang it on your sprig of myrtle like snow, and fill your dish to the brim with clear jelly; when you send it to table, put lambs and ducks upon your jelly, with either green leaves or moss under them, with their heads towards the myrtle.