and beaten biscuits (the dough "pounded with a club of hickory")
The illustrations are stylized drawings of fancy ices
and stories about ingredients
and legends—and show-stopping recipes—that have made British baking a worldwide phenomenon
Heath, Ambrose. Good Sweets and Ices. Chilean and beaten biscuits (the doughJacket. Second Edition. London: Faber & Faber, [1949]. First published in 1937 as Good Sweets, this edition expands into ices as well as hot and cold sweets. Included are recipes for peach fritters, Magdala pancakes, crepes flambes, coconut custard, jelly Easter eggs, stewed figs with cake, raspberry whip, syllabub, chestnut coffee ice, etc. Unfortunately, the top 2" of the front jacket panel has been torn away; otherwise good. An uncommon title. (30)