Beat the yolks of 3 eggs with 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar, the juice and rind of 1/2 lemon; add the whites beaten to a stiff froth.

If apples are used, add cloves or a little grated lemon rind for flavouring.

When I was a child I came near killing myself one night by going to bed with two large bottle-corks thrust into my nostrils, to make them large, like other boys'; and have made my mouth sore by stretching it with my fingers, or forcing melon-rinds into it, to enlarge it.

Take the outer rind from the chestnuts, and put them into a large pan of warm water.

Peel them carefully, remove a little of the white pith, and boil the rinds in water 2 hours, changing the water three times to take off a little of the bitter taste.

Grate Orange rind over the biscuits and bake 15 minutes in a hot oven or at 450 degrees F. PLAIN PASTRY Put in mixing bowl 5 tablespoons shortening 3 tablespoons ice water and 1/2 teaspoon salt, and work until creamy, using wooden spoon.

It smelt very nice, and then, in his hunger, he bit through the smooth rind with his teeth, and it tasted as nice as it looked.

She knew the father of her children from the outer rind to the inmost core.

Thin is the rind on which we tread; It shakes, and a thousand lives are lost; The sea engulfs unnumbered dead; Each second scores of souls are tossed Into the stream that sweeps them on ... Whither?

His character was like the bark of the cinnamon, a rough and astringent rind without, and an intense sweetness within.

Skim out the rind before using for desserts.

"They used to give us rinds off the hams.

Housewives who object to the use of alum can omit this and merely wash the rind after removing from brine to free it from all salt and then cook it slowly as per directions given above.