Apple Ice. It Doesn't Get Simpler Than This.

   Clutching her skirts, Melissa stalked away. Several older ladies from church were discussing the latest corsets, so Melissa decided to join them. Henry Matthews, plate in hand, followed like an obedient puppy. He placed her food before her, sat beside her, and offered a glass. “I brought you an ice.”
   With a frustrated sigh, Melissa accepted it, took a taste, then pointed her spoon at his nose.
   “Can’t you take a hint?”

Bryony, Chapter 21: Fetes and Feasts

Below is the recipe for that wonderful ice Henry brought Melissa, first published 1850 in Miss Beecher’s domestic receiptbook: designed as a supplement to her Treatise on domestic economy and now featured in Memories in the Kitchen: Bites and Nibbles from "Bryony."

 

All proceeds from this companion cookbook to Bryony are donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy Counties (www.bbbswillgrundy.org).

 

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Apple Ice

Finely flavored apples, grated

Sugar, to make them very sweet

 Freeze and serve.