Apple Fool's Day

2 lbs. of apples

1/2 lb. of dates]

3/4 pint of milk

1/4 pint of cream

6 cloves tied in muslin

and a little sugar.

Pare, core, and cut up the apples, stone the dates, and gently stew the fruit with a teacupful of water and the cloves until quite tender; when sufficiently cooked, remove the cloves, and rub the fruit through a sieve; gradually mix in the milk, which should be boiling, then the cream; serve cold with sponge-cake fingers.