From Mrs. C. F. Aked

"Top and tail" the green gooseberries, well wash them, put them into a jar with some moist sugar and 2 tablespoonfuls of water; place the covered jar in a saucepan of boiling water and let it boil till the fruit is soft enough to be beaten to pulp and rubbed through a sieve. Sweeten plentifully, then gradually add an equal quantity of cream. Serve in a glass dish or junket bowl, or, if preferred, in custard cups with a little whipped cream on each.

Gooseberry Fool - Rich

From Mrs. C. F. Aked

Ingredients: 1 quart of gooseberries (ripe), 1 table-spoonful of butter, 1 teacupful of sugar, 4 eggs.

Method: Stew the gooseberries in barely enough water to cover them, and when soft and broken, rub them through a sieve. While still hot, stir well in the butter, sugar, and whipped yolks of the eggs. Pile in a glass dish, and heap on the top a meringue of the whipped whites, well sweetened, or whipped cream if preferred.