Same materials as for cup custard, only the milk is heated in a dish set in hot water on top of stove, and the beaten eggs, sugar and nutmeg, with dash of salt✪ Boiled Custard, have the hot milk poured slowly over them, stirring all the time. Pour back in dish over hot water and cook slowly, stirring all the time, until it thickens and coats the spoon ; remove from fire at once, as it will curdle if cooked too long. BAKED CHOCOLATE CUSTARD. 1 pint of milk. 2 eggs. y2 cup sugar. % teaspoon salt. %. cup grated chocolate. 2 tablespoons boiling water. While milk is heating in double boiler, or on asbestos mat, mix chocolate and sugar together, add the boiling water and stir over the fire until it looks smooth and glossy ; remove from fire and beat in gradually the hot milk. Add salt, pour over the eggs, well beaten, stirring all the time. Pour in a baking dish, and put into pan of hot water in a moderate slow oven. Bake until firm in center, about thirty minutes. First Aid to Good Cooking 149 TAPIOCA FLOAT. i quart milk heated on pearl tapioca I hour. asbestos mat. Vz cup sugar. 2 eggs. i/^ teaspoons vanilla, or % teaspoon salt. flavor to taste with nut- %. cup of tapioca, soaked meg. over night, or if it is Stir the tapioca after soaking into the hot milk; let cook until the tapioca is clear, then add gradually the beaten yolks and sugar mixed together, and the salt. Remove at once from the fire, so it will not curdle, and stir the whites in, having first beaten them stiff. The heat of the custard will cook them enough. Stir in the flavoring and put aside to cool. If nutmeg is used it is to be added to the beaten eggs. COTTAGE PUDDING. il4 cups sugar. H cup water. y2 cup snowdrift, very 2 cups flour. small measure. 1 heaping teaspoon bak- 1 egg. in? powder. Cream the snowdrift and sugar, add the egg, without beating; beat until creamy, add water slowly, sift in the flour and baking powder, having sifted them together. Bake in 1 or 2 layers — in hot oven— until it shrinks from the pan. Serve hot with sauce made of 1 pint hot water thickened with 3 tablespoons flour wet up with little water; cook thoroughly, add l/2 cup sugar, tablespoon butter, little salt, nutmeg to taste. WOODFORD PUDDING. 3 eggs. z<2 cup flour. 1 cup of sugar. 1 cup jam or preserves. V2 cup butter. Cinnamon and nutmeg to 1 tablespoon sweet milk. taste. 2 teaspoons baking powder. Mix butter, sugar and eggs together, beat thoroughly, add milk and jam, and baking powder mixed with flour. 150 First Aid to Good Cooking Bake slowly in a pudding dish about 30 minutes. Serve with cream or sauce. CREAM OF WHEAT MOULDS. 1 quart boiling water. 1 teaspoon salt✪ Baked Chocolate Custard. Yz cup cream of wheat, or 24 CUP if the pudding is to be eaten hot. Have the water rapidly boiling, add salt and drop in cream of wheat slowly, so it will not stop boiling. Then it will not lump. Stand dish on asbestos mat and cook slowly 24 of an hour. Pour out in a dish rinsed with cold water and let stand several hours to harden. Then loosen with a knife around the edges and slip it down one side to let the air under. Then it can be easily turned out. Serve with milk, sugar and a dash of nutmeg: for dessert. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE. 1 pint sifted flour. 2 level teaspoons baking About 24 CUP mi^> or powder.

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Same materials as for cup custard, only the milk is heated in a dish set in hot water on top of stove, and the beaten eggs, sugar and nutmeg, with dash of salt, have the hot milk poured slowly over them, stirring all the time. Pour back in dish over hot water and cook slowly, stirring all the time, until it thickens and coats the spoon ; remove from fire at once, as it will curdle if cooked too long. BAKED CHOCOLATE CUSTARD. 1 pint of milk. 2 eggs. y2 cup sugar. % teaspoon salt. %. cup grated chocolate. 2 tablespoons boiling water. While milk is heating in double boiler, or on asbestos mat, mix chocolate and sugar together, add the boiling water and stir over the fire until it looks smooth and glossy ; remove from fire and beat in gradually the hot milk. Add salt, pour over the eggs, well beaten, stirring all the time. Pour in a baking dish, and put into pan of hot water in a moderate slow oven. Bake until firm in center, about thirty minutes. First Aid to Good Cooking 149 TAPIOCA FLOAT. i quart milk heated on pearl tapioca I hour. asbestos mat. Vz cup sugar. 2 eggs. i/^ teaspoons vanilla, or % teaspoon salt. flavor to taste with nut- %. cup of tapioca, soaked meg. over night, or if it is Stir the tapioca after soaking into the hot milk; let cook until the tapioca is clear, then add gradually the beaten yolks and sugar mixed together, and the salt. Remove at once from the fire, so it will not curdle, and stir the whites in, having first beaten them stiff. The heat of the custard will cook them enough. Stir in the flavoring and put aside to cool. If nutmeg is used it is to be added to the beaten eggs. COTTAGE PUDDING. il4 cups sugar. H cup water. y2 cup snowdrift, very 2 cups flour. small measure. 1 heaping teaspoon bak- 1 egg. in? powder. Cream the snowdrift and sugar, add the egg, without beating; beat until creamy, add water slowly, sift in the flour and baking powder, having sifted them together. Bake in 1 or 2 layers — in hot oven— until it shrinks from the pan. Serve hot with sauce made of 1 pint hot water thickened with 3 tablespoons flour wet up with little water; cook thoroughly, add l/2 cup sugar, tablespoon butter, little salt, nutmeg to taste. WOODFORD PUDDING. 3 eggs. z<2 cup flour. 1 cup of sugar. 1 cup jam or preserves. V2 cup butter. Cinnamon and nutmeg to 1 tablespoon sweet milk. taste. 2 teaspoons baking powder. Mix butter, sugar and eggs together, beat thoroughly, add milk and jam, and baking powder mixed with flour. 150 First Aid to Good Cooking Bake slowly in a pudding dish about 30 minutes. Serve with cream or sauce. CREAM OF WHEAT MOULDS. 1 quart boiling water. 1 teaspoon salt. Yz cup cream of wheat, or 24 CUP if the pudding is to be eaten hot. Have the water rapidly boiling, add salt and drop in cream of wheat slowly, so it will not stop boiling. Then it will not lump. Stand dish on asbestos mat and cook slowly 24 of an hour. Pour out in a dish rinsed with cold water and let stand several hours to harden. Then loosen with a knife around the edges and slip it down one side to let the air under. Then it can be easily turned out. Serve with milk, sugar and a dash of nutmeg: for dessert. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE. 1 pint sifted flour. 2 level teaspoons baking About 1/4 cup milk, or powder.

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