Statesmen's dishes; and how to cook them

(Wife of Senator from South Carolina.) FOUR level tablespoonfuls of corn starch, four eggs, f°ur tablespoons of sugar, one and a half pints of milk. Make a custard of the eggs, sugar and milk ; dissolve the corn starch in a portion of the milk and stir into the boiling mixture, stirring constantly to keep it smooth. Reserve the whites of two of the eggs ; beat into a stiff froth, and after turning the pudding into a pudding-dish, spread the beaten whites, after sweetening, on the top, and set in the oven to brown. Flavor to suit the taste. Serve with cream. NEW ENGLAND INDIAN PUDDING. BY MRS. HENRY W. BLAIR. (Wife of Senator from New Hampshire.) TWO quarts of milk, one cup of meal, one cup of molasses, half cup sugar, one teaspoonful of of salt, one teaspoonful of cinnamon or ginger, two eggs. Heat one quart of the milk "milk warm/' then slowly stir in the meal and keep stirring gently until it thickens but does not quite boil. Remove from the stove and add the molasses, sugar, salt and spice. Then beat the eggs well and stir them in. Pour into the pudding-dish, remove the mixingspoon, and turn the second quart of milk in. Send immediately to the oven without mixing, and cook steadily five hours. SNOW PUDDING. BY MRS. JAS. L. PUGH. (Wife of Senator from Alabama.) COVER one-half box of gelatine with cold water and let soak a half hour. Pour over it one pint of boiling water ; add two cups of sugar, and stir until dissolved; add the juice of three lemons and strain the whole into a tin basin. Place this in a pan of ice- water and let it stand until cold. Then beat with an egg-beater until white as snow. Beat the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth, and stir them into the pudding. Turn the pudding into a mold that has been dipt into cold water, and set it away to harden. Make a sauce with the yolks of the eggs, one quart of milk, and a half- cup of sugar. Scald the milk ; beat yolks and sugar together, until light, add them to the milk and cook two minutes. Take from the fire, add one teaspoonful vanilla, and turn out to cool. LOTTIE'S PUDDING. BT MBS. TO. P. HEPBURN. (Wife of the Solicitor of the Treasury.) TWO and a half tablespoons of sugar, two tablespoons butter, three eggs, one tablespoon of baking powder, three-fourths cup sweet milk, one cup chopped raisins, flour to make it the consistency of cake. Steam 45 minutes. SAUCE. One cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one cup rich cream, stirred together for half an hour, or until thoroughly mixed. Serve all cold. RUSSIAN CREAM. BY MBS. WM. S. HOLMAN. (Wife of Representative from Indiana.) ONE quart milk boiled, one-third of a box of gelatine dissolved in a small portion of the milk, six eggs beaten separately, the yolks beaten with a cup of sugar ; then stir in gelatine and eggs into the rest of the milk, boil two minutes ; pour over the beaten whites ; pour into molds. Place on ice to cool. CREAM PIES. BY MRS. C. A. BOUTELLB. (Wife of Representative from Maine.) MAKE the crust the same as for sponge cake, and bake in four deep tin pans. When cool split in two with a sharp knife and fill with the cream filling.