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Chess Custard

From Durham cook book ..., 1921

Recipe by Mrs. Odie Umstead.

Presented as published in 1921. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Durham cook book ... (1921) by Durham (N. C.) Trinity Methodist Church. Woman's Missionary Society, page 52. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHESS CUSTARD. One tea cup sugar, one egg, two tablespoonfuls butter, one tablespoonful sweet milk, vanilla to taste

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