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Custard Pudding

From Virginia Cookery-book, 1884

Serves 2

This makes two puddings if the plates are deep enough.

Presented as published in 1884. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Virginia Cookery-book (1884) by Mary Stuart Smith, page 83. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CusTABD Pudding. Dissolve two even table-spoonfuls of corn-starch in half a teacupful of sweet milk ; boil two cups of milk, and just as it comes to a boil add the beaten yolks of four eggs, the dissolved corn-starch, with a heaping cup- ful of pulverized sugar; flavor with the grated rind of two lemons, adding the juice also the last thing

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