Grandma's Floating Island

Ingredients

• 1 cupful of milk
• 1 tablespoonful of sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoonful of cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoonful of salt
• 1 beaten egg yolk
• 1/2 teaspoonful of vanilla
• the white of 1 egg
• 2 teaspoonfuls of powdered sugar

Method

1. 1

   Heat milk and add sifted sugar, cornstarch, and salt.

2. 2

   Remove from heat and add beaten egg yolk, stirring until thickened.

3. 3

   Add vanilla and pour into a dish.

4. 4

   Beat egg white until stiff, add powdered sugar, drop by spoonfuls on buttered paper, bake for 2-3 minutes, and place on top of pudding.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The farm cook & rule book (1923) by Nell Beaubien Nichols, page 141. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 tablespoonful of sugar, pile on an oiled dish and set in the oven 3 minutes. Serve cold with a boiled custard or cream, plain or whipped. Grape Jelly ^"^ Soak 1 tablespoonful of granulated gelatin in 4 tablespoonfuls of cold water" and dissolve by stirring over hot water. Dissolve % cupful of sugar in 1 cupful of grape juice, heating this slightly. Add the gelatin and 1 tablespoonful of lemon juice and stir thoroughly. Set in a cold place until the mixture begins to harden. Then add the stiffly beaten whites of 3 eggs and beat the whole mixture until light and stiff. Serve with whipped cream or boiled custard. Grandma's Floating Island Heat 1 cupful of milk in a double boiler and add 1 tablespoon- ful of sugar, 1^ teaspoonful of cornstarch and 14 teaspoonful of salt which have been sifted together. Take from the fire and add 1 beaten ^gg yolk and stir until the mixture thickens. Add % teaspoonful of vanilla and pour into a dish. Set in a cold place. Beat the white of 1 o^gg until very stiff and dry and add 2 tea- spoonfuls of powdered sugar. Drop this by spoonfuls on but- tered paper and place in the oven two or three minutes and then place on top of the pudding in the dish. Fruit Pudding Use canned strawberries, raspberries or peaches. Strain 1 cupful through a coarse strainer, add i^ cupful of sugar and y^ teaspoonful of flavoring. Then fold in the stiffly beaten white of 1 ^gg. Set in a cool place and serve very cold. Blanc Mange Place 1 cupful of milk in a double boiler, heat, add 2 table- spoonfuls of arrowroot and 2 teaspoonfuls of sugar mixed to- gether in a little water to form a paste. Stir until the mixture thickens, remove from the fire, add i/4 teaspoonful of vanilla

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