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Lemon Pie

From The housewife's aid, 1950

Ensure oven is hot enough to set rim before reducing heat.

Presented as published in 1950. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The housewife's aid (1950) by N.C.). Young Woman's Aid Society Queen Street Methodist Church (Kinston, page 18. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LEMON PIE 1 cup milk 1 lemon 3 eges 2 tablespoons flour 1 cup sugar Beat yolks of eggs and sugar, mix flour and milk, adding to THE HOUSEWIFE’S AID 57 éggs; then add juice and grated rind of lemon. Boil this until thick, stirring constantly. When cold bake in crust. Beat whites. of eggs for top. LEMON PIE 2 eggs 1% lemons (o1 one large lemon) 1 cupful sugar 2 tablespoonfuls flour 1 tablespoonful melted butter ¥% teaspoonful salt 1 cup of milk Flakey pastry

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