Tapioca Float

Ingredients

• 1 quart milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup of tapioca, soaked overnight

Method

1. 1

   Stir the soaked tapioca into the hot milk; let cook until clear, then gradually add the beaten yolks and sugar mixed together, and the salt.

2. 2

   Remove from fire immediately to prevent curdling, and stir in the beaten whites.

3. 3

   Stir in flavoring and cool.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Efficiency in home-making and first-aid to good cooking (1915) by Robertson, Georgia, page 75. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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