Vinegar Pie

Ingredients

• 5 eggs
• 2 large cups boiling water
• 5 tablespoons vinegar
• about 5 tablespoons corn starch
• butter size of an egg
• 1 cup of sugar

Method

1. 1

   Put the water, sugar, butter, and vinegar in a pan, thicken with cornstarch, then add the beaten yolks, flavor with lemon and pour into the crust (bake the crust first); beat the whites of the eggs with 4 tablespoons of sugar, put over the pies, and set into the oven to brown lightly.

2. 2

   This will make 2 pies.

As published

This recipe was extracted from San Rafael cook book, 1906 (1906) by Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress), page 82. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

VINEGAR PIE— Mrs. Prodtrottea. 5 eggs, 2 largs cups boiling water, 5 tablespoons vinegar, about 5 tablespoons corn starch, butter size of an egg, 1 cup of sugar

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