The cook's economical book by Davis Mary C. Mrs

Author:Davis, Mary C., Mrs., [from old catalog] comp
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Cookery, American, cbk
Publisher: Boston, W. A. Butterfield
Published: 1918-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

PUDDINGS AND SAUCES

Plain Bread Pudding

1 qt. scalded milk 3 cups stale bread crumbs Yi cup sugar without crust, grated or

2 eggs rubbed

y^ tsp. salt or

1 cup dried crumbs

Beat the eggs slightly; beat into them the sugar and add the milk, spice, and salt. When the crumbs become soft, turn into a buttered dish, and bake until a knife inserted in the pudding comes out clean.

Variations of Bread Pudding. — 1. Add one cupful of boiled raisins, citron and currants mixed.

2. Separate the eggs, add only the yolks to the pudding. Beat the whites stiflf; beat into them two and a half tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, spread them roughly over the pudding, and return it to the oven for two minutes, or till a deHcate brown.

3. Queen of puddings. Like variation 2, except omit spice, flavor with one and a half tablespoonf uls of lemon juice and spread it over with jam or jelly before covering it with the meringue.

Bread Puddings are baked custards thickened with bread crumbs. They should be soft, like custard.

Plain Soft Custard

2 cups scalded milk 6 tbsp. sugar

3 tgg yolks Vs tsp. salt

y2 tsp. vanilla

Beat the eggs slightly, beat into them the sugar and salt, and stir in slowly the hot milk. Pour into a double boiler, and cook, stirring constantly, until the custard is thick enough to coat the spoon. Strain at once through a fine strainer into a cold pitcher. When cool stir in the vanilla, and pour into a glass dish or glass custard cups for serving.

Apple Tapioca

4 tbsp. pearl or granulated ^ cup sugar

tapioca /4 tsp. cinnamon or nutmeg

6 tart apples Few grains salt

1 pint boiling water

Soak the tapioca over night in a cupful of cold water. Core

and pare the apples, slice one of them, and cook it with the tapioca

in the boiling water till the latter is translucent. Place the rest of

the apples upright in a buttered baking-dish, sprinkle over them

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