1 cup of sugar.
4 eggs.
2 lemons.
1 pint of milk.
1 tablespoonful of sugar.
2 tablespoonfuls of corn-starch.
1 pinch of salt.
Wet the corn-starch with half a cup of the milk, and heat what
is left. Stir up the corn-starch well, and when the milk is hot
put it in and stir; then boil five minutes, stirring all the time.
Melt the butter, and put that in with a pinch of salt, and cool it.
Beat the yolks of the eggs, and add the sugar, the juice of both
lemons, and the grated rind of one, pour into the milk, and stir well;
put in a buttered baking-dish and bake till slightly brown. Take
it out of the oven; beat the whites of two eggs with a tablespoonful
of granulated sugar, and pile lightly on top, and put in the oven
again till it is just brown. This is a very nice rule.
Source:
A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl
