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Rh until the sago is transparent. Serve cold with cream, or with fresh strawberries crushed with powdered sugar.

One pound of prunes, one quart of water, two cupfuls of sugar, five tablespoonfuls of corn starch, and a small piece of stick cinnamon. Soak the prunes in cold water over night, and boil in the same water. Stone, add one pint of water, put on to cook again, and while boiling, add sugar, cinnamon, and corn starch mixed with a little cold water. Boil until thick, stirring constantly, remove the cinnamon, and pour into a mould to cool.

Cut thin slices of bread into two-inch squares and arrange in a buttered baking-dish with layers of raisins, chopped figs, or canned grated, pineapple. Pour over it four cupfuls of sweetened milk in which two eggs have been beaten, set the dish into a hot oven and bake about twenty minutes.

Two cupfuls of canned raspberries, if the fresh fruit is not at hand, the juice of half a lemon, four stale lady-fingers rolled into crumbs,