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 358 CUSTARDS, CREAMS AND DESSERTS.

LEMON HONEY.

ONE coffeecupful of white sugar, the grated rind and juice of one large lemon, the yolks of three eggs and the white of one, a tablespoon- ful of butter.. Put into a basin the sugar and butter, set it in a dish of boiling water over the fire ; while this is melting, beat up the eggs, and add to them the grated rind from the outside of the lemon ; then add this to the sugar and butter, cooking and stirring it until it is thick and clear like honey.

This will keep for some days, put into a tight preserve jar, and is nice for flavoring pies, etc.

FLOATING ISLANDS.

BEAT the yolks of five eggs and the whites of two very light, sweeten with five tablespoonfuls of sugar and flavor to taste ; stir them into a quart of scalded milk and cook it until it thickens. When cool pour it into a glass dish. Now whip the whites of the three remaining eggs to a stiff froth, adding three table spoonfuls of sugar and a little fla- voring. Pour this froth over a shallow dish of boiling water ; the steam passing through it cooks it ; when sufficiently cooked, take a tablespoon and drop spoonfuls of this over the top of the custard, far enough apart so that the " little white islands" will not touch each other. By dropping a teaspoonful of bright jelly on the top or centre of each island, is produced a pleasing effect ; also by filling wine-glasses and arranging them around a standard adds much to the appearance of the

table.

FLOATING ISLAND.

ONE quart of milk, five eggs and five tablespoonfuls of sugar. Scald the milk, then add the beaten yolks and one of the whites together with the sugar. First stir into them a little of the scalded milk to prevent curdling, then all of the milk. Cook it the proper thickness; remove from the fire, and, when cool, flavor ; then pour it into a glass dish and let it become very cold. Before it is served beat up the remaining four whites of the eggs to a stiff froth and beat into them three tablespoon- fuls of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of currant jelly. Dip this over the top of the custard.

TAPIOCA BLANC MANGE.

HALF a pound of tapioca soaked an hour in one pint of milk and boiled till tender; add a pinch of salt, sweeten to taste and put into 3,

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