Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers

To Boil Custard in Water

Beat the eggs, sugar and seasoning together, and put it in a pitcher or nice stone jar; put in the milk and stir it well together; set the pitcher in a pot of boiling water, and stir till it is cooked, when take the pitcher out and stir till nearly cool. Custard should never be boiled or baked two much—a minute too long will sometimes spoil it.