Custard Sauce.
2 beaten eggs.
1 large cup of sugar.
1 scant cup of scalding milk.
½ teaspoonful of arrowroot, wet with cold milk.
1 tablespoonful of butter.
½ teaspoonful of nutmeg.
Rub the butter into the sugar, add the eggs, and beat light. Put in corn-starch and spice; finally, pour upon this mixture, by degrees, the boiling milk. Set within a saucepan of boiling water five minutes, stirring all the while, but do not let it really boil.
Third Week. Friday.
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Clam Chowder.
Braised Duck. Weak Fish, Fried.
Grape Jelly. Purée of Green Peas.
Cauliflower à la Crème.
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Corn Meal Pudding without Eggs.
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