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Creme D'Orge

Boil gently a cupful of pearl barley in one pint of milk and one pint of water until quite tender. Strain off the liquid (which, if sweetened and flavoured, will be a refreshing and wholesome drink for a child or sick person), and mix with the barley a pint of cream, three table-spoonfuls of sugar, a piece of fresh butter the size of an egg, two eggs well beaten, and a quarter of a nutmeg grated. Return the mixture to the saucepan, and let it simmer gently for an hour. Stir it frequently. It may be either served in custard-glasses, or put into a buttered dish and baked in a moderate oven. If baked, four eggs may be used. Probable cost, 1s. 8d. Sufficient for five or six persons.