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Favorite Dishes in Famous Homes: Pudding

English Pudding.

Yolks 4 eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, 1 tablespoonful cornstarch, 1 pint milk, 1 teaspoonful vanilla.

Stir on fire in a double boiler milk, eggs, sugar, and cornstarch till it thickens, then add whites of eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Put in a deep dish a layer of fruit, then one of macaroons, and pour custard on top.

When cold, cover with a thin layer of ielly and 1 pint whipped cream- Mash 12 vanilla wafers with a rolling-pin, and pour over them a wineglass of whisky. When soft, add 1 quart sweet milk and sweeten to taste. Whip 1 quart cream, sweeten to taste, flavor with a teaspoonful extract of almond, mix with first concoction, and freeze. From Mrs. Augustus E. Willson, wife of Governor of Kentucky.

Frankfort Pudding.

Make a plain ice cream as follows:

Put 1 pint new milk in a double boiler; when gradually hot, add to 2 tablespoonfuls flour a little milk; stir until free from lumps, add to scalded milk and boil until a little thicker than custard. Strain into 1 quart rich cream; add 2 cupfuls powdered sugar, whites 2 eggs (unbeaten), and 2 teaspoonfuls vanilla. Freeze, line a mold with ice cream, and fill center with following mixture:

The night before you wish to use them, take pound candied cherries and cut into small pieces, and pound French chestnuts shelled, blanched, boiled until soft, and cut into small pieces. Let these stand over night in sherry to cover them.

Mix lightly with 1 quart whipped cream and fill the center of mold; close it and set in salt and ice four hours. Serve with a sauce of whipped cream flavored with sherry.

From Mrs. Bert M. Fernald, wife of Governor of Maine.

Chocolate Cake.

Melt + cupful butter, and gradually add 1½ cupfuls sugar. Scrape pound chocolate fine, add 3 teaspoonfuls sugar and 3 tablespoonfuls hot water; stir over steam until smooth.

Add to sugar and butter, then drop in yolks 3 eggs, stir, and add whites 3 eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Add cupful milk in which½ teaspoonful soda is dissolved, and lastly 1½ cupfuls flour in which is mixed 1 tea FAVORITE DISHES IN FAMOUS HOMES 1029 spoonful cream tartar and a little salt. Flavor with vanilla.

Frosting 1½ cupfuls sugar, cupful water.

Boil until it threads, add to the beaten white 1 egg, a few drops at a time, and stir constantly; flavor.

From Mrs. G. H. Prouty, wife of Governor of Vermon Maple Parfait. 1 cupful maple sirup, Yolks 6 eggs, 1 pint cream.

Heat sirup to boiling point, pour slowly onto beaten egg yolks and the whip from cream, turn into a mold and pack in equal measures of finely crushed ice and rock salt. Let stand four hours and serve with chopped browned almonds.

From Mrs. Albert B. Cummins, wife of U. S. Senator from Iowa.

Almond Tart.

Yolks 9 eggs, 1 pound sugar, pound grated almonds, 2 cupfuls grated lady's fingers, 1 teaspoonful vanilla, 1 teaspoonful baking powder, Juice and rind 1 lemon, Whites 9 eggs, Mix ingredients in order given, and bake in two layers in moderate oven.