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Lemon Creams or Custards

INGREDIENTS for 12 glasses.-5 oz. of loaf sugar, 2 pints of boiling water, the rind of 1 lemon and the juice of 3, 6 eggs. AVER- AGE COST, 9d.

Make a quart of lemonade in the following manner:- Dissolve the sugar in the boiling water, having previously, with part of the sugar, rubbed off the lemon-rind and add the strained juice. Strain the lemonade into a saucepan and add the eggs, which should be well beaten; stir this one way over the fire until the mixture thickens, but do not allow it to boil; and serve in custard glasses or on a glass dish.

After the boiling water is poured on the sugar and lemon, it should stand covered LEMON ICE. for about 1/2 hour before the eggs are added to it, that the flavour of the rind may be extracted.

TIME. hour to make the lemonade; about 10 minutes to stir the custard over the fire.

SEASONABLE at any time.