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The ladies of 1870s Chicago pooled their recipes and signed every one — corned beef from Mrs. Beaty, lemon pie from Mrs. Saulter.

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Cream Pie

Mrs. M. A. Green.

Boil nearly one pint of new milk; take two small tablespoons of corn starch beaten with a little milk, to this add two eggs; when the milk has boiled, stir this in slowly with one scant teacup of sugar and one-half cup of butter, two teaspoons of lemon. Cakes; Three eggs, one cup of white sugar, one and a-half of flour, one teaspoon of Cook's Friend baking powder, mix it in flour ; three tablespoons of cold water; bake in two pie-pans in a quick oven; split the cake while hot, and spread in the cream.

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