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Pumpkin Pie

Neatly peel and trim a two-and-a-half-pound piece very sound pumpkin and cut it into small pieces. Plunge into three pints boiling water. Cover the pan and boil for twenty-five minutes. Drain well and press through a sieve into a bowl. Add three tablespoons powdered sugar, a saltspoon grated cinnamon, two egg yolks, half saltspoon grated nutmeg and half ounce butter; briskly mix with a wooden spoon for five minutes, then proceed to make the pie