The Metropolitan Cook Book

A life insurance company teaching its policyholders to eat: the Metropolitan's own cookbook, given away from the tower on Madison Square.

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Lemon Filling

Juice of one lemon 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon butter Small amount of rind 3 eggs Mix cornstarch and sugar together. Add it and the lemon juice to the beaten egg yolks. Pour the water on this mixture. Place in double boiler and stir and cook until thickened. Add the butter. Pour into baked shell. Cover with meringue and set in slow oven 300° F. to brown. Whites 2 eggs

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