This section is from the book "The Cook's Guide", by Semper Fidelis Circle. Also available from Amazon: The Cook's Guide.
One pint milk, 1/2 cup sugar, pinch of salt. Heat this; add 2 tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in little milk, yolk of 1 egg. Cook until it thickens. Remove from stove and add the white of 1 egg well beaten, 3 tablespoons chocolate. Favor with vanilla.
One small cup flour and the same of milk. Dissolve a stick of chocolate in a little of the milk. Cream, 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 slice of butter; add yolks of four eggs. Stir in the milk, chocolate and the flour (unsifted) slowly. Steam 1 hour. Serve with cream or pudding sauce.
One large tablespoon Knox's Gelatine, soaked in 1 cup warm water for 5 or 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until dissolved, 6 eggs beaten separately, until very light, 1 cup sugar, 3 tablespoons chocolate, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Beat all ingredients together and let stand until hardened. Serve with whipped cream.
 
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