This section is from the book "Three Meals A Day", by Maud C. Cooke. Also available from Amazon: Three Meals a Day.
3 tablespoonfuls pearl tapioca, soaked over night in 2 cupfuls of water.
In the morning boil 3 pints of milk and stir in:
3 tablespoonfuls of corn-starch, blended with a little water.
3 egg yolks beaten with A pinch of salt.
6 tablespoonfuls sugar. 1 teaspoonful lemon essence.
Add the tapioca. Stir until it thickens. Pour into a pudding-dish. Whip the 8 whites of eggs to a stiff froth with 1 table-spoonful sugar and a few drops of lemon essence, and turn over the cream. Set in the oven until the meringue turns a delicate golden brown. Serve cold.
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2 tablespoonfuls tapioca, soaked one hour in 1 cupful cold water or milk. Put it in 1 quart of boiling milk. Cook one-half hour, then add:
3 egg yolks, beaten with | cupful white sugar.
Stir these into the milk and cook three minutes longer. Have the whites beaten to a stiff froth. Remove the dish from the fire; stir in 1 teaspoonful lemon or vanilla and the beaten whites. When well mixed, pour into molds. Serve cold •, cream and sugar may be passed around with it if desired.
 
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