This section is from the book "The People's Cook Book", by Jennie Taylor. See also: Larousse Gastronomique.
1. One pint of white sugar, one-quarter of a pound of butter, three lemons, four wine-glasses of water, the yolks of four eggs; cook down thick, and pour over sponge cake sliced in a pan; beat the whites of four eggs, with two tablespoonfuls of white sugar to each white of egg, and put over the top of the pudding; let it remain in the stove just long enough to become a light brown.
2. One large lemon or three small ones, half a pound of sugar, half a pound of butter, one coffeecup of cream or milk, six eggs, three tablespoonfuls of grated cracker or bread crumbs. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, grate the rind of a lemon, add juice and yolks of eggs and crackers, then the beaten whites of eggs and lemon. Sauce for the above: Mix well three tablespoonfuls of butter, add one and one-naif cups white sugar, then two eggs well beaten, and one gill of milk; put in a small bucket in a kettle of hot water, and let it thicken. Flavor with vanilla or lemon.
3. Four eggs, four lemons, bread crumbs to thicken, one cup of suet, one-half cup of milk, sugar to sweeten. Steam three hours.
4. Beat the yolks of two eggs light; add two cupfuls of sugar; dissolve four tablespoonfuls of corn starch in a little cold water; stir into it two teacupfuls of boiling water; put in the juice of two lemons, with some of the grated peel. Mix all together with a teaspoonful of butter. Bake about fifteen minutes. When done, spread over the top the beaten whites of the eggs and brown.
5. One lemon, grated, one-half cup sugar, one cup of suet chopped fine, four eggs beaten separately, one cup of milk, one-half cup of flour, two cups of bread-crumbs, two teaspoonfuls baking-powder. Soak the bread-crumbs in the milk, add eggs and sugar, then suet, and beat thoroughly together; then add lemon and flour. Steam or boil in a mold two and one-half hours. Eat with sauce.
6. Line a pudding-dish with a nice pie-paste; make a custard of a pint and a half of milk, yolks of two eggs; two tablespoonfuls of flour or corn-starch, three-quarters of a cup of sugar, and the grated rind and juice of a lemon; pour in the dish and bake; when done, spread whites, beaten, over the top, and brown.
 
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