This section is from the book "The Art Of Living In Australia", by Philip E. Muskett. Also available from Amazon: The Art of Living in Australia.
1 | slice of Dry Bread . | 2d. |
2 | Eggs..... | |
1 | oz. Sugar..... | ½d. |
Half a Lemon..... | ½d. | |
1½ | pints of Milk .... | 4d. |
1 | tablespoonful Jam .... | 1d. |
½ | tablespoonful Cornflour . | ½d. |
Total Cost - 8½d. Time - One Hour.
Take a piece of very stale bread and cut it into small squares, bake it in the oven till a good colour. Break the eggs into a pie-dish, beat in the sugar and grated rind of the lemon, pour in one pint of milk, and mix well. Drop in the rusks and put into a cool oven and bake till firm; then spread on the top a layer of jam. Put half a pint of milk into a saucepan, and when it nearly boils, stir in the cornflour which has been mixed with a little lemon peel and sugar, and pour it on top of the pudding. Put it back in the oven for a few minutes, then stand away till cold.
Dry Crusts of Bread . | 1d. | |
½ | pint of Milk..... | |
1 | tablespoonful Jam .... | 1d. |
2 | Eggs...... | 2d. |
1½ | oz. Sugar ..... | ½d. |
Total Cost - 4½d. Time - Three-quarters of an Hour.
Soak the bread in cold water till quite soft, put it into a cloth and squeeze all the water out of it; turn into a basin and beat it smooth with a spoon. Then beat in the yolks
 
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