This section is from the book "Mrs. Owens' Cook Book", by Frances E. Owens. Also available from Amazon: Mrs. Owens' Cook Book.
1 quart milk.
2 teaspoons - even - corn starch.
3 eggs.
1 cup sugar.
1 cup cocoanut - grated or desiccated.
1 teaspoon butter.
1 teaspoon lemon extract.
Scald the milk. Stir in the corn starch with 2 tablespoons of the milk. Add the other ingredients and bake 1/2 hour, in a pudding-dish.
Mrs. M. J. Hale.
1 cocoanut. 1 quart milk. Whites of 8 eggs. 1 1/2 cups sugar.
Grate the cocoanut. Mix with the sugar, milk, and beaten whites. Let stand 1/2 hour before baking. Then bake, and watch that it does not whey. Use the milk of the nut also. Frost with the whites of 2 eggs with 2 tablespoons sugar extra. Serve cold.
 
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