This section is from the book "Mrs. Owens' Cook Book", by Frances E. Owens. Also available from Amazon: Mrs. Owens' Cook Book.
1 cup corn starch wet with 1 cup water.
1 beaten egg; pinch of salt. Stir this into 1 quart of boiling milk. Add 1 teaspoon extract desired for flavoring.
Let cook 3 or 4 minutes. Eat with liquid sauce, hot, or is good cold with milk and sugar.
1/2 cup rice, washed. 3 1/2 tablespoons corn-meal. 1 quart milk. 1/2 cup brown sugar. 1 teaspoon butter. 1/4 teaspoon each ginger, allspice, and cinnamon.
Put the quart of milk on the stove, and when it comes to a boil, pour in the corn-meal wet with 1 cup cold milk. Let boil up well, add the other ingredients, put into a pudding-dish, and bake 2 hours, stirring from the bottom, every 1/2 hour. Be very careful not to scorch the milk if it is put directly over the fire. A double boiler is safer.
Mrs. E. B. B
One quart of sweet milk; 3 tablespoons of corn starch; 1 cup of sugar; 5 yolks of eggs; salt; flavor. Boil the milk, and stir in the starch wet with cold milk; add the sugar and eggs, and let it boil a few minutes. Make a frosting of the whites, with a little more sugar, and brown in the oven.
1/2 cup rice. 3 pints milk. 1/2 cup sugar. 1 teaspoon butter; pinch of salt.
Stir frequently while baking. It should be of the consistence of cream when done. Bake 2 or 3 hours. Raisins may be used, if liked. Eat without sauce.
Mrs. F. McKercher, Chicago.
1 cup molasses. 1 cup sour milk.
1 cup fruit.
2 cups Graham flour. 1 teaspoon salt.
1 teaspoon soda. 1/2 teaspoon cloves. 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
Steam 2 hours and put in the oven for half an hour.
Serve with any sauce preferred.
Mrs. M. L. Galloway, Marseilles, Ill.
1 cup Graham flour.
1 cup corn-meal.
1 cup white flour.
1 cup cream.
1/2 cup molasses.
1 teaspoon soda. Steam 3 hours.
Serve with sugar and cream, or with liquid sauce.
Mrs. Bettie Reese, North Fork, Ky.
5 eggs beaten separately. 1 cup sugar. 1 cup molasses. 1 cup butter.
3 cups flour.
1 cup buttermilk.
1 pound raisins, cut up.
1/4 teaspoon soda.
Spice, if desired. Grease the pan well, and steam 2 1/2 hours. Serve with lemon sauce.
One pint flour, 2 small teaspoons baking powder, salt, milk to make soft enough to handle. Roll thin; spread all over it fresh cranberries, candied cherries, or any sauce. Roll up like a jelly-roll. Lay in steamer and steam 1 hour. Serve with lemon sauce.
Mrs. Jeanie J. H. Norton, Middletown Springs, Vt.
Place in a mold a layer of slices of bread or cake. Cover this with jam of any kind. Then another layer of bread and jam until the mold is 2/3 full. Pour over this a custard made of 2 eggs, a pint of milk, a pinch of salt, and 1/2 cup sugar. Boil 2 hours. Lemon sauce.
 
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