This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Ingredients. - Two ounces of macaroni or spaghetti, two ounces of butter, two ounces of sugar, two pints of milk, four eggs, the grated rind of one lemon, or other flavoring, salt.
Method. - Break the macaroni or spaghetti into half-inch lengths, put them with two pinches of salt into the milk when boiling, and simmer until tender. Add the sugar, butter, lemon rind and the well-beaten yolks of the eggs, stir in the mixture by the side of the fire for a few minutes, but do not let it boil. Lastly, add the stiffly-whisked whites of eggs, then turn the mixture into a buttered pie-dish, and bake slowly from twenty-five to thirty minutes.
 
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