This section is from the book "Breakfast, Luncheon And Tea", by Marion Harland. Also available from Amazon: Breakfast, Luncheon And Tea.
5 table-spoonfuls rice flour.
1 quart of milk.
4 eggs - the whites only - whipped light.
1 large spoonful of butter.
1 cup powdered sugar.
A pinch of cinnamon and same of nutmeg.
Vanilla or other extract for flavoring.
A little salt.
Wet up the flour with cold water and add to the milk when the latter is scalding hot. Boil until it begins to thicken; put in the sugar and spice; simmer five minutes, stirring constantly, and turn into a bowl before beating in the butter. Let it get cold before flavoring it. Whip, a spoonful at a time, into the beaten eggs. Set to form in a wet mould.
Send sweet cream around with it.
This is delicate and wholesome fare for invalids. If you wish to have it especially nice, add half a pint of cream, whipped light and beaten in at the last.
 
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