This section is from the book "A New Book Of Cookery", by Fannie Merritt Farmer. See also: How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food.
2 cups milk 1/2 cup farina ¼ cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt.
3 tablespoons water 6 tablespoons sugar.
Scald milk and add farina gradually, while stirring constantly. When mixture thickens, add sugar and salt and cook in double boiler .twenty minutes; then add whites of eggs, beaten until stiff. Turn into a slightly buttered shallow pan and keep in a warm place until serving time. Remove skin from peaches, put in saucepan and add water and sugar; cover and cook slowly until fruit is soft. Cut farina in squares, put a peach on each square and pour over all:.
Dilute one-half tablespoon cornstarch with one tablespoon cold water. Add to syrup remaining in saucepan, bring to the boiling point and let boil two minutes; then pour slowly, while stirring constantly, over the yolks of two eggs, beaten until thick and lemon-colored. Add two teaspoons lemon juice and a few grains salt.
 
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