This section is from the book "Mrs. Fryer's Loose-Leaf Cook Book", by Jane Eayre Fryer. Also available from Amazon: Mrs. Fryer's Loose-Leaf Cook Book.
11/2 cups rhubarb 2/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon flour
Prepare the rhubarb and scald it as for stewing; mix with the other ingredients and bake between two crusts.
1 cup water
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup sugar
Butter size of 1 egg
Juice and grated rind of 1 lemon Yolks of 2 eggs Whites of 2 eggs 2 tablespoons sugar
Boil the water; wet the cornstarch and stir it in; boil until clear and pour on the sugar and butter When cool add the lemon and egg yolks and pour into a pie plate lined with any kind of paste preferred. Bake in a hot oven, having the greatest heat at the bottom of the oven. When nearly done cover with a meringue made from the whites of the eggs and two teaspoons of granulated sugar and return to the oven to brown.
1/2 cup milk 1 cup sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
Juice and grated rind of 1 lemon Yolks of 3 eggs Whites of 3 eggs
3 tablespoons sugar
Bake the pie crust first. Heat the milk; add next four ingredients as in making custard; pour this, boiling, upon the whites, beaten light and mixed with the three tablespoons of sugar. Pour into the crust and brown slightly in a hot oven.
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour 1/2 cup molasses
1 cup water
Juice and grated rind of 2 lemons
1 cup seeded raisins
Stir the flour into the sugar; then add the other ingredients in the order named. Bake between two crusts, slashing the upper one.
1 1/2 cups cranberries
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
Wash the cranberries and cook them with the sugar and water for ten minutes. Line a pie plate with paste; pour in the cranberries when they have cooled; moisten the edges and lay narrow strips of paste across the plate, forming diamond-shaped spaces. Add a rim of paste; press into flutings with the finger and bake in a hot oven.
2 eggs
3 tablespoons sugar
Pinch of salt 1 1/2 cups milk
Grated nutmeg or cinnamon
Beat the eggs slightly; add the sugar, salt and milk. Line a pie plate with paste; strain in the mixture; sprinkle grated nutmeg or cinnamon over the top and put in a quick oven. When the edge of the crust begins to brown reduce the heat and bake till the custard is just set.
1 1/2 cups milk Sugar to taste
2 eggs
1 cup grated cocoanut
Boil the milk; sweeten to taste and cool. Beat the eggs separately and then together; add them to the cocoanut and combine with the milk. Bake in a crust like custard pie.
1 cup milk Pinch of salt 3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 eggs
Scald the milk; add the sugar, salt and cornstarch dissolved in a little cold milk. Stir over hot water until the mixture thickens; then add the beaten eggs and last the cheese cake, mixed with a little extra milk. Line one pie plate or a number of small patty pans with paste; fill with the mixture and bake until the cheese custard is firm.
 
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