This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Ingredients. - Two pints of milk, four eggs, eight heaped tablespoonfuls of flour, salt, dripping.
Method. - Put the flour and two good pinches of salt into a bowl, make a hole in the center, break in the eggs, stir, gradually mixing in the flour from the sides, and add milk by degrees until a thick, smooth batter is formed. Now beat well for ten minutes, then add the remainder of the milk, cover, and let it stand for at least one hour. When ready to use, put two tablespoonfuls of dripping into a pie-dish, and while it is heating give the batter another good beating. Pour into the dish, and bake in a quick oven for about thirty-five minutes. Serve with sugar, butter and sugar, jam or stewed fruit.
 
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