This section is from the book "A Laboratory Manual Of Foods And Cookery", by Emma B. Matteson. Also available from Amazon: A Laboratory Manual of Foods and Cookery.
Ingredients:
7 tbsp. sugar
2 2/3 tbsp. flour salt
1 c. milk - scalded
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. sugar
3 tbsp. flour
1 oz. chocolate
1 c. milk - scalded
1 egg yolk
1 tsp. vanilla
Method:
Mix dry ingredients with a little of the cold milk. Add to the scalded milk, and cook 20 minutes in double boiler. Add egg and cook a little longer. Add the vanilla. Cool.
Chocolate. Shave the chocolate and add 1 tbsp. hot water to it. Heat it in double boiler until smooth. Pour the cooked flour mixture over this. Then add the egg and vanilla.
Ingredients:
1/2 lb. chopped figs 1/3 c. boiling water
1/3 c. sugar 1 tbsp. lemon juice
Method:
Mix all together, and cook in a double boiler until thick enough to spread.
Fruit Add chopped fruit and nuts to White Mountain Frosting.
 
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