88 FB.UIT3 AND HOW TO tJSE THEM. 



ed with lemon are called lemon puddings, the basis may be 

 corn -starch, bread, or custard, and may be baked^ steamed 

 or boiled. The following is an excellent bread pudding 

 flavored with lemon. 



Lemon Mering-ue Pudding.— Scald four cups of new 

 milk and pour over two cups of fine stale bread-crumbs, and 

 let it stand half an hour. Into it stir one cupful of sugar 

 and a rounded tablespoonful of butter, the yolks of three 

 eggs, and the juice of one large or two smalllemons and the 

 grated yellow rind of half of one. Beat all together well 

 and bake in a buttered pudding-dish till it is just done 

 through, not a minute more ; draw the pudding to the edge 

 of the oven and cover with the stiff beaten whites, whipped 

 with three tablespoonf uls of sugar, and flavored with lemon 

 juice. Brown in the oven with the door left open. 



Liemon Fritters.— Boat three eggs light; it is better to 

 have yolks and whites separate but they may be beaten to- 

 gether. Stir in two cups of new milk, flour enough to 

 makf a thin batter, the juice of one lemon, and lastly one- 

 fourth of a teaspoouful of soda dissolved in a little water. 

 Fry in hot fat and sprinkle with sugar. When it is done 

 cover with a meringue made by beating the whiter with two 

 tablespoonfuls of sugar, and brown slightly in the oven. 



Liemon Pie. [Miss Hammond.) — Mix one cup and ahalf 

 of sugar with two heaping teaspoonfals of flour: add the 

 well-beaten yolks of six eggs and the whites of two eggs 

 beaten stiff, the grated rind of one and the juice of two 

 lemons, and one cup of ice water. Line two plates with a 

 crust and rim, flU, and bakrt In a moderate oven. Make a 

 meringue with the whites of four eggs and one cup of pow- 

 dered sugar. 



Lemon Pie. (Miss Hayes.)— Beat together one cup of sug- 

 ar and an egg; when thiclc and smooth add a tablespoonful 

 of flour. Grate a little of the yellow peel from a good sized 

 lemon and stir into the mixture. Then pee! the lemon, 

 carefully removing all the pith, and with a sharp knife cut 

 in thin slices, removing all seeds. 



