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When dissolved, stir in a couple of table-spoonsful of flour, set it near the fire -- When light, use it for your dough.
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Take four table-spoonsful of tapioca -- rinse it thoroughly, then soak it five hours, in cold water enough to cover it.
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To a pint of the strained pulp put three pints of milk, six beaten eggs, two table-spoonsful of melted butter, the juice of half
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Mix a table-spoonful of flour, smoothly, with a couple of table-spoonsful of milk, and stir it into the boiling milk.
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A couple of table-spoonsful of this, mixed with a tumbler two-thirds full of water, is a wholesome and refreshing drink in fevers.
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Boil it twenty minutes, stirring it constantly, then take it from the fire -- when cold, add to each quart four table-spoonsful of French brandy -- bottle and cork it tight.
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To a pint of the grated pulp put a pint of milk, a couple of eggs, two table-spoonsful of melted butter, the grated peel of a lemon, and half a wine glass of brandy.
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Take about three-quarters of a pound of bread, cut it into small pieces, and soak them soft in cold water -- then drain off the water, mash the bread fine, and mix with it two table-spoonsful of flour, three eggs, a tea-spoonful of salt, a table-spoonful of melted butter, and cold milk sufficient to make it a thick batter.
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When the strength is obtained from them, strain the liquor -- put it back on the fire -- take a little of the liquor, and mix smoothly with three heaping table-spoonsful of wheat flour -- stir it into the liquor when it boils.
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When the whole is just lukewarm, beat three eggs with three table-spoonsful of sugar -- stir them into the pudding, together with two tea-spoonsful of salt, two of cinnamon, or a grated nutmeg, and a couple of table-spoonsful of melted butter, or suet chopped fine.
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