Recipe - Tapioca Custard

Three fourths cup Pearl tapioca
Cold water
4 cup Scalded milk
3 Eggs
1 tablespoon Salt
One half cup Sugar
1 tablespoon Butter

Mrs. Gordon S. Adams & Gurna Gilbert

This and other recipes attributed jointly to Mrs. Gordon S. Adams and Gurna
Gilbert came from handwritten recipes in an autograph album collected by
Mrs. Gilbert; they were made available by Mrs. Adams, her daughterinlaw.
Soak the tapioca for 1 hour in cold water to cover; drain it; add it to the
milk; and cook it gently for One half hour.

Beat the eggs slightly, and add the salt and sugar to them; pour them
gradually over the hot tapioca mixture;

turn this into a pudding dish; add the butter; and bake 30 minutes in a
moderate (350ø) oven.

Posted to recipeludigest by LSHW shusky@erols.com on Feb 09, 1998