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Boiled Custard.
Put the milk on to boil with a little cinnamon a few
peach tree leaves, sweeten the milk beat the eggs
well, strain them, pour them in a crock pour the
milk to them & stir it constantly while you are
pouring it put it back in the skillet & stir it over
a slow fire until it is done then set it in a cool
place

To make a Trifle
Cut the pound cake in thin slices, put them in a deep
dish, wet them well with wine, pour the cold
boild custard over it & then put [sylabab?] over it

To make floating Island
Take the whites of 5 eggs 5 tablespoons full of jelly
beat them together until the spoon will stand
up in it, sweeten the milk put wine & nutmeg
with it & then put the float on it.

To make Pound Cake
To 1 lb of sugar 1 lb of butter 1 of flour ten eggs 1/2 a nut
meg a little mace put the flour to the fire to dry.

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