Soft Custard
4 eggs
1 pint milk
21/2 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp vanilla
Use the same recipe as for custard. Heat the milk in a boiler. Separate the yolks from the whites of eggs. Beat the egg yolks add sugar and add salt. Pour the hot milk over the egg and sugar mixture, return the whole mixture to the double boiler ,and cook slowly until the custard thickens to coat the spoon. Remove from the fire. Beat the egg whites until stiff, add vanilla and fold the beaten egg whites into the custard. With or without the addition of the egg wnites this soft custard may be served with apple sauce, prunes, or whips or with firmer puddings of rice or diced bread.
ORIGINAL RECIPE WAS FOUND IN THIS MAGAZINE