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To make a Custard Mrs Smith

Boil well a quart of milk with some cinnamond
cloves, and a little Nutmeg shred, and some lemon peel
Then take it off the fire, and let it stand for some
time close covered, beat 8 eggs but leave out the whites
of 4 of them, and mix then well with the milk
and sweeten it to your pallate Then strain it thro'
an hair seive, and put in a little Orange flower or
rose water Set it over a clear fire, and stir it all one
way, When it begins to thicken take it off and stir it
some time for fear it should curdle Then put it in a
dish with some Sippets ot without, and if it cannot
be eaten you may throw it away.

To make Solid Syllabub Mrs Blackford

Tale a pint of cream half a pint of white wine or
Renish wine, a quarter of a pint of Sack the juice of
one Lemon, and the peel grated three quarters of a
pound of hard sugar, mix all these together, and put them
into an Eaarthen pot or pan Beat it all one way with
a wisk till it be so thick That the wisk will stand
upright in it Then put it into a Syllabub pott or
glasses, and let it stand 2 days or more You must beat
it all one way or else it will not be a curd

To make a Whip't Syllabub Sister Brydges

Take a pint of Cream and a pint of milk and the juce of
2 lemons, with some of the peel sliced in it, half a pint
of sack 4 spoonfulls of Orange flower water with some
sugar to your taste, mix all these well together in a pan