through a hot strainer. This is necessary as
there is generally a little tough scum on the liquid. (If put through a
cold strainer, the agar-agar will set as it goes through.) When jelly is
quite cold, turn out and serve.

12. CORNFLOUR SHAPE.

Stew some juicy plums or apples slowly to a pulp with sugar to taste. If
apples are used, add cloves or a little grated lemon rind for flavouring.
To every pint of fruit pulp allow a level tablespoon of cornflour.
Dissolve the cornflour in a little cold water and stir into the boiling
apple. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring all the time. Pour into a wet mould.
Turn out and serve when cold.

13. CUSTARD, BOILED.

1 pint milk, 2 eggs, 1 tablespoon castor sugar, flavouring.

Put some thin strips of the yellow part of a lemon rind, or a vanilla pod,
in the cold milk. Allow to stand 1 hour or more. Then take out the peel,
add the sugar, and put over the fire in a double saucepan, if possible.
Bring to the boil. Beat the eggs. Take the milk off the fire, let it stop
boiling, and pour it slowly into the eggs, beating all the time. Put back
into the saucepan over a slow fire and stir until the mixture thickens
(about 20 minutes).

14. CUSTARD, HOGAN.

1 qt. milk, 8 eggs, 12 lumps sugar, 1 large tablespoon cornflour.

Flavour milk as in Boiled Custard. Put nearly all the milk and all the
sugar into a 3-pint jug and stand in a saucepan of boiling water. While
this is heating beat the eggs in one basin, and mix the cornflour with the
remainder of the milk in another. Add the eggs to hot milk, stirring all
the time, and finally add the cornflour. Stir until the mixture thickens
(about 20 minutes).

15. DATE PUDDING.

This recipe is inserted especially for those who object to the use of
manufactured sugar.

1/2 lb. "Ixion" plain wholemeal biscuits, 1/2 lb. dates, 2 ozs. nutter, 1
heaped tablespoon wholemeal flour, grated rind of 2 lemons, water.

Grind the biscuits to flour in the food-chopper. Wash, stone, and chop the
dates. Grate off the yellow part of the lemon rinds. Rub the nutter into
the biscuit-powder. Add dates, lemon peel, and flour. Mix with enough
water to make a paste stiff enough for the spoon to just stand up in
alone. Be very particular about this, as the tendency is to add rather too
little than too much water, owing to the biscuit-powder absorbing it more
slowly. Put into a greased pudding-basin or mould. Steam or boil for 5
hours. "Ixion Kornules" may