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Granny's
Old Fashion Boiled Custards
4 eggs
2/3 cup sugar
1 tsp flour
Pinch salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 qt milk
Separate the eggs and beat the yolks until they are a lemon color. Blend in
sugar and salt. In another bowl beat egg whites until very stiff. Add 2/3 of egg
whites to
yolk mixture. Bring milk to a boiling point over a very low heat, stirring
frequently.
Add the yolk mixture, to the milk stirring constantly until it sheets of spoon
in great pieces
it is then ready to remove from heat. Add the rest of egg whites and vanilla.
The egg whites
give a rough finish to custard.
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