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Pastry-pies-custard 

Lemon pie

1 egg yolk

1 c sugar

1 c water

1 tbs cornstarch

1 lemon grated rind and juice

Put filling in baked crust

with meringue made from 

white of egg in the oven and brown

Coconut cream pie

yolk 2 eggs

1 c sugar

2 cup milk & 1/2 c water

butter   2 1/2 tbs flour

Mix flour in the 1/2 c water

When cooked add coconut

Stir constantly

Butterscotch Pie

1 c brown sugar

butter size walnut

1 c boiling water

2 eggs

2 t. cornstarch mixed

   with little cold water

1 t vanilla

Sugar, butter, water in pan

bring to a boil about 15 min

add beaten egg yolks

to cornstarch and add in

boiled mixture, let thicken

(in very small and faded writing at bottom of page)

one anbrue in top

Carries

Lemon Chiffon Pie with

Frozen Graham cracker

crust

Dissolve 1 Pkg. Kox gel. in

1/4 cup cold water

Beat up 4 eggs yolks - 1/2 cup

white sugar & juice of 2 lemons

cook until a little thick

then add dissolved gelatine

& 4 beaten egg whites to which

1/2 c sugar has been added

Put in frozen shell

16 graham crackers rolled fine

1/3 cup powdered sugar

1/2   "   melted butter

Pack in pie plate and let stand

in ice box a while before

filling

My notes:  This was a really hard one to read.  The ink on the first page is so light.  I had hopes with the Butterscotch Pie until the end.  The last line was written at the very bottom of the page and I almost did not see it until I was trying to read the lines above it.  I do not think anbrue is correct but that was the best I could do!  I have to keep reminding myself that these were almost like her own notes.  Rarely is there steps to take or temperature to bake.  Even though she could not cook when she got married, I am thinking she was eventually a very accomplished cook.

My smile came with the term "Ice Box" on the last recipe.  I do remember this term being used when I was younger, but it is rarely heard now.  I am picturing the top filled with a huge chunk of ice :)  One curious thing is that there are numbers in the right hand corners of each page.  I have no idea what these mean.  Can anyone guess?

Although I am trying to do a segment a week, I did not get one completed last weekend.  I am determined to get all of this out to all.

One last thought or maybe this is a call for help.  I have commented but I can, since this is my blog.  Does anyone know how to comment?  I know that Susan tried but it did not work.  Hoping that someone (calling Carol, since she has blogged before) can comment on how to do this.

Love to all!!!!!