Yolks of two eggs.
2 tablespoonfuls of sugar.
A little nutmeg.

Beat the eggs till they are light; mix the milk and sugar till
the sugar melts; put the two together, and put it into a nice
baking-dish, or into small cups, and dust the nutmeg over the tops.
Bake till the top is brown, and till when you put a knife-blade
into the custard it comes out clean.


Cocoanut Custard

Add a cup of cocoanut to this rule and bake it in one dish, stirring
it up two or three times from the bottom, but, after it begins
to brown, leaving it alone to finish. Do not put any nutmeg on it.


Tapioca Pudding

2 tablespoonfuls tapioca.
Yolks of two eggs.
1/2 cup of sugar.
1 quart of milk.

Put the tapioca into a small half-cup of water and let it stand
one hour. Then drain it and put it in the milk in the double boiler,
and cook and stir it till the tapioca looks clear, like glass.
Beat the eggs and mix the sugar with them, and beat again till
both are light, and put them with the milk and tapioca and cook