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juice of a lemon, 2 tea cups molasses, 1 large teaspoon each of cinnamon and
cloves, 1 nutmeg grated fine, 1 pound stoned or seedless raisins, half a pound
currants, a quarter of a lemon cut fine, 1 quart cider and sugar and salt to
taste.
Lemon pie.
Grate the yellow rind and take the juice of 1 lemon, 1 cup sugar; take a heaping
tablespoon of corn-starch and mix it with cold water; add a cup of boiling
water, and cook a little; turn together; beat the yolk of 1 egg and add to the
mixture; beat the whites of 2 eggs to a froth with a little sugar and put over
the top after the pie is baked and set in the oven to slightly brown.
Pumpkin pie.
For 3 pies; 1 quart of milk, 3 cups of boiled and strained pumpkin, one and a
half cups sugar, half cup molasses, 4 eggs, a little salt and 1 teaspoon each of
ginger and cinnamon. Boston marrow or Hubbard squash may
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