Tapioca Pudding.
1 gill of flake or pearl tapioca.
1-1/2 pints of milk.
1/2 teaspoonful of salt.
Wash the tapioca and let it soak over night in one pint of cold water. In the morning pour off the water and add the milk. Cook for one hour in the double-boiler. Stir in the salt, and cook for half an hour longer. Serve with sugar and cream, or with preserved fruit.
The hot pudding may be turned into a mould which has been dipped in cold water. Let it stand in a cool place for several hours; then turn out on a flat dish, and pour preserved fruit around it.