Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery

by Marion Harland

Tapioca Blanc-mange. ✠

• ½ lb. tapioca, soaked in a cup of cold water four hours.
• 1 pint rich new milk.
• ¾ cup of sugar.
• 2 teaspoonfuls bitter almond or vanilla essence.
• A little salt.

Heat the milk, and stir in the soaked tapioca. When it has dissolved, add the sugar. Boil slowly fifteen minutes, stirring all the time; take from the fire, and beat until nearly cold. Flavor and pour into a mould dipped in cold water. Turn out, and pour cold sweetened cream around it.