Susie’s Bread Pudding.
1 quart of milk; 4 eggs; the whites of three, more for méringue; 2 cups fine dry crumbs; 1 tablespoonful melted butter; 1 cup of sugar; juice and half the grated peel of 1 lemon.
Beat eggs, sugar, and butter light. Soak the crumbs in the milk, and mix well, beating long and hard. When nearly done spread with a méringue made of the whipped whites of three eggs and a little powdered sugar. Eat cold.
First Week. Wednesday.