Wash, scrape, and grate the roots, letting them fall from the grater into a batter made of two eggs, half a cup of milk, flour enough for thin batter, and a little salt and pepper. It should be like raw fritters when mixed. Drop, by the spoonful, into the hot fat. As fast as they are fried throw into a hot colander, set over a bowl in the oven. Eat hot.
Sweet Potatoes.
Indian Meal Pudding.
4 beaten eggs; 1 quart of boiling milk; 2 scant cups white “corn-flour,” or very fine meal; ½ cup of wheat flour; 1 scant cup powdered sugar; 1 tablespoonful butter; a little salt; 1 tablespoonful of cream of tartar, and half as much soda sifted twice through the flour; ½ teaspoonful mixed cinnamon and nutmeg.
Boil the milk; stir in the meal, flour, and salt. Boil fifteen minutes, stirring up well from the bottom. Put into a bowl, and beat hard for three minutes. When cold add beaten eggs and sugar, with the spice. Whip long and thoroughly. Bake in greased cups or muffin-tins, in a steady oven. When done, turn out, and eat with butter and powdered sugar.
First Week. Saturday.
Mock Turtle Soup.
Please refer to Wednesday, Third Week in March, for a long and minute receipt for this soup. Make enough for three days.