[Nea Wood]

Ladies!

Today I learned something new about our First Lady. She collects vintage cookbooks! I do, too, so I am thrilled that I have something in common with Laura. (After all, she's beautiful, admired, and has an adorable husband who worships her...so I'm glad I have ONE thing in common with her! Ha ha!) Anyway, according to "USA Weekend" magazine, Laura actually uses her old cookbooks, and one of her favorite recipes is the "lemon sponge custard" in her 1964 copy of "The Joy of Cooking." If anyone has that recipe, please post it and ping me when you do. Thank you kindly!

Love,

Nea

[lodwick]

Morning All

[mountaineer]

Now there's something I also have in common with Laura, at least a little bit. I don't have "Joy of Cooking," but among my prized possessions are my late mother-in-law's (whom I never met) "Magic Chef Cooking" that came with her new stove in 1940, and a 1908 book for practical housekeepers, "Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book."

And then there's Queen Hillary, who wasn't the kind to make cookies and stand by her man.

[BigWaveBetty]

This is the recipe from the 1975 edition of Joy. The new 1997 edition tinkers with the recipe, but we subscribe to the "If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it" school of cookery. Make it on a cold, crisp fall night, and enjoy.

Hot Lemming Pudding
(a.k.a. Lemon Sponge Custard)
3/4 cup sugar
1-1/2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
2 or 3 egg yolks
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 cup milk
2 or 3 egg whites
Preheat oven to 350°F. Cream sugar, butter, and lemon rind. Add egg yolks and beat well. Stir in flour alternately with lemon juice and milk. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry and fold them into the yolk mixture. Place the batter into a buttered 7-inch baking dish. Set the dish on a rack in a pan filled with 1 inch of hot water. Bake for about 1 hour, or until set. Serve hot. Makes 4 servings.

Link Hope this is what you're looking for. :-)