This section is from the book "Facts Worth Knowing", by Robert Kemp Philip. Also available from Amazon: Inquire Within for Anything You Want to Know.
Soak in warm water 1 tea-cupful of tapioca; beat 4 eggs with 3 table-spoons-fill of sugar; melt in half a pint of milk 1 table-spoonful of butter. Stir all together; flavor to your taste, and bake in a quick oven.
 
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