On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:09:19 -0500, Omelet >
wrote:


>I have to agree that it is not a good Custard recipe.
>It's not even a correct custard recipe.
>
>From what I see in moms Betty Crocker Cookbook (sitting here in my lap),
>there is no thickener used for a proper custard. Thought I remembered as
>much!
>

>This cookbook is probably a good 60 years old.
>A real family treasure. :-) I'm considering having it re-bound as it's
>falling apart, literally. I've been preserving it by keeping it in a
>ziplock bag... It was one of the foremost things on moms mind when she
>was dying. She was most concerned that I knew where it was etc. <sigh>
>
>I do treasure it!

It can't be over 60 years old, the first one was copyrighted 1950.
There is a reproduction of that book. You might get one and save the
old one.

What does the cover look like?

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)