1 cup sugar, 2 cups fine bread crumbs, 6 eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls butter, the grated rind of 1 lemon, 4 cups milk and 1 pint strawberries; soak the bread crumbs in the milk for ½ hour; stir butter and sugar to a cream, add by degrees the yolks of the eggs and next the bread crumbs (by spoonfuls), stirring constantly; lastly add the whites of 3 eggs, beaten to a stiff froth, and the lemon; fill this into a buttered pudding dish, which should be a large one and but {~VULGAR FRACTION TWO THIRDS~} full; bake until done; draw to the front of oven, put a layer of fresh strawberries over it, sprinkle with sugar and cover with a meringue made of the 3 remaining whites of eggs and 1 tablespoonful powdered sugar; put it back in the oven and bake for a few minutes, until the meringue begins to color; serve cold with cream or vanilla sauce. Any kind of fruit may be used instead of strawberries, as may also jelly or marmalade.
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