MRS. O'S PUMPKIN PIE - 1855
from : Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book by Catherine Beecher.
New York : Harper & Brothers, 1855.
from : Thanksgiving & the New England Pie.

One quart of strained pumpkin, or squash.
Two quarts of milk, and a pint of cream.
One teaspoonful of salt, and four of ginger.
Two teaspoonfuls of pounded cinnamon.
Two teaspoonfuls of nutmeg, and two of mace.
Ten well-beaten eggs, and sugar to your taste.

Bake with a bottom crust and rim, till it is solid in the centre.

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