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Spoon dessertspoonfuls of meringue on the trays spaced well apart and top each with a good pinch of coconut.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2012

INGREDIENTS.—For the custard, 4 eggs, 3/4 pint of milk, 2 oz. of butter, 2 oz. of pounded sugar, 3 dessertspoonfuls of flour, flavouring to taste; the whites of 2 eggs, 2 oz. of pounded sugar.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

Ingredients—2 or more gurnets.Some veal stuffing, omitting the suet.A little stock.� wineglass of sherry.1132 or 2 dessertspoonfuls of mushroom catsup.Some brown sauce.Pepper and salt.

From The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience by Harrison, Mary

INGREDIENTS.—The yolks of 4 eggs, 1 pint of cream, 3 oz. of preserved ginger, 2 dessertspoonfuls of syrup, sifted sugar to taste, 1 oz. of isinglass.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

Ingredients—1 apple.1 onion.2 dessertspoonfuls of curry powder.1� pint of second stock.2 tablespoonfuls of cream.2 oz. of butter.2 dessertspoonfuls of flour.Salt.A few drops of lemon juice.

From The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience by Harrison, Mary