Squash Pie (Economical)
A historical recipe from Fifty-two Sunday dinners, by Elizabeth O. Hiller (1913).
A historical recipe
Fifty-two Sunday dinners: A book of recipes, by Elizabeth O. Hiller (1913). Project Gutenberg eBook #31534.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.
Source and licence
From Fifty-two Sunday dinners, by Elizabeth O. Hiller (1913). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #31534 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31534). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
Method
- Bake the half of a Hubbard squash, scoop out the pulp, rub through a strainer.
- (There should be one and one-half cups.) Add one cup hot milk, one-half cup sugar, one-half teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon ginger, one-fourth teaspoon nutmeg and one egg well beaten.
- Mix well.
- Line a pie pan with Plain Paste, put an extra rim of pastry around edge of pie, flute rim and turn in mixture.
- Bake thirty minutes in a moderately hot oven.