Take 1 quart water, 2 pounds apples, 1½ pounds sugar, 1 lemon, squeezed and peeling in, cinnamon and nutmeg to taste. Put all on stove and let cook about 1 hour. Soaking of apples not necessary. =Cornstarch pudding (for 20 men).= Take 1 pound cornstarch, 1 pound sugar (granulated), 3 quarts water, 1 quart cream or milk, 2 ounces salt, 1 tablespoonful cinnamon, 1 teaspoonful nutmeg, 1 dozen eggs, when practicable. Heat water to a boiling point. Stir in cream, salt, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Dissolve the cornstarch in a small portion of the water and add the eggs, well beaten. Boil briskly for a few minutes, stirring often to avoid scorching. Set to cool in any kind of vessels, cups, vegetable dishes, etc. Flavor with lemon, etc., if desired. For baked cornstarch, pour this into a well-greased baking pan and bake about 1 hour in a moderate oven. Make a cream sauce for this. =Cracker pudding.= Take ½ dishpanful cracker meal (part bread soaked), water, 3 pounds sugar. Mix up 1 can cream and peaches, stewed, on top. Bake in oven. Sauce for same made as follows: 2 gallons water, 2 cans cream, 3 pounds sugar, 2 ounces salt, and 1 pound cornstarch. =Custard pudding (for 20 men).= Take 2 quarts milk, 1 quart water, ½ ounce salt, 6 eggs, 2 pounds sugar, and thoroly beat all together. Have a baking pan well greased and pour the mixture in and bake about ¾ hour or till it is done, then serve. Can either flavor it or not. The best way to test this pudding is to stick a straw in its center. If straw comes out clean it is done, if particles stick to straw it is not done. =Custard bread pudding (for 20 men).= Take 6 pounds stale or fresh bread, cut into small bits, 1 inch each way. Then make a custard of 2 quarts milk, 8 eggs, 1 pound granulated sugar, 1 nutmeg, a little salt (very little), ½ pound cornstarch. Put milk on stove and let come to boil, and add the other ingredients, and when it thickens it is done. Pour over the diced bread and serve hot. =English plum pudding (for 80 men).= Take 3 pounds raisins, 3 pounds currants, 1½ pounds brown sugar, 1 pound orange peel, 3 pounds beef suet chopped fine and freed from fiber, 3 pounds flour, peel of 6 lemons, 1½ ounces mixt spices, 3 pinches salt, 15 eggs, 1½ pints milk, 6 glasses brandy or best whisky. Mix well, tie up with cloth in cans, boil 5 or 6 hours. Serve with brandy sauce. =Fruit puddings.= Are exactly as the fruit rolls, only the crust is put in a pan the same as making a pie. Filling put in and cooked with a top crust. =Peach pudding (for 20 men).=