The simple desserts are the best desserts, and none is more pleasing to the eye and the palate or so easily made or so frequently served in an imperfect manner, than custards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vanilla and lemon have an almost universal appeal to the palate, and knowing this, the American cook, like the generation before her, has always seasoned her rice puddings, for instance, with one or the other, just as her apple sauce has invariably been flavored with lemon or nutmeg, her bread pudding with vanilla, and so all along her restricted line. An ordinary bread pudding becomes veritably a queen of 14 puddings as, indeed, it is called, merely by having a layer of jam through its centre and a simple icing spread over the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I didn\u2019t have to stir it quite as often as I usually do when I make jam, and I think it was because the heat was coming at the peaches equally from all sides of the pot which helped cook everything at the same pace, and made my cooking job easier since I didn\u2019t have to hover around the pot. They are particular, however, to be consistent in the use of garnishings. Flowers and fruits are reserved for sweet dishes, except in the case of nasturtiums, which they regard as much a vegetable as a flower and use freely with meats. It isn’t essential that every dish should be turned into an elaborate work of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An ordinary bread pudding becomes veritably a queen of 14 puddings as, indeed, it is called, merely by having a layer of jam through its centre and a simple icing spread over the top.<\/p>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/starter.pixelgrade.com\/julia-lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/14595784192_5117e279bf_o-683x1024.jpg\")
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