CHEAP CUSTARD
A very cheap custard can be made by adding to one pint of boiled milk one well-beaten-up egg and one good-sized teaspoonful of corn flour. The milk should be first sweetened, and can be flavored very cheaply by rubbing a few lumps of sugar on the outside of a lemon, or by having a few bay-leaves boiled in it. A rich yellow color can be obtained by using a small quantity of yellow vegetable coloring extract, which, like the green coloring, is sold in bottles by all grocers. These bottles are very cheap, as they last a long time. They simply give any kind of pudding a rich coloring without imparting any flavor whatever, and in this respect are very superior to saffron.
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From Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery - A Manual Of Cheap And Wholesome Diet by A. G. Payne
