_Ingredients._—4 oz. of vermicelli, 1½ pint of milk, ½ pint of cream, 3
oz. of butter, 3 oz. of sugar, 4 eggs. _Mode._—Boil the vermicelli in
the milk until it is tender; then stir in the remaining ingredients,
omitting the cream, if not obtainable. Flavour the mixture with grated
lemon-rind, essence of bitter almonds, or vanilla; butter a pie-dish;
line the edges with puff-paste, put in the pudding, and bake in a
moderate oven for about ¾ hour. _Time._—¾ hour. _Average cost_, 1_s._
2_d._ without cream. _Sufficient_ for 5 or 6 persons. _Seasonable_ at
any time.