SQUASH CUSTARD, SQUASH PIE-TWO NUTRITIOUS DESSERTS

[Welland Tribune January 6, 1945]

By Betsy Newman

Include yellow or green vegetables in your menus. Turnips, squash, beets and the ubiquitous carrots are all good for us, so don’t forget them in your daily planning. Squash is good baked, boiled, steamed on the half shell, and served mashed, combined with potatoes or apples and in pie or pudding.

Today’s Menu
Scalloped Cabbage and Bacon
Baked Potatoes
Carrot and Turnip sticks
Nut glazed squash
Custards or squash pie
Coffee

Scalloped Cabbage and Bacon
1/4 lb of bacon
2 cups of chopped cooked cabbage
1 cup of medium white sauce
2 cups of ready-to-eat cereal

Fry bacon slowly until crisp; drain saving drippings. Arrange 1/2 cup of cabbage in greased casserole, top with 1/2 the bacon, crumbled and 1/2 white sauce. Repeat, alternating layers. Mix ready-to-eat cereal flakes with bacon drippings and sprinkle on top of cabbage casserole. Bake in hot oven (400 degrees F) 20 minutes. Serves 4

Nut Glazed Squash Custards
1/2 cup of white corn syrup or 1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon of cloves
1/4 teaspoon of ginger
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of thick strained cooked squash
2 cups of milk
3 eggs separated
1/4 cup of chopped nut meats

Combine half the syrup or sugar with spices; mix well with squash; add milk. Beat egg yolks well, stir into squash mixture, beat egg whites stiff  fold in. Pour in equal amounts of remaining syrup or sugar into greased custard cups. Divide nut meats into custard cups and fill with squash mixture. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F) 30 minutes or until set. Cool slightly, invert custard on individual serving dishes. Serves 6

Squash Pie
1 1/2 cups of strained cooked squash
1 cup of scalded milk
1/2 cup of sugar
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of cinnamon

Add scalded milk to squash, add slightly beaten egg, sugar, salt and spices, and pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 450 degrees F for the first 10 minutes, then lower the heat to 350 degrees F for remainder of time. Bake approximately 40 minutes or until custard is set.