Tapioca Custard

TAPIOCA CUSTARD

3 tablespoons pearl tapioca
3 tablespoons sugar
vanilla
2 cups milk
Orange juice or rind, grated
2 eggs

Soak tapioca 4 or 3 hours in half cup of water. Have milk
boiling, stir in tapioca, let simmer. Stir often till tapioca
is clear, then pour over yolks of 2 eggs whipped with the
sugar. Return to the stove and let simmer till custard is thick.
Turn in bowl, flavor with vanilla or orange juice or grated
rind. Stir in lightly the whipped whites of eggs.