One pint water, 1/2 lb. butter, 3/4 lb. sifted flour, 10 eggs, 1 small teaspoon soda. Mock cream: 1 cup sugar, 4 eggs, 1 cup flour, 1 quart milk, flavoring.

Boil the water, rub the flour with the butter; stir into the water while boiling. When it thickens like starch remove from the fire. When cool stir into it the well-beaten eggs and the soda. Drop the mixture onto the buttered tins with a large spoon. Bake till a light brown, in a quick oven. When done open one side and fill with mock cream made as follows in the above proportions: Beat eggs to a froth; stir in the sugar, then flour; stir them into the milk while boiling; stir till it thickens, then remove from the fire and flavor with lemon or vanilla. It should not be put into the puffs until cold.