Royal Custard for Soup.—Season two whole eggs with a little white pepper and salt and a tiny dust of nutmeg; mix together in a basin with two tablespoonfuls of cream that is coloured with a little carmine, strain and pour into little buttered dariol moulds; stand these on a piece of paper in a stewpan that contains boiling water and steam till firm; when cold cut out in little strips and rinse in warm water and use.