
Creamed Oysters
The original 1910 method for Creamed Oysters, presented as a faithful archival transcription.
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The original 1910 method for Creamed Oysters, presented as a faithful archival transcription.
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Broiled squirrels, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including skin, clean and lay in a marinade of salad oil and lemon juice for one hour.
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A page-cited historical dinner recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.
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Scrambled eggs in cups, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including with a rather large tin “shape” cut round out of slices of stale bread an inch thick.
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A restrained old-school casserole: boiled macaroni, grated cheese, white sauce, and a crisp buttered-crumb top.
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A page-cited historical dinner recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.
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Indian meal crumpets, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including heat a quart of milk to scalding and pour it gradually upon two full cups of corn-me.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Candied citron, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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Soft folded yeast rolls with the signature buttered crease, adapted directly from Fannie Farmer’s measured 1910 method.
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Cherry ice, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including stem and stone a quart of cherries, crush and cover them with two cupfuls of sugar.
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Turnover pies, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including fruit over one-half of the piece.
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Stewed tripe and celery, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including cut into inch pieces enough celery to make a cupful, and stew tender in salted, boil.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Broiled quail, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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Potatoes á la Lyonnaise, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including two great spoonfuls of butter into the frying-pan and fry two sliced onions in this .
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Carrots sautés, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including boil young carrots, not longer than your forefinger, for eight minutes in salted wat.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Almond filling, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Baked cucumbers, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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The original 1910 method for Brown Sauce I, presented as a faithful archival transcription.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Egg and cheese timbales, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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The original 1910 method for Batter V, presented as a faithful archival transcription.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Pilau of green peppers, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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The original 1910 method for Batter I, presented as a faithful archival transcription.
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Marion Harland’s original method for Broiled soft-shell crabs, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.
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The original 1910 method for Brown Sauce II (Espagnole), presented as a faithful archival transcription.
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