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A Pepper Pot

A historical recipe from The English Housekeeper, by Anne Cobbett (1851).

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A historical recipe

The English Housekeeper: Or, Manual of Domestic Management Containing advice on the conduct of household affairs and practical instructions concerning the store-room, the pantry, the larder, the kitchen, the cellar, the dairy; the whole being intended for the use of young ladies who undertake the superintendence of their own housekeeping, by Anne Cobbett (1851). Project Gutenberg eBook #55314.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. Three quarts of water
  2. 2 lbs. of mutton

Method

  1. Three quarts of water, 2 lbs.
  2. of mutton or veal, and a small piece of lean bacon;
  3. a fowl if you have it;
  4. as many carrots, turnips, and onions as you like, and a tea-cupful of rice.
  5. Scum well, season highly, and let it stand a little before you serve it, to take off the fat.

Plating

Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The English Housekeeper, by Anne Cobbett (1851). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #55314 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55314). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.