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Asparagus on Toast

A historical recipe from The royal baker and pastry cook, by Royal Baking Powder Company (1902).

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A historical recipe

The royal baker and pastry cook: A manual of practical cookery, by Royal Baking Powder Company (1902). Project Gutenberg eBook #73744.

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

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. 8 slices dry toast

Method

  1. Have stalks of equal length;
  2. scrape lower ends;
  3. tie in small bunches with tape.
  4. Cook 20 to 30 minutes, according to size.
  5. Dip 6 or 8 slices dry toast in asparagus liquor, lay on hot platter, place asparagus on them, and cover with a white or drawn butter sauce;
  6. in making sauce use asparagus liquor and water or milk in equal quantities.

Plating

Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The royal baker and pastry cook, by Royal Baking Powder Company (1902). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #73744 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73744). 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.