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Banana Filling

A historical recipe from Practical vegetarian cookery, by Kate Buffington Davis, Constance Wachtmeister (1897).

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A historical recipe

Practical vegetarian cookery, by Kate Buffington Davis, Constance Wachtmeister (1897). Project Gutenberg eBook #69812.

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. one cupful of sugar

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Slice three bananas and one orange, grate the outside rind of the orange and mix with one cupful of sugar, and juice of orange;
  2. pour on the sliced bananas.
  3. Butter the short-cake and fill with the fruit thus prepared.
  4. Serve plain, or with whipped cream.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Whisk
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Grater
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Practical vegetarian cookery, by Kate Buffington Davis, Constance Wachtmeister (1897). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #69812 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69812). 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.