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Banana Whip

A historical recipe from Better Meals for Less Money, by Marietta McPherson Greenough (1917).

A historical recipe

Better Meals for Less Money, by Marietta McPherson Greenough (1917). Project Gutenberg eBook #34509.

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

Source and licence

From Better Meals for Less Money, by Marietta McPherson Greenough (1917). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #34509 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34509). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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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.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. 4 bananas 4 tablespoons powdered sugar 4 tablespoons grape juice or jelly Whites of 2 eggs Peel and scrape bananas, force through a sieve;
  2. add grape juice, sugar, and stiffly beaten whites of eggs;
  3. pile lightly in individual glass dishes, garnish with bits of jelly, and serve at once.
  4. All materials should be very cold.