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A historical recipe from A Poetical Cook-Book, by Maria J. Moss (1864).

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A historical recipe

A Poetical Cook-Book, by Maria J. Moss (1864). Project Gutenberg eBook #25631.

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. a pint of port
  2. a pint of sherry

Method

  1. In a large china bowl put a pint of port and a pint of sherry, or other white wine;
  2. sugar to taste.
  3. Milk the bowl full;
  4. in twenty minutes cover it pretty high with clouted cream;
  5. grate over it nutmeg;
  6. put pounded cinnamon and nonpareil comfits.
  7. It is very good without the nonpareil comfits.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Mixing bowl
  • Grater
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From A Poetical Cook-Book, by Maria J. Moss (1864). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #25631 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25631). 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.