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Breakfast Cocoa

A historical recipe from Lowney's Cook Book Illustrated in Colors, by Maria Willett Howard (1907).

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A historical recipe

Lowney's Cook Book Illustrated in Colors, by Maria Willett Howard (1907). Project Gutenberg eBook #52800.

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

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. two tablespoons sugar
  2. two cups boiling water gradually
  3. two cups scalded milk

Method

  1. 2 tablespoons Lowney’s Breakfast Cocoa 2 cups milk 2 tablespoons sugar 2 cups boiling water ⅛ teaspoon salt Mix two tablespoons Lowney’s Breakfast Cocoa, two tablespoons sugar, one eighth teaspoon salt;
  2. add two cups boiling water gradually;
  3. when smooth, boil five minutes;
  4. add two cups scalded milk, beat with a Dover egg beater until frothy.

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Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Lowney's Cook Book Illustrated in Colors, by Maria Willett Howard (1907). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #52800 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52800). 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.