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Brown Cucumber Sauce

A historical recipe from The Jewish Manual Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery with a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relat, by Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady (1846).

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A historical recipe

The Jewish Manual Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery with a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette, by Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady (1846). Project Gutenberg eBook #12327.

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. a spoonful of vinegar

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Hot oil. Never put water on an oil fire: turn off the heat and cover the pan with a lid or a damp tea towel. Pat food dry before it goes into hot oil, and lower it in gently, away from you.
  • 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. Peel and cut in thick slices, one or more fresh cucumbers, fry them until brown in a little butter, or clarified fat, then add to them a little strong beef gravy, pepper, salt, and a spoonful of vinegar;
  2. some cooks add a chopped onion browned with the cucumbers.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Vegetable peeler
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The Jewish Manual Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery with a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relat, by Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady (1846). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #12327 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12327). 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.