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A historical recipe from 365 Luncheon Dishes, by Anonymous (1902).

A historical recipe

365 Luncheon Dishes: A Luncheon Dish for Every Day in the Year, by Anonymous (1902). Project Gutenberg eBook #24384.

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 365 Luncheon Dishes, by Anonymous (1902). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #24384 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24384). 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.

United Kingdom. Associated with United Kingdom by a demonym leading its title: English (confidence 0.55). "Associated with" means only that the evidence named here links this recipe to that place. A recipe isn't labelled as representing an entire country because a source associates it with one, and regional origins are kept where the source gives them.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Soak 1 cup of stale bread crumbs in 1 cup of milk for 15 minutes.
  2. Into a saucepan put 1 teaspoonful of butter and 1/2 cup cream cheese, melt and add the crumbs, also a well-beaten egg, 1/2 teaspoonful salt and a pinch of cayenne.
  3. Cook for 3 minutes and pour it on toasted crackers.