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French Flummery

From "Our home favorite." (1882).

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A historical recipe

"Our home favorite.", by Saratoga, Springs, N.Y. Frist Baptist church. Young women's home mission circle. [from old catalog] (1882).

France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

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. 3 tablespoons milk

Cook safely

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

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. T heaping tablespoon gelatine in 3 tablespoons milk.
  2. Boil gently until dissolved, then strain.
  3. Whip i pt.
  4. sweet cream, sweeten and flavor to taste, then add the boiling gelatine, stirring very fast.
  5. Put in moulds and set on ice.
  6. Serve with cake.
  7. Mrs.
  8. F.
  9. V.
  10. Hewitt.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Whisk
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve
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Credit

From "Our home favorite." (1882), printed page 71, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/ourhomefavorite00sara

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.