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Hot Chocolate

A historical recipe from Molly Gavin's own cookbook, by Molly Gavin (1927).

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A historical recipe

Molly Gavin's own cookbook, by Molly Gavin (1927). Project Gutenberg eBook #77698.

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

Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Molly Gavin's own cookbook, by Molly Gavin (1927). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #77698 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77698). 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.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. 2 oz chocolate
  2. 1 qt boiling water

Method

  1. 2 oz chocolate;
  2. ⅓ c sugar;
  3. few grains salt;
  4. 1 qt boiling water;
  5. 1 small can evaporated milk.
  6. Melt chocolate over hot water;
  7. add sugar and salt;
  8. add gradually boiling water;
  9. let boil 5 min;
  10. stir in milk, reheat and beat with egg beater until frothy.

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