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A historical recipe from Famous old receipts used a hundred years and more in the kitchens of the North and the South, contributed by descendants, by Jacqueline Harrison Smith (1906).

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A historical recipe

Famous old receipts used a hundred years and more in the kitchens of the North and the South, contributed by descendants, by Jacqueline Harrison Smith (1906). Project Gutenberg eBook #77552.

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

Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. ½ oz. each of cloves
  2. 1 grated nutmeg

Method

  1. Contributed by Miss Katharine Willcox, Westport, Conn.
  2. Boil a knuckle of veal.
  3. When perfectly cooked, strain the liquor, remove the fat, take out the bones, chop the meat fine, add 1 grated nutmeg, ½ oz.
  4. each of cloves, allspice and pepper.
  5. Put the mixture on the fire to simmer gently, and when the liquor becomes jelly, pour into a mould, and let it remain until the next day.
  6. You may line the mould with hard boiled egg cut in slices.

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Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Famous old receipts used a hundred years and more in the kitchens of the North and the South, contributed by descendants, by Jacqueline Harrison Smith (1906). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #77552 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77552). 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.