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Italian Spaghetti

A historical recipe from Better Meals for Less Money, by Marietta McPherson Greenough (1917).

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A historical recipe

Better Meals for Less Money, by Marietta McPherson Greenough (1917). Project Gutenberg eBook #34509.

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 3 ingredients

  1. 2 cups spaghetti broken
  2. 1/4 cup grated cheese Cook spaghetti
  3. One-half can tomatoes seasoned

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. 2 cups spaghetti broken in 2-inch pieces 1/2 bay leaf 1/2 onion 1 can condensed tomato soup 4 cloves 1/4 cup grated cheese Cook spaghetti in boiling salted water with the onion, cloves, and bay leaf until tender;
  2. drain, remove onion, cloves, and bay leaf;
  3. add soup and cheese, and heat to boiling point.
  4. One-half can tomatoes seasoned, stewed until thick, and pressed through a sieve, may be used in place of soup.
  5. Macaroni may be used in place of spaghetti.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Large pot
  • Grater
  • Sieve
  • Colander
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Better Meals for Less Money, by Marietta McPherson Greenough (1917). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #34509 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34509). 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.