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Italian Vegetable Stew

From Girth control (1923).

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A historical recipe

Girth control, by Finck, Henry T., 1854-1926, author (1923).

Italy

Known as an Italian 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 2 ingredients

  1. 1 teaspoonful paprika white pepper y
  2. 3 medium sized onions

Cook safely

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

  • Hot oil. Never put water on an oil fire: turn off the heat and cover the pan with a lid or a damp tea towel. Pat food dry before it goes into hot oil, and lower it in gently, away from you.
  • 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. 3 tablespoonfuls fat 3 medium sized onions 6 green peppers 2 cups canned tomatoes 2 teaspoonfuls salt 1 teaspoonful paprika white pepper y.
  2. package spaghetti Fry onion in fat till slightly brown, add peppers and cook about ten minutes.
  3. Add tomatoes and seasoning and stew together until well done and rather thick.
  4. Boil spaghetti without breaking, arrange on a platter and pour vegetable mixture over it.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Saucepan
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Credit

From Girth control (1923), printed page 330, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/35530130R.nlm.nih.gov

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.