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Lettuce Ss

From Leaves from our Tuscan kitchen (1900).

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A historical recipe

Leaves from our Tuscan kitchen, by Janet Ross (1900).

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.

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. and stir for a quarter of an hour over the fire.
  2. Serve up very hot.
  3. Two tablespoonfuls of cream are a good addition.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Wooden spoon
Source public domain per archive.org metadata; unverified
Credit

From Leaves from our Tuscan kitchen (1900), printed page 54, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/leavesfromourtu01rossgoog

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.