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Lunch Roll

A historical recipe from A little girl's cookery book, by Caroline French Benton, Mary Florence Hodge (1911).

A historical recipe

A little girl's cookery book, by Caroline French Benton, Mary Florence Hodge (1911). Project Gutenberg eBook #69364.

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

Source and licence

From A little girl's cookery book, by Caroline French Benton, Mary Florence Hodge (1911). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #69364 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69364). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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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.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Half a pound of beefsteak, all lean;
  2. half a pound of cooked ham, quite lean;
  3. both to be passed through the mincing-machine;
  4. half a pound of bread-crumbs, two sprigs of mace, half a nutmeg, pepper and salt to taste;
  5. two eggs, the yolks and whites well beaten;
  6. two hard-boiled eggs.
  7. Mix all together and make in the shape of a sausage.
  8. Tie very tightly in a cloth and boil for two hours.
  9. Glaze it and serve cold.
  10. The ham usually makes it salt enough, and cayenne is a great improvement.