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Nutmeg

A historical recipe from Substitutes for Flesh Foods, by Edwin Giles Fulton.

A historical recipe

Substitutes for Flesh Foods: Vegetarian Cook Book, by Edwin Giles Fulton. Project Gutenberg eBook #43879.

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 Substitutes for Flesh Foods, by Edwin Giles Fulton. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #43879 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43879). 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. Rub the butter, flour, nutmeg, and salt together until smooth, and add slowly one and one-half cups hot water, stirring constantly.
  2. Boil, remove from the fire, and add the lemon juice, olive oil, and the yolks of the eggs, one at a time.
  3. Beat slowly and thoroughly together.
  4. Strain, and serve.