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Pried Peaches

From The Chicago Record cook book (1896).

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A historical recipe

The Chicago Record cook book, by Chesbrough, Mary Mott, [from old catalog] ed (1896).

United States

Known as an American 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 1 ingredient

  1. a tablespoonful of butter

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.
  • 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. Pare and cut in halves five peaches;
  2. put a tablespoonful of butter in a frying-pan, place the peaches in with the pit side down.
  3. When they begin to brown turn and fill the holes with sugar;
  4. cook till tender.
  5. Serve on a hot platter.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Chef's knife
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Credit

From The Chicago Record cook book (1896), printed page 467, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/chicagorecordcoo00ches

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.