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Sauce for Canvas-back Duck

A historical recipe from Joe Tilden's Recipes for Epicures, by Joe Tilden (1907).

A historical recipe

Joe Tilden's Recipes for Epicures, by Joe Tilden (1907). Project Gutenberg eBook #12069.

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 Joe Tilden's Recipes for Epicures, by Joe Tilden (1907). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #12069 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12069). 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. Melt together in a hot soup plate one ounce of butter, and an equal amount of currant jelly.
  2. Add the juice of a lime, a glass of sherry and a small cupful of finely chopped celery.
  3. Season with salt, pepper and cayenne.