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Welsh or Scotch Rabbit

A historical recipe from The English Housekeeper, by Anne Cobbett (1851).

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A historical recipe

The English Housekeeper: Or, Manual of Domestic Management Containing advice on the conduct of household affairs and practical instructions concerning the store-room, the pantry, the larder, the kitchen, the cellar, the dairy; the whole being intended for the use of young ladies who undertake the superintendence of their own housekeeping, by Anne Cobbett (1851). Project Gutenberg eBook #55314.

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

United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Method

  1. There are many receipts for this, and the following is a good one.
  2. Mix some butter with grated cheese (unless that be so fat that the butter is not required), add salt, pepper, made mustard, and a tea-cupful of brown stout or Port wine;
  3. put this into a cheese-toaster, stir till the cheese be dissolved, then brown, and serve it quite hot: toasts in a separate dish.

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Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The English Housekeeper, by Anne Cobbett (1851). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #55314 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55314). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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.