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A historical recipe from The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience, by Mary Harrison (1905).

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A historical recipe

The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience, by Mary Harrison (1905). Project Gutenberg eBook #29007.

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. Ingredients--Some slices of bread about half an inch in thickness.
  2. Some slices of cheese.
  3. A little butter.
  4. The yolk of an egg.
  5. Pepper and salt.
  6. A little cayenne.
  7. Method.--Toast the bread and keep it quite hot.
  8. Cut the cheese into very thin pieces.
  9. Put it in a saucepan with the butter;
  10. pepper and salt to taste.
  11. Stir until it has melted, then mix in the yolk.
  12. Spread it on the toast, and brown before the fire.

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Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience, by Mary Harrison (1905). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #29007 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29007). 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.