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Welsh Rarebit— I

From The 3-6-5 cook book, for use 365 days in the year (1899).

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A historical recipe

The 3-6-5 cook book, for use 365 days in the year, by Mary Shelley Pechin (1899).

United Kingdom

Known as a British 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 3 ingredients

  1. One pound of full cream American cheese
  2. one teaspoonful of butter
  3. two spoonfuls of ale

Method

  1. The secret of making Welsh rarebit digestible, is to add paprika to the cheese.
  2. One pound of full cream American cheese, one teaspoonful of butter, when hot stir in the cheese ;
  3. add slowly as it melts, two spoonfuls of ale ;
  4. when smooth, put in the paprika.
  5. Put on hot toast.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
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Credit

From The 3-6-5 cook book, for use 365 days in the year (1899), printed page 153, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/365cookbookforus00pech

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.