Welsh Rarebit
A historical recipe from Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper Designed Especially to Aid Beginners, by Maria Parloa (1893).
A historical recipe
Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper Designed Especially to Aid Beginners; Economical Receipts for Those Who Are Cooking for Two or Three, by Maria Parloa (1893). Project Gutenberg eBook #56540.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.
Also printed in: Practical vegetarian cookery, by Kate Buffington Davis, Constance Wachtmeister (1897).
Source and licence
From Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper Designed Especially to Aid Beginners, by Maria Parloa (1893). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #56540 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56540). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
- 1/2 pint of soft mild cheese
- 1/2 gill of milk
- 1/2 tablespoonful of butter
- 1/4 teaspoonful of salt
- 1/2 teaspoonful of mustard
- 3 slices of toast
- 1 egg
Method
- 1/2 pint of soft mild cheese.
- 1/2 gill of milk.
- 1 egg.
- 1/2 tablespoonful of butter.
- 1/4 teaspoonful of salt.
- 1/2 teaspoonful of mustard.
- A grain of cayenne.
- 3 slices of toast.
- Break the cheese into small bits.
- Beat the egg, and add the other ingredients to it.
- Put the mixture in a small saucepan, which place in another of boiling water.
- Stir over the fire until the mixture becomes a smooth, creamy mass.
- Immediately spread this on the hot toast, and serve.
- The rarebit can be made on the table in the chafing dish.