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A historical recipe from How to Cook in Casserole Dishes, by Marion Harris Neil.

A historical recipe

How to Cook in Casserole Dishes, by Marion Harris Neil. Project Gutenberg eBook #61720.

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 How to Cook in Casserole Dishes, by Marion Harris Neil. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #61720 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61720). 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.

United Kingdom. Associated with United Kingdom by a demonym leading its title: Welsh (confidence 0.55). "Associated with" means only that the evidence named here links this recipe to that place. A recipe isn't labelled as representing an entire country because a source associates it with one, and regional origins are kept where the source gives them.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. ½ pint (1 cup) grated American cheese 1 heaping tablespoonful (1 oz.) butter 3 tablespoonfuls of milk, cream, or ale 1 teaspoonful made mustard Salt and red pepper to taste 1 egg Some hot buttered toast or crackers Melt the butter in a casserole, add the seasonings, and the cheese.
  2. When melted, add the milk, cream or ale;
  3. stir vigorously till smooth, add the egg well beaten quickly and pour over the buttered toast or crackers.