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Whipped Cream

A historical recipe from The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering, by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum (1919).

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A historical recipe

The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc., by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum (1919). Project Gutenberg eBook #12350.

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

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. a pound of powdered sugar
  2. one-half teaspoon of vanilla

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. To one pint of rich thick cream add one-quarter of a pound of powdered sugar and one-half teaspoon of vanilla.
  2. Put in a large platter in a cool place and whip with a wire egg-whip until perfectly smooth and velvety.
  3. Set on ice until wanted.
  4. In the summer set the cream on ice before whipping.
  5. A good plan is to set the bowl in another one filled with ice while whipping.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Mixing bowl
  • Whisk
  • Chef's knife
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering, by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum (1919). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #12350 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12350). 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.