The Thorough Good Cook
by George Augustus Sala
recipes from 1896

A digital version of a rare antique cookbook originally published in 1896 for those who want to kick it Olde Skool !


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  45. Cod with White Sauce (Cabillaud a la Bechamel).

  Boil two nice, well-cut slices of cod ; dish them without
a napkin, and have ready the following sauce : Put nearly
a quart of Bechamel in a stew-pan, with a quarter of a
pint of white stock ; stir it over the fire, to reduce, ten
minutes ; then add two teaspoonfuls of essence of anchovies,
a little cayenne pepper, and sugar; finish with a gill of
whipped cream, and pour over the fish.
 
 

 

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