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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RECIPE

 

 
  39. Sole Pudding.

  Split a pair of soles from the bone, and cut the fins
close ; season with salt, pepper, nutmeg, and pounded mace,.
and place the whole in layers, with half a hundred of oysters.
Put the liquor of the oysters in the dish, with two or
three spoonfuls of broth and some butter. Add a little
thick cream, on this place a layer of mashed potatoes, and
bake for about half an hour.
 
 

 
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