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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The Thorough Good Cook by George Augustus Sala is now in the public domain. The recipes are original and unadulterated, of course!

RECIPE

 

38. Matelote.

  Cut up twelve or eighteen small white onions, and as
many mushrooms ; fry them in butter, but do not let them
brown ; add two dessertspoonfuls of flour, pepper, salt, and
grated nutmeg, with half a pint of broth and a glass of
white wine. Let the whole boil gently ; beat up the yolks
of three eggs, and stir in. Add the juice of a lemon just
before serving.

 
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