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 free companion book to Eat Dangerously is The Thorough Good Cook by George Augustus Sala. The recipes are original and unadulterated, of course!

RECIPE

 

 
45. Orleans.

  Put into a saucepan three or four teaspoonfuls of
vinegar, a little pepper, some shallot, and an ounce of
butter; reduce this, and add four or five ladlefuls of brown
sauce. When ready for table, put into your sauce four
or five gherkins, the whites of three hard-boiled eggs, five
anchovies, a carrot (all cut into dice), and a dessertspoon-
ful of white capers. Make it quite hot, but not boiling, and
serve.
 

 
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