the thorough good cook - recipe

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 !

Hollander and Hechsher, publishers of the Eat Dangerously and New Food cookbooks, have a commitment to issue expired-copyright books in the public domain.

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

RECIPE

50. Ravigote Butter.

Take equal proportions of parsley, tarragon, and chervil ;
chop them very fine, season. with a little pepper and salt ;
rub a tablespoonful in with a quarter of a pound of fresh
butter ; put it on the ice to set. If used for breakfast, or
served at the side-table, cut it with a warm cutter in pieces
of whatever shape you please. This butter may always be
used as a garnish for salads.

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