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

 

  
 
Orange Pudding.
Take the yolks of six eggs, or as many as you like,
beat them well with half a pound of melted butter, Grate in
the rind of two Seville oranges, beat in half a pound of fine
sugar, two dessertspoonfuls of orange-flower water, two of
rose-water, o, gill of sherry, half a pint of cream,  two
biscuits, or the crumb of a halfpenny loaf (soaked
in the cream), and mix well all together.  Make a thin puff
paste, and lay all over the dish and round the rim ; pour
in the pudding and bake it. It will take about as long
baking as a custard.
 
 

 
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