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

 

  
  
43. Puree of Pumpkin.
  Cut a pumpkin into pieces, and boil it in salt and water ;
throw away the water, and pass the pumpkin through a
colander ; put into the saucepan a piece of butter, with a
tablespoonful of flour : but do not let it brown ; add the
purée, some pepper, and a little sugar, and boil five minutes ;
beat it up with the a-yolks of two eggs, and a tablespoonful of
cream, if you have any ; serve in a dish surrounded with fried
crusts of bread.
 

 
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