Hot Weather Dishes

Philadelphia, 1888: what to eat when it is too hot to cook, from the cooking-school teacher who taught the city.

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Breslau of Beef

I tablespoonful of parsley I pint of cold, chopped beef 1/2 pint of cream 1½ pint of cream I gill of stock 2 tablespoonfuls of butter 1½ cup of stale bread crumbs I teaspoonful of salt Yolks of three eggs 1/2 teaspoonful of pepper Beat the yolks and chop the parsley; then mix all the ingredients well together. Brush custard cups well with melted butter, press the breslau into them Partly fill a baking pan with boiling water, stand the cups in it and bake in a quick oven for thirty minutes. When done, turn them from the cups onto a heated dish, pour around Tomato Sauce, garnish with squares of toasted bread, and serve hot.

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