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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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Stewed Lobster

Boil and open the lobster as directed. Cut the meat into dice, measure it, and to every pint allow 2 tablespoonfuls of butter 2 tablespoonfuls of flour 1/2 pint of cream 1/2 pint of stock I teaspoonful of salt 1/4 teaspoonful of white pepper Put the lobster into a stewing pan, add the stock and simmer five minutes, then add the cream. Rub the butter and flour together until smooth, then stir this in with the lobster carefully and continually until it thickens, add the salt and pepper and serve very hot.

A teaspoonful of curry powder may be added and it is then Curried Lobster.

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