The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book

The book that taught America to measure. Fannie Farmer's 1896 classic replaced the pinch, the lump and the teacup of the old receipts with the level cup and the level spoon — and then filled eight hundred pages with what to do next.

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Burnt Walnut Bisque

2 cups scalded milk Yolks 3 eggs 1 cup sugar ½ cup chopped walnut meats 1 cup heavy cream 34 tablespoon vanilla Few grains salt Make custard of milk, eggs, one-third of the sugar, and salt. Caramelize remaining sugar, add nut meats, and turn into a slightly buttered pan. Cool, pound, and pass through a purée strainer. Add to custard, cool, then add one cup heavy cream, beaten until stiff, and vanilla. Freeze and mould. 3 pints cream 1½ cups sugar

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