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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Cream Dressing II

1 teaspoon mustard 1 teaspoon salt Few grains cayenne 1 teaspoon butter 2 teaspoons flour Yolk 1 egg 1½ teaspoons powdered sugar 1/3 cup vinegar 1/2 cup thick cream, sweet or sour Mix dry ingredients, add butter, egg, and vinegar slowly. Cook over boiling water, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens; cool, and add to heavy cream, beaten until stiff. Boiled Dressing I 14 tablespoon salt 1 teaspoon mustard 1½ tablespoons sugar Few grains cayenne Yolks 2 eggs 1½ tablespoons flour 1½ tablespoons melted butter 3/4 cup milk 14 cup vinegar Mix dry ingredients, add yolks of eggs slightly beaten, butter, milk, and vinegar very slowly. Cook over boiling water until mixture thickens; strain and cool.

Yolks 4 eggs ½ cup olive oil

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