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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Date Pie

2 cups milk 2 eggs 1/3 pound sugar dates 14 teaspoon salt Few gratings nutmeg Cook dates with milk twenty minutes in top of double boiler. Strain, and rub through sieve, then add eggs and salt. Bake same as Custard Pie.

Lemon Pie I 1/2 cup chopped apple 1 cup sugar 1 beaten egg 1/4 cup rolled common crackers 2 tablespoons lemon juice Grated rind 1 lemon 1 teaspoon melted butter Mix ingredients in order given and bake with two crusts. 3/4 cup sugar ¼ cup boiling water

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