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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Lobster à la Delmonico

2 lb. lobster Few grains cayenne 1/4 cup butter 34 tablespoons flour 1½ teaspoon salt Slight grating nutmeg 1 cup thin cream Yolks 2 eggs 2 tablespoons Sherry wine Remove lobster meat from shell and cut in small cubes. Melt butter, add flour, seasonings, and cream gradually. Add lobster, and when heated, add egg yolks and wine. 2 lb. lobster

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