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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Scotch Woodcock

4 "hard-boiled" eggs 3 tablespoons butter 1½ tablespoons flour 1 cup milk 14 teaspoon salt Few grains cayenne Anchovy sauce Make a thin white sauce of butter, flour, milk, and seasonings; add eggs finely chopped, and season with anchovy sauce. Serve same as Welsh Rarebit I.

Shredded Ham with Currant Jelly Sauce 1/2 tablespoon butter 1/3 cup currant jelly Few grains cayenne 1/4 cup Sherry wine 1 cup cold cooked ham, cut in small strips Put butter and currant jelly into the chafing-dish. As soon as melted, add cayenne, wine, and ham; simmer five minutes.

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