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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White Stock

III, cook slowly thirty minutes, and strain.

Dilute three tablespoons flour with enough cold water to pour easily, add to soup, and bring to boiling-point. Then add one cup cream, and one tablespoon chopped green peppers, or onefourth cup grated cheese. Season with salt and pepper.

Chestnut Purée 4 cups White Stock II or III 2 cups French chestnuts, boiled and mashed 1 slice onion 14 teaspoon celery salt 2 cups scalded milk 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup flour

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