The Story of Crisco

The Story of Crisco, 1913 — how Procter & Gamble taught America a new fat, with 250 recipes and a year of dinners to seal it.

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*Asparagus Loaf-Crisco thoroughly a charlotte russe mold, 14 size, and line it with cooked tips of asparagus well drained. Cook together 2 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoons Crisco, 1 teaspoon salt, dash of pepper, add gradually 1 cup of cream and boil 5 minutes. Remove from fire, add 1 cup cooked asparagus tips and 4 eggs thoroughly beaten. Turn mixture into mold, set in pan of hot water and cook in a moderate about 30 minutes until center is firm. Turn loaf on hot dish, arrange about it, little oblong pieces of bread that have been dipped in oven or beaten eggs and milk and browned.

Pour sauce around it and serve at once.

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