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Breakfast Dish

From The King's College Hospital book of cooking recipes, 1907

Serves 1

Recipe by Miss Macpherson.

Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The King's College Hospital book of cooking recipes (1907) by King's College Hospital, page 37. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BREAKFAST DISHES. A Breakfast Dish. 5pt. Shrimps, ipt. Milk. Pick the shrimps, put into a saucepan with the milk, pepper, salt, and sufficient anchovy sauce to make it a deep pink colour; bring- it to the boil, and thicken with flour. Plave ready some rice well-boiled, make a wall of it in a dish, pour the shrimp mixture into the middle, grate over it some brown crusts, and serve very hot. Anehovy Straws. 2czs. Flour. i^ozs. Butter. 5 teaspoonful Baking Powder. Carmine to colour. Rub all together till like breadcrumbs. Press with a knife and knead. Roll out and cut into fingers one inch by two. Prick and bake in a moderate oven for io minutes. Put this mixture between two: — ioz. butter, i teaspoonful of anchovy essence, lemon juice, pepper and carmine; work all together. Miss V. Merriman. Anehovy Toast. Mix well i teaspoonful of anchovy sauce with a piece of good butter the size of a walnut, a little red pepper and a raw egg, on a very hot plate (a hot water one is best) before the fire, till all signs of the 92 KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL TO SOUTH LONDON. raw egg disappear. Have ready some very crisp, hot pieces of freshly made toast. Take these and turn them in the mixture well, and serve at once on a very hot plate or dish. A poached egg served on each piece is liked by some. Miss Macpherson. Aspic Jelly. ipt. (jelly) Stock. £pt. Water, inozs. Gelatine. ^pt. tarragon Vinegar, ipt. Sherry. i tablespoonful of Salt. 12 Peppercorns, i blade of Mace. A few Cloves. i clove of Garlic. i Schalot (used with the skin). A bunch of herbs — Thyme, Marjoram. 3 Bay leaves. A sprig of Parsley, i or 2 sticks of Celery, cut up. A little Turnip, Carrot, and Onion. The whites and shells of 2 Eggs. Peel of i Lemon and juice of 2. Put all the ingredients into a lined pan, whisk well, until nearly on the boil, and then draw to the side of the fire and partly cover and allow to settle while you prepare the strainer; then strain and allow to get cool and use as required. Mrs. Crack. Boiled Cheese. Put a small piece of butter, about the size of a marble, into a saucepan, and add together 2 table- spoonfuls of milk, i tablespoonful of breadcrumbs, £lb. of cheese, cut up into slices, a little pepper and salt, and boil all together for io or 15 minutes, stir- ring constantly. Pour it over hot buttered toast and serve very hot. 93 Mrs. Beale. IN AID OF THE FUND FOR THE REMOVAL OF Breakfast Dish. Boil 2 egg's 12 minutes and put into cold water. When cool remove the shells, dry with flour, cover each with sausage meat, egg and breadcrumbs. Fry in boiling fat till brown
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