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Burnt Onions for Soups and Gravies

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 4

Time: one hour. Probable cost: 6d. per pint.

Presented as published in 1892. 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 Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1017. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a pound of onions very finely, and put them into an enamelled saucepan with a pint of boiling water, place them upon the fire, and let them remain for four or five minutes. Add a pound of sugar, and simmer until the sjTup is nearly black. Strain it into a pint of boiling vinegar

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