Cheesecakes, Cheap

Name: Cheesecakes, Cheap
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: six ounces of boiled potatoes; a quarter of a pound of butter; a quarter of a pound of white sugar; the yolks of three eggs; the white of one; a quarter of a pound of currants; twenty drops of essence of lemon

From Recipes for the million, 1891

Serves 8

Presented as published in 1891. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes for the million (1891), page 38. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHEESECAKES, Cheap. — Rub six ounces of boiled potatoes through a sieve ; add a quarter of a pound of butter, a quarter of a pound of white sugar, the yolks of three eggs and the white of one, a quarter of a pound of currants, and twenty drops of essence of lemon

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