Creamed Turnips

Ingredients

• 3 cups turnips
• 2 tablespoons Crisco
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup milk
• 14 teaspoon salt
• pepper to taste

Method

1. 1

   Wash and cube turnips, cook in boiling salted water for 20 minutes until soft.

2. 2

   Drain.

3. 3

   In a saucepan, melt Crisco, add flour and seasonings, stir until blended.

4. 4

   Gradually add milk, stirring until smooth and glossy.

5. 5

   Serve over turnips.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes (1913) by Marion Harris Neil, page 97. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Creamed Turnips Sweet Potato Croquettes Apple Salad Cheese Straws Marmalade Ice Cream Coffee “Creamed Turnips—Wash turnips, and cut in % inch cubes. Cook 3 cups in boiling salted water 20 min- utes, or until soft. Drain, and serve with the following sauce: 2 table- spoons Crisco, 2 tablespoons flour, 1 cup milk, 14 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Put Crisco in sauce- pan, stir until melted and bubbling; add flour mixed with seasonings, and “stir until thoroughly blended. Pour on gradually the milk, adding about % at a time, stirring until well mixed, then beating until smooth and glossy. March 28 Anchovy Eclairs *Planked Shad, Butter Sauce Cucumbers Potato Puff Asparagus Salad Cheese Sandwiches Cafe Parfait Coffee *Planked Shad—Clean and _ split down the back a good 3-pound shad. Heat plank very hot, lay fish upon it, skin side down, or that portion will be raw. The hot plank cooks it. Brush flesh carefully over with olive oil, then sprinkle with salt and pep- per. Bake for 30 minutes in a hot oven. Baste frequently with melted Cris¢o. It may be cooked in a gas range having the flame over the fish. When cooked pour over the fish 2 tablespoons melted Crisco and juice of 1 lemon. Garnish with parsley and quarters of lemon. Set the plank on a serving dish and serve with butter sauce. March 29 Printanier Soup Broiled Chicken, Oyster Sauce *Princess Potatoes String Beans Watercress, French Dressing Cheese Biscuits Lemon Meringue Pte Coffee *Princess Potatoes—Wash, peel and boil two pounds potatoes, drain off water and dry in oven, then rub through sieve, add 3 egg yolks, 2 tablespoons Crisco

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.