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Gum-Arabic Mixture

From Vegetarian cookery, 1891

Serves 1

It is better to have the gum-arabic and sugar mixed at the chemist’s, and kept in a bottle.

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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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Vegetarian cookery (1891) by Martha Brotherton, page 154. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

One tea-spoonful of powdered gum-arabic, one tea-spoonful of powdered loaf sugar, two tea-spoonfuls of olive oil, and the yolk of an egg

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