Hygienic Paste
From The new practical housekeeping, 1890
Serves 2
Even a dyspeptic can indulge in the luxury of a pie made in this way.
Presented as published in 1890. 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 new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 409. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Hygienic Paste. — Take a piece of light bread dough, after it has raised the second time, roll out, spread with rather thin coat fresh, sweet butter, fold once and roU again as thin as liked for crust. If for Custard or Pumpkin-pies the butter may be omitted, but for top crust the butter should be used. Some make crust by working Well into enough bread dough for one or two pies, a well-beaten egg and a Uttle butter or drippings, and others use light flaky biscuit dough. Or make a paste with buttermilk and flour, adding soda in proportion of level teaspoon to each pint buttermilk
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