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Parsnip Cakes

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 6

These cakes should be eaten hot and do not taste of the parsnips. Time to rise: several hours; baking time: about twenty minutes.

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 1088. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a tea-cupful of the mashed parsnip witli a quart of hot milk, add a tea-spoonful of salt, four ounces of fresh butter, half a pint of yeast, and enough flour to make a stiff batter

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