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Pie-plant Pie

From The new practical housekeeping, 1890

Serves 1

Grated rind and juice of a lemon may be added instead of the extract.

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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Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 423. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cook one and a half cups chopped pie-plant with half cup water and two-thirds cup sugar, adding taolespoon corn-starch or flour made smooth in little water just before taking from fire ; let cool and add teaspoon lemon extract, pinch of salt, yolks of two eggs and white of one

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