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Shrimp Cromeskies

From The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf, 1896
Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 54. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Shrimp Cromeskies. Shell some shrimps and cut them into small pieces. Prepare some veloute sauce and reduce it to half its original quantity; move the sauce to the side of the fire, stir in the beaten yolks of two eggs and one tablespoonful of butter

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