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Sorrel
From The Hotel St. Francis cook book, 1919
Serves 4
Garnish with half of a hard boiled egg if desired.
Presented as published in 1919. 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 Hotel St. Francis cook book (1919) by Hirtzler, Victor., page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Sorrel. Sorrel is a fine vegetable for the promotion of health. Remove the stems from a peck of sorrel and wash the leaves in four different waters, to remove all the sand. Have a kettle with salted water on the fire. Put the •sorrel into the boiling water and cook for ten minutes, stirring often. Pour off the water and let stand in the colander fifteen minutes so it will drain dry, then strain through a fine sieve. Then put the sorrel in a sauce pan with three ounces of butter and bring to the boiling point. Season with salt and pepper, and bind with two whole eggs
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