Stewed Salsify (Oyster Plant)

Ingredients

• until only a gill is left in the sauce pan
• add a large piece of butter
• a teacupful of sweet milk, or cream
• salt
• pepper
• a little flour creamed smooth with butter

Method

1. 1

   Scrape salsify roots, crown and all.

2. 2

   Cut into inch long pieces and quarter them.

3. 3

   Throw them into boiling water that is properly salted and cook until tender.

4. 4

   Drain off the water until only a gill is left in the sauce pan, then add a large piece of butter, a teacupful of sweet milk or cream, salt and pepper and a little flour creamed smooth with butter.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Annie Dennis cook book (1905) by Annie E. Dennis, page 113. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Stewed Salsify (Oyster Plant) Scrape salsify roots, crown and all. Cut into inch long pieces and quarter them. Throw them into boil- ing water that is properly salted and cook until ten- der. Drain off the water until only a gill is left in the sauce pan, then add a large piece of butter, a teacupful •of sweet milk, or cream, salt and pepper and a little flour creamed smooth with butter

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