Stewed Terrapin, Maryland Style

Ingredients

• two terrapins
• one wineglassful of good Madeira wine
• a small pinch of salt
• a little cayenne pepper
• an ounce or two of good butter
• one breakfast cupful of sweet cream
• the yolks of three boiled eggs

Method

1. 1

   Carefully cut up two terrapins, place them in a saucepan with one wineglassful of good Madeira wine, a small pinch of salt, a little cayenne pepper, and an ounce or two of good butter.

2. 2

   Mix thoroughly one breakfast cupful of sweet cream with the yolks of three boiled eggs, and add it to the terrapin, stirring continually while thoroughly heating, but without letting it come to a boil.

3. 3

   Turn the whole into a tureen, and serve it very hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 58. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Stewed Terrapin, Maryland Style. Carefully cut up two terrapins, place them in a saucepan with one wineglassful of good Madeira wine, a small pinch of salt, a little cayenne pepper, and an ounce or two of good butter. Mix thoroughly one breakfast cupful of sweet cream with the yolks of three boiled eggs

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