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Stuffed Baked Tomatoes
From Original White House Cookbook, 1887
Serves 6
Very fine.
Presented as published in 1887. 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 Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 129. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
STUFFED BAKED TOMATOES. From the blossom-end of a dozen tomatoes — smooth, ripe and solid— cut a thin slice and with a small spoon scoop out the pulp without break- ing the rind surrounding it; chop a small head of cabbage and a good-sized onion fine and mix with them fine bread crumbs and the pulp; season with pepper, salt and sugar and add a cup of sweet cream; when all is well mixed, fill the tomato shells, replace the slices and place the tomatoes in a buttered baking-dish, cut ends up and put in the pan just enough water to keep from burning; drop a small lump of butter on each tomato and bake half an hour or so, till well done ; place another bit of butter on each and serve in same dish. Very fine. Another stufiing which is considered quite fine. Cut a slice from the stem of each and scoop out the soft pulp. Mince one small onion and fry it slightly; add a gill of hot water, the tomato pulp and two ounces of cold veal or chicken chopped fine, simmer slowly and season with salt
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