Stuffed Egg-Plant
From Original White House Cookbook, 1887
Serves 2
Minced veal or chicken can be used instead of ham.
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 132. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
STUFFED EGG-PLANT. Cut the egg-plant in two; scrape out all the inside and put it in a saucepan with a little minced ham; cover with water and boil until soft; drain off the water; add two tablespoonfuls of grated crumbs, a tablespoon- ful of butter, half a minced onion, salt and pepper; stuff each half of the hull with the mixture; add a small lump of butter to each and bake fifteen minutes. Minced veal or chicken in the place of ham, is equally as good and many prefer it. STRING BEANS. Break off the end that grew to the vine, drawing off at the same time the string upon the edge; repeat the same process from the other end; cut VEGETABLES. 199 them with a sharp knife into pieces half an inch long, and boil them in just enough water to cover them. They usually require one hour’s boiling ; but this depends upon their age and freshness. After they have boiled until tender and the water boiled nearly out, add pepper and salt, a table- spoonful of butt
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