The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook


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The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook  
Clean and parboil oysters; drain, and add to liquor body bones and tough claw meat from  
lobster, water, celery, and onion. Cook slowly until stock is reduced to one cup, and strain.  
Make sauce of butter, flour, strained stock, and cream. Add oysters and lobster meat cut in  
strips; then add seasonings. One−half teaspoon beef extract is an improvement to this dish.  
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Fricassee of Lobster and Mushrooms  
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1
3
1b. lobster  
1
/4 cup butter  
1
/4 1b. mushrooms  
Salt  
/4 cup flour  
1/2 cups milk  
Few drops onion juice  
Paprika  
2
tablespoons Sherry wine  
Remove lobster meat from shell and cut in strips. Cook butter with mushrooms broken in  
pieces and onion juice three minutes; add flour, and pour on gradually milk. Add lobster  
meat,  
season with salt and paprika, and, as soon as lobster is heated, add wine. Remove to serving  
dish, and garnish with puff paste or toast points and parsley.  
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Lobster and Oyster Ragout  
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1
3
/4 cup butter  
Few grains cayenne  
/4 cup flour  
Few drops onion juice  
/4 cup oyster  
liquor  
1
pint oysters parboiled  
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3
/4 cup cream  
3
/4 cup lobster dice  
/4 teaspoon  
salt  
1
1/2 tablespoons  
Sauterne  
/4 teaspoon  
1
pepper  
1
tablespoon finely  
chopped parsley  
Make a sauce of first eight ingredients. Add oysters, lobster dice, wine, and parsley.  
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Chapter XI − FISH  
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