The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook


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The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook  
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Farina Cakes with Jelly  
cups scalded milk  
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1
/4 cup sugar  
/2 cup farina (scant)  
1
/2 teaspoon salt  
1
egg  
Mix farina, sugar, and salt, add to milk, and cook in double boiler twenty minutes, stirring  
constantly until mixture has thickened. Add egg slightly beaten, pour into a buttered shallow  
pan, and brush over with one egg slightly beaten and diluted with one tablespoon milk. Brown  
in a moderate oven. Cut in squares, and serve with a cube of jelly on each square.  
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9
Gnocchi à la Romana  
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1
1
/4 cup butter  
1
/2 teaspoon salt  
/4 cup flour  
2
cups scalded milk  
/4 cup corn−starch  
Yolks 2 eggs  
3
/4 cup grated cheese  
Melt butter, and when bubbling, add flour, corn−starch, salt, and milk, gradually. Cook three  
minutes, stirring constantly. Add yolks of eggs slightly beaten, and one−half cup cheese. Pour  
into a buttered shallow pan, and cool. Turn on a board, cut in squares, diamonds, or strips.  
Place on a platter, sprinkle with remaining cheese, and brown in oven.  
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Queen Fritters  
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1
/4 cup butter (scant)  
1
/2 cup flour  
/2 cup boiling water  
2
eggs  
Fruit preserve or marmalade  
Put butter in small saucepan and pour on water. As soon as water again reaches boiling−point,  
add flour all at once and stir until mixture leaves sides of saucepan, cleaving to spoon.  
Remove  
from fire and add eggs unbeaten, one at a time, beating mixture thoroughly between addition  
of  
eggs. Drop by spoonfuls and fry in deep fat until well puffed and browned. Drain, make an  
opening, and fill with preserve or marmalade. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve on a  
folded napkin.  
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