The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook


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The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook  
Five o’Clock Tea  
When tea is made in dining or drawing room, a “Five o’Clock Tea−kettle” (Samovar), and  
tea−ball or teapot are used.  
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Russian Tea  
Follow recipe for making tea. Russian Tea may be served hot or cold, but always without  
milk.  
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A thin slice of lemon, from which seeds have been removed, or a few drops of lemon−juice,  
allowed for each cup. Sugar is added according to taste. In Russia a preserved strawberry to  
each cup is considered an improvement. We imitate our Russian friends by garnishing with a  
candied cherry.  
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De John’s Tea  
Follow recipe for making tea and serve hot, allowing three whole cloves to each cup. Sugar is  
added according to taste.  
Iced Tea  
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teaspoons tea  
2
cups boiling water  
Follow recipe for making tea. Strain into glasses one−third full of cracked ice. Sweeten to  
taste,  
and allow one slice lemon to each glass tea. The flavor is much finer by chilling the infusion  
quickly.  
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Wellesley Tea  
Make same as Iced Tea, having three crushed mint leaves in each glass into which the hot  
infusion is strained.  
COFFEE  
The coffee−tree is native to Abyssinia, but is now grown in all tropical countries. It belongs to  
the  
genus Coffea, of which there are about twenty−two species. The seeds of berries of  
coffee−trees  
constitute the coffee of commerce. Each berry contains two seeds, with exception of  
Chapter III − BEVERAGES  
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