Guest guest Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Thank you, Mary! I really like Project Gutenberg, but I've never thought to look at their cookbooks. That recipe is amazing--The language is as much fun as the recipe Thanks so much for the heads up! Peace, Mo Mary wrote: > I just downloaded 28 old cookbooks from Gutenbreg for free. Those of you > unfamiliar with Gutenberg, they are an organization that offers FREE > books online. You can get all kinds of things, as long as they are out > of copyright. These cookbooks are astonishingly funny, being from the > early 1900s and even earlier. Here's a cheesecake recipe from CASSELL'S > VEGETARIAN COOKERY, published in 1891: > > >> CHEESE-CAKES FROM POTATOES.--Exceedingly nice cheese-cakes can be made from >> remains of cold potatoes, and can be made very cheap by increasing the >> quantity of potatoes used. Take a quarter of a pound of butter, four eggs, >> two fresh lemons, and half a pound of lump sugar. First of all rub off all >> the outsides of two lemons on to the sugar; oil the butter in a tin in the >> oven and melt the sugar in it; squeeze the juice of the two lemons, and >> take care that the sugar is thoroughly dissolved before you begin to mix >> all the ingredients together. Now beat up the eggs very thoroughly and mix >> the whole in a basin. This now forms a very rich mixture indeed, a >> good-sized teaspoonful of which would be sufficient for the interior of an >> ordinary-sized cheese-cake, but a far better plan is to make a large >> cheese-cake, or rather cheese-cake pudding, in a pie-dish by adding cold >> boiled potatoes. The plainness or richness of the pudding depends entirely >> upon the amount of potatoes added. The pie-dish can be lined with a little >> puff paste round the edge, if preferred, or the pudding can be sent to >> table plain. It should be baked in the oven till the top is nicely >> browned. It can be served either hot or cold, but, in our opinion, is >> nicer cold. If the lemons are very fresh and green--if the pudding is sent >> to table _hot_--you will often detect the smell of turpentine. If a _large >> quantity_ of potatoes is added more sugar will be required. >> >> >> ORANGE CHEESE-CAKE.--Proceed exactly as above, only substituting two >> oranges for two lemons. >> >> >> ALMOND CHEESE-CAKES.--Proceed exactly as above, only instead of rubbing the >> sugar on the outside of lemons add a small quantity of essence of almonds. >> >> >> APPLE CHEESE-CAKES.--Apple cheese-cakes can be made in a similar manner to >> apple custard, the only difference being that the mixture is baked till it >> sets. >> > > The books are available at this link: > http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Cookery_%28Bookshelf%29 > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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