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German Dressing

A historical lunch recipe from Fannie Merritt Farmer's 1910 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.

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Gather

Ingredients

  • ½ cup Thick Cream
  • 3 tablespoons Vinegar
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • Few grains Pepper

Make it

Method

  1. 1

    Beat cream until stiff, using Dover Egg-beater. Add salt, pepper, and vinegar very slowly, continuing the beating.

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Where this recipe comes from

German Dressing, from The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1910).

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