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Breakfast

Celery toast

Celery toast, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including with a thin white sauce, seasoning with paprika, salt and a dash of onion juice.

BreakfastBrunchOvenStovetopPublic domainHistoric recipeSource transcription
Est. prep10 min
Est. cook10 min
Est. serves4
Total20 min
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  • mix with a thin white sauce, seasoning with paprika, salt and a dash of onion juice;
  • boil up once and put into a pudding dish with alternate layers of lightly toasted bread which have been dipped into the salted water poured off from the boiled celery.
  • Cover and set in the oven for ten minutes, then serve in the bake-dish.

Historical transcription

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    Stew inch-lengths of celery until soft; run through a vegetable press; mix with a thin white sauce, seasoning with paprika, salt and a dash of onion juice; boil up once and put into a pudding dish with alternate layers of lightly toasted bread which have been dipped into the salted water poured off from the boiled celery. Cover and set in the oven for ten minutes, then serve in the bake-dish. A pleasant accompaniment to chicken or veal croquettes.

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