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TO COOK TERRAPIN
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TO COOK TERRAPIN

3 ingredients 4 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

153
Calories
0g
Protein
17g
Fat
0g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • a pound of butter
  • a gill of cream
  • 1 large sized terrapin take 1/4 of a pound of butter

Directions

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MRS. GOODFELLOW.

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Mrs. Goodfellow was quite celebrated in Philadelphia about 100 years ago. She was at the head of a famous cooking school class where young ladies of the representative families learned the art of cooking, it being considered then the last touch to their education preparatory to entering society. Boning a turkey gave one a diploma at this celebrated school.

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_Contributed by Mrs. Francis Taylor Chambers, Philadelphia, Pa._

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To 1 large sized terrapin take ¼ of a pound of butter, ½ a gill of cream, the same of wine, cayenne pepper, salt and flour to your taste; a little water must be mixed with it to prevent your butter going to oil. Just before you take them up stir in the cream. The boiling of the terrapin depending on the size.

By Jacqueline Harrison Smith (ed.) · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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