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00freerecipes: recipes from before 1930

Cookbook recipes from before 1930, adapted for a modern kitchen. The original printed text stays beside every one. Not kitchen-tested. No ratings, no reviews. The original text is transcribed from a historical book. The modern version is adapted with computer assistance.

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From Apple, Celery and Nut Salad, A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes, 1922. Every recipe is laid out this way.

As printed

For dressing. Melt Crisco, add mustard, sugar, salt, pepper, yolks of eggs well beaten, and lemon juice. Cook in double boiler till it thickens, then add whites of eggs stiffly beaten. Chill and add whipped cream just before serving. Dressing should be mixed with fruit.

Adapted with computer assistance

For the salad, mix the apples, celery, and nut meats together. For the dressing, melt the shortening, add mustard, sugar, salt, pepper, well-beaten egg yolks, and lemon juice. Cook in a double boiler until the mixture thickens. Fold in the egg whites beaten until stiff. Chill the dressing and fold in the whipped cream just before serving. Mix the dressing with the fruit mixture.

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All 156 recipes

A representation of how this dish might look when finished.

The books

Published in 1930 or earlier, so in the public domain in the United States. How we pick sources

What you can count on

  • The original stays

    Every recipe shows the text exactly as the cookbook printed it, spelling and all, beside the modern version.

  • Changes are explained

    Measures are converted, oven temperatures are given in degrees, and anything unsafe by today's standards is flagged.

  • Honest about what it is

    The modern versions are adapted with computer assistance and not kitchen-tested. There are no ratings or reviews, and photos are labeled as representations.