Peas and Lettuce

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791

Source: The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
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Ingredients (6)

a quart of green peas
two large lettuces washed clean, and cut small across
a quart of gravy
a piece of butter rolled in flour, and seasoned with pepper and salt
the yolks of four eggs
two or three thin rashers of lean ham

Instructions (4)

Put a quart of green peas, and two large lettuces washed clean, and cut small across, into a stew-pan, with a quart of gravy, and stew them till they are tender.
Put in a piece of butter rolled in flour, and seasoned with pepper and salt.
When of a proper thickness, dish them up, and send them to table.
Instead of butter you may thicken them with the yolks of four eggs, and if you put two or three thin rashers of lean ham at the bottom of the stew-pan, it will give the whole a very fine flavour.

Original Text

Peas and Lettuce.
PUT a quart of green peas, and two large lettuces
washed clean, and cut small across, into a stew-pan, with
a quart of gravy, and stew them till they are tender.
Put in a piece of butter rolled in flour, and seasoned
with pepper and salt. When of a proper thickness, dish
them up, and send them to table. Instead of butter you
may thicken them with the yolks of four eggs, and if you
put two or three thin rashers of lean ham at the bottom of
the stew-pan, it will give the whole a very fine flavour.

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