Recipes from my collection of vintage cook books, plus observations on the social history of food.
Thursday 25 November 2010
Vegetable Balls and Tomato Pancakes
From The Best Way Book, circa 1916. Economic recipes that sound just... delicious.
Boil some rice until soft. Have ready some left-over vegetables, chopped very fine. Now mix rice and vegetables thoroughly. Bind with an egg, form into flat cakes or balls. Fry in boiling fat. This makes a tasty meal.
Tomato Pancakes
Three or four tomatoes
One egg
4 tbsps flour
1/4 pint water
1 cup grated chese
tomato sauce
chopped parsley
Skin and seed the tomatoes, and mash with a fork
Make a batter with flour, egg and water and add the tomatoes
Beat well.
Heat some fat in a frying pan, pour a small cupful of the mixture, frying it until brown on each side.
Put a spoonful of hot tomato sauce in the centre of each pancake and fold over. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and grated cheese.
Serve very hot.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment