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QueenBeeGrannyJean
03-04-2007, 03:01 PM
This recipe is from the Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Farmer, Boston 1896.

1 can Tomatoes with juice
6 Cloves, whole
1/4 cup Sugar
3 slices Onion

1 teaspoon Salt
A shake of black pepper
A few grains Cayenne Pepper
1/4 cup Butter
1/3 cup Corn Starch
1 Egg

Cook first four ingredients twenty minutes, rub all through a sieve except seeds, and season with salt and pepper.

Melt Butter, and when bubbling, add Corn Starch and Tomato mixture gradually; cook 2 minutes, then add Egg slightly beaten. Mix well.

Pour into a buttered shallow tin (pan) and cool.

Turn on a board, cut into squares, diamonds, or strips.

Roll in dried bread crumbs, eggs, and crumbs again, fry in deep fat (oil of your choice), drain.