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Cracker and Milk

A simple snack of a cracker soaked in boiling salted water and hot milk.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Cracker and Milk

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no cooking times; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.

  1. Pour boiling salted water over the cracker and let it stand for 5 minutes.

  2. Add hot milk and serve.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Unleavened cracker
Softens as it soaks, becoming tender and absorbing the liquid to form the base of the dish.
Hot milk
Adds moisture and richness, softening the cracker further and mellowing the flavor.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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