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Brain Food

From The Cook County cook book, 1912

Serves 4

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • Wet 1 cup of brain food
  • 1 qt. of salted boiling water

Method

  1. Wet the brain food in a little cold water, stir into the salted boiling water.

  2. Cook over hot water for 1 to 2 hours.

  3. Eat hot or cold with sugar and cream.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 1. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BRAIN FOOD. — Wet 1 cup of brain food in a little cold water, stir into 1 qt. of salted boiling water

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