Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
Gathering and Pressing Ferns
From The household (of the Detroit free press), 1886
Serves 1
Ferns can be kept in drying paper for some time and should be changed to dry leaves often.
A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record
Ingredients
- two deal boards
- one or two quires of common blotting paper
- two narrow but strong leather straps
Method
Plane two deal boards and place blotting paper between them.
Secure with leather straps for pressure.
Cut ferns low and dry them in blotting paper, changing them frequently to remove dampness.
As published
This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 78. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
GATHERING AND PRESSING FERNS. The dried fronds of ferns are frequently employed in forming screens under blinds, etc., and, as they are easily obtainable, collections of ferns being generally grown, some hints as to the preservation of them can- not fail to be acceptable. Get any carpenter to plane two deal boards about half an inch thick, a foot wide and a foot and a half long ; between these place one or two quires of common blotting paper. Round the boards put two narrow but strong leather straps
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