dry toasts
(from The Kentucky Housewife, by Lettice Bryan, 1839)
Ingredients:
Instructions:
Ingredients:
slices of fine light bread
firm butter
serve with coffee, tea, or chocolate
Instructions:
Cut some smooth slices from a fine loaf of light bread, trim off the hard crusts, brown them delicately on a toaster, and send them warm to table with a plate of firm butter, to accompany coffee, tea, or chocolate.
buttered toasts
(from The Kentucky Housewife, by Lettice Bryan, 1839)
Ingredients:
Instructions:
(from The Kentucky Housewife, by Lettice Bryan, 1839)
Ingredients:
slices of fine light bread
melted butter
serve with tea and coffee, or poultry, or game
Instructions:
Slice and brown your toasts as before described; arrange them in a deep plate and pour over them a good quantity of melted butter. They are nice with tea and coffee, and are also often served with poultry and game.
cream toasts
(from The Kentucky Housewife, by Lettice Bryan, 1839)
Ingredients:
Instructions:
(from The Kentucky Housewife, by Lettice Bryan, 1839)
Ingredients:
slices of fine light bread
sweet cream
Instructions:
Slice and brown your toasts neatly, place them on a plate, and pour over them a good quantity of sweet cream made scalding hot. Send them immediately to the table.
water toasts
(from The Kentucky Housewife, by Lettice Bryan, 1839)
Ingredients:
Instructions:
(from The Kentucky Housewife, by Lettice Bryan, 1839)
Ingredients:
slices of fine light bread
a few spoonfuls of water, boiling hot
sugar
vinegar, or lemon juice
Instructions:
Having sliced and browned your toasts lay them in a plate. Make a few spoonfuls of water boiling hot, add a very little sugar, and slightly acidulate it with vinegar, or lemon juice, pour it scalding over the toasts, and send them immediately to table. They are very fine for people of delicate appetite.
Here are several recipes for Toasts. They are from "The Kentucky Housewife" by Lettice Bryan, 1839.
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