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Heelis family cookbook, 1850s
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Ginger bread 3 1/2 lb Wheat meal 3 1/2 lb treacle 12 oz Sugar 12 oz Butter 2 oz Ground Ginger 1 oz. pounded allspice 1 pint of ale - add two thirds of the ale to the other ingredients & beat them well for some time then dissolve 1 oz of common washing soda in the rest of the ale & add it just before you put it into the oven. It requires a slow oven (let all the ingredients except the flour & soda be put before the fire to dissolve for an hour or two -
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Ginger bread 3 1/2 lb Wheat meal 3 1/2 lb treacle 12 oz Sugar 12 oz Butter 2 oz Ground Ginger 1 oz. pounded allspice 1 pint of ale - add two thirds of the ale to the other ingredients & beat them well for some time then dissolve 1 oz of common washing soda in the rest of the ale & add it just before you put it into the oven. It requires a slow oven (let all the ingredients except the flour & soda be put before the fire to dissolve for an hour or two -
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