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Lady fingers go by a variety of names: ladyfingers (one word), cat’s tongue, and langue de chat (French for cat’s tongue). They are a plain cookie that can be used for lining dessert molds and can handle soaking up liquids without simply falling apart. They …
I’ve never heard of Apple Amber (the dish) until I flipped through older cookbooks. Apple amber is a pudding, or pudding-like baked dish using fresh, thinly sliced tart apples that are layered together with sugar, or other ingredients, and baked. At its most basic, and …
Here are several unusual recipes. Will you recreate them? These pies are from American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons from 1798. Tongue Pie: Made with tongue, apples, sugar, raisins & currants, and spices. Foot Pie: Made with calf’s feet that was first placed in a vessel …