Chocolate Eclairs
Dublin Core
Title
Description
A recipe for chocolate eclairs written by Lisa Turner, found in her recipe box.
Creator
Lisa Turner
Source
Sidney Turner
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
Language
English
Identifier
Coverage
1975-1999
List Item Type Metadata
Genre
recipe
Material
note card, pen ink
Circulation
None
Linguistic Text
<First card:>
Chocolate Eclairs
1 cup boiling H2O
1/2 cup margarine <underlined> or <underlined> butter
<underlined> bring to a boil <underlined>
1 cup flour <underlined> stir <underlined>
When mixed, tale off stove;
<underlined> add <underlined> 4 eggs, beat in 1 at a time
<Second card:>
butter pan (cookie sheet), put on
cookie sheet like sausages
<underlined> Cook <underlined> 30-25 minutes.
<underlined> Pudding for filling <underlined> -
make pudding
add little extra milk
add a little sugar + vanilla
<underlined> let cool <underlined>.
<Third card:>
Chocolate Eclairs - Frosting
7 heaping tsp. icing sugar
1 heaping tsp. cocoa
1 tbsp. crisco.
Add a little salt and vanilla
Add a little boiling H2O + mix
Should be thinner than ordinary frosting
Chocolate Eclairs
1 cup boiling H2O
1/2 cup margarine <underlined> or <underlined> butter
<underlined> bring to a boil <underlined>
1 cup flour <underlined> stir <underlined>
When mixed, tale off stove;
<underlined> add <underlined> 4 eggs, beat in 1 at a time
<Second card:>
butter pan (cookie sheet), put on
cookie sheet like sausages
<underlined> Cook <underlined> 30-25 minutes.
<underlined> Pudding for filling <underlined> -
make pudding
add little extra milk
add a little sugar + vanilla
<underlined> let cool <underlined>.
<Third card:>
Chocolate Eclairs - Frosting
7 heaping tsp. icing sugar
1 heaping tsp. cocoa
1 tbsp. crisco.
Add a little salt and vanilla
Add a little boiling H2O + mix
Should be thinner than ordinary frosting
Visual Text
On second note card, the creator seems to have used the upper right corner as scrap paper, with numbers and letters that cannot easily be deciphered.
Citation
Lisa Turner, “Chocolate Eclairs,” Museum of Everyday Writing, accessed April 29, 2024, https://museumofeverydaywriting.omeka.net/items/show/1440.