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600 items 94 in
374 ml [1¹⁄₂cups] flour 7.5 ml [1¹⁄₂tsp] baking powder 15 ml [1 tbsp] sugar 1 egg
300 ml [1¹⁄₄cups] milk 15 ml [1 tbsp] melted butter 30 ml [2 tbsp] corn or maple syrup butter
marmalade or jam
Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl. In an- other bowl, mix the egg, milk, butter, and syrup. Whisk the wet mixture into the dry in- gredients. Shape into cakes of 80 ml [¹⁄₃cup] each. Heat a bit of butter in a fry pan over medi- um heat and cook the crumpets until golden brown. Serve with butter and marmalade. Note the hallmarks of dining car cooking common ingredients,
technique: simple
preparation steps, and everyday tools. The sidebar illustration in this case is a
drawing that appeared in 1925, accompa- nied by this note: “The joys of breakfast on a Canadian National diner. Little Miss Muffet all ready for her morning meal from the Children’s Menu and served by a Canadian National waiter, her dainty frock protected by a Canadian National bib.” Also note that the comments Marie-Paule
Partikian made in the interview serve as a primer for any future railroad cookbook a rail heritage group might plan. But they serve as a warning as well. The bar is now set very high. For the Record: 100 Years of Canadian Railway Recipes was made possible by fi- nancial support from the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, and others,
event on
Indiegogo.com. It is a paperback book that is available in limited quantities in either French or English. The recipes — because they had to be reduced from the in- stitutional portions common to dining car manuals — were tested by culinary stylist Josée Robitaille, and were in some cases adapted to today’s tastes (that generally means an ingredient that is now considered unhealthy — fresh-made mayonnaise, for example — has been substituted for).
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How to Purchase A Copy: 100 Years of Canadian Railway Recipes retails for $39.99 (Canadian dollars), plus Canadian federal tax (GST, 5%). When asked this question, Marie-Paule Partikian’s first suggestion is that you visit Exporail, the Canadian Rail- way Museum, located at 100 Saint-Pierre Street in Saint-Constant (Québec), and head to the gift shop. If that’s not possible, you can
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