This section is from the book "The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book", by Fannie Merritt Farmer. Also available from Amazon: Original 1896 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.
1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon corn-starch 1/2 cup thin cream 1/2 lb. soft mild cheese cut in small pieces
1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon mustard Few grains cayenne Toast or wafer crackers
Melt butter, add corn-starch, and stir until well mixed, then add cream gradually, while stirring constantly, and cook two minutes. Add cheese, and stir until cheese is merited. Season, and serve on zephyrettes or bread toasted on one side, rarebit being poured over untoasted side. Much of the success of a rarebit depends upon the quality of the cheese. A rarebit should be smooth and of a creamy consistency, never stringy.
1 tablespoon butter 1/2 lb. soft mild cheese, cut in small pieces 1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon mustard Few grains cayenne
1/3 to 1/2 cup ale lager beer l egg
Put butter in chafing-dish, and when melted, add cheese and seasonings; as cheese melts, add ale gradually, while stirring constantly; then egg slightly beaten. Serve same as Welsh Rarebit I.
1 cup oysters
2 tablespoons butter 1/2 lb. soft mild cheese, cut in small pieces
1/4 teaspoon salt Few grains cayenne 2 eggs
Clean, parboil, and drain oysters, reserving liquor; then remove and discard tough muscle. Melt butter, add cheese and seasonings; as cheese melts, add gradually oyster liquor, and eggs slightly beaten. As soon as mixture is smooth, add soft part of oysters. Serve on unsweetened wafer crackers or bread toasted on one side, rarebit being poured over untoasted side.
2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 3/4 cup thin cream 3/4 cup stewed and strained tomatoes
1/8 teaspoon soda
2 cups finely cut cheese
2 eggs, slightly beaten
Salt
Mustard
Cayenne
Put butter in chafing-dish; when melted, add flour. Pour on, gradually, cream, and as soon as mixture thickens add tomatoes mixed with soda; then add cheese, eggs, and seasonings to taste. Serve, as soon as cheese has melted, on Graham Toast.
1 cup stale bread crumbs
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 cup soft mild cheese, cut in small pieces l egg 1/2 teaspoon salt
Few grains cayenne
Soak bread crumbs fifteen minutes in milk. . Melt butter, add cheese, and when cheese has melted, add soaked crumbs, egg slightly beaten, and seasonings. Cook three minutes, and pour over toasted crackers which have been spread sparingly with butter.
Cut cold boiled corned tongue in slices one-third inch thick. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, dip in egg and crumbs, and saute in butter. Serve with Tomato Sauce I.
4 "hard-boiled" eggs 3 tablespoons butter 1 1/2 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
Few grains cayenne
Make a thin white sauce of butter, flour, milk, and seasonings; add eggs finely chopped, and season with anchovy sauce. Serve same as Welsh Rabbit I.
 
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