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Scalloped Tomatoes


Prep
Cook
Serves
4

Directions

  1. Remove contents from one can tomatoes and drain tomatoes from some of their liquor.

  2. Season with salt, pepper, a few drops of onion juice, and sugar if preferred sweet.

  3. Cover the bottom of a buttered baking-dish with buttered cracker crumbs, cover with tomatoes, and sprinkle top thickly with buttered crumbs.

  4. Bake in a hot oven until crumbs are brown.

  5. Broiled Tomatoes Wipe and cut in halves crosswise, cut off a thin slice from rounding part of each half.

  6. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, dip in crumbs, egg, and crumbs again, place in a well-buttered broiler, and broil six to eight minutes.

  7. Tomatoes à la Crême.

Notes from the cook

From The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896) by Fannie Merritt Farmer. Public domain. Digitized by Project Gutenberg (eBook #65061).

Added by Craig Zeldin · May 12, 2026