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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 954 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RECIPE , a statement of the materials and ingredients used in the making and preparation of a dish for cooking, a See also:

receipt. This is the See also:principal current use, which was first applied to See also:medieval prescriptions from the See also:custom of placing the word, meaning " take this " (imperative of See also:Lat. recipere, to receive), often abbreviated R or R., at the See also:head of the See also:formula.

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