1905 Recipe for Hermits.

Hermits are a type of cookie. The recipe can be found in many 19th century cookbooks and are still popular today. They were called Hermits because they kept well.
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Victor Eremita was the pseudonymous editor of Kierkegaard’s book Either/Or. The name was Latin for Victorious Hermit.
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Soren Kierkegaard was a 19th century Danish philosopher.