 Peel off half an inch of the stringy outside. Full-grown turnips will take about an hour and a half gentle boiling ; if you slice them, which most people do, they will be done sooner ; try them with a fork ; when tender, take them up, and lay them on...  The Virginia Housewife: Or, Methodical Cook - Page 103by Mary Randolph - 1838 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Kitchiner - Cooking, English - 1823 - 738 pages
...boiling ; if you slice them, which most people do, they will be done sooner ; try them with a fork — when tender, take them up, and lay them on a sieve...thoroughly drained from them : send them up whole ; do not slice them. NB To very young Turnips leave about two inches of the Green top. See (No. 132.)... | |
 | M. Radcliffe - Cookery, English - 1823 - 728 pages
...boiling ; if you slice them, which most people do, they will be done sooner ; try them with a fork, — when tender take them up, and lay them on a sieve till the water is thoroughly drained front them : send them up whole ; do not slice them. To very young turnips leave about two inches of... | |
 | William Kitchiner - Cooking, English - 1827 - 524 pages
...boiling ; if you slice them, which most people do, they will bs done sooner; try them with a fork, — when tender, take them up, and lay them on a sieve...thoroughly drained from them : send them up whole ; do not slice them. NB To very young Turnips leave about two inches of the Green Top. See (No. 132.)... | |
 | William Kitchiner - Cooking, English - 1836 - 432 pages
...boiling ; if you slice them, which most people do, they will be done sooner ; try them with a fork, — when tender, take them up, and lay them on a sieve...thoroughly drained from them : send them up whole ; do not slice them. NB To very young turnips leave about two inches of the Green Top. See (131). TO... | |
 | Mrs. N. K. M. Lee - Baking - 1840 - 400 pages
...nnst people do, they will be done sooner; try them with a fork ; when tender, take them up, and by them on a sieve till the water is thoroughly drained from them. Send them up whole; do not slice them. TURNIPS, то Bon, YELLOW OR LARGE WHITE. Wash, pare, and throw them into cold water;... | |
 | Mrs. N. K. M. Lee - Baking - 1842 - 402 pages
...boiling ; if you slice them, which most people do, they will l)e done sooner; try them with a fork; when tender, take them up, and lay them on a sieve...thoroughly drained from them. Send them up whole; do not slice them. TURNIPS, то BOIL YELLOW OR LARGK WHITE. Wash, pare, and throw them into cold water;... | |
 | Instructions - 1844 - 136 pages
...half an inch of the outside, slice them, boil them gently from about an hour to an hour and a half; when tender take them up, and lay them on a sieve till the water is drained from them. If they are to be mashed, squeeze them as dry as possible between two trenchers,... | |
 | Sarah Annie Frost - Baking - 1870 - 470 pages
...boiling; if you slice them, which most people do, they will be done sooner; try them with a fork ; when tender, take them up, and lay them on a sieve...is thoroughly drained from them. Send them up whole ; do not slice them. TURNIP TOPS. — Boil thoroughly, with plenty of water, salt, and soda in due... | |
 | Sarah Annie Frost - Cooking - 1883 - 492 pages
...boiling; if you si ice them, which most people do, they will be done sooner; try them with a fork ; when tender, take them up, and lay them on a sieve...thoroughly drained from them. Send them up whole; do not slice them. TURNIP TOPS. — Boil thoroughly, with plenty of water, salt, and soda in due proportions... | |
 | Helen Saunders Wright - Cooking, American - 1912 - 370 pages
...boiling; if you slice them, which most people do, they will be done sooner ; try them with a fork ; when tender, take them up, and lay them on a sieve...is thoroughly drained from them. Send them up whole ; do not slice them. YOUNG WHITE TURNIPS Wash, peel, and boil them till tender in water with a little... | |
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