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Us Two Cook Book: Containing Tested Recipes for Two Persons Jennie B Williams No preview available - 2018 |
Us Two Cook Book: Containing Tested Recipes for Two Persons Jennie B Williams No preview available - 2018 |
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allspice apples baking powder beat beaten egg beef bits of butter boiling water bread crumbs BROILED brown sugar cake cayenne pepper celery cheese chicken chopped cloves cold water cook cornstarch cover CROQUETTES crust cup of flour cup of milk cup of sugar cup sugar cups flour currants custard deep dish dish dough drain Dressing fish flavour garnish gravy half a cup half cup half teaspoonful hot oven jelly lard layer mash Mayonnaise meat melted butter nutmeg one-half cup one-half teaspoonful onion ounce oysters parsley Peel pepper and salt pieces pinch of salt potatoes PUDDING quart quarter cup rice roast roll SALAD salt and pepper scalded milk season with salt serve hot sifted Soak soda soft sprinkle stew stir syrup tablespoonful of butter tablespoonful of flour taste teaspoonful of salt teaspoonfuls baking powder tender thin slices toast tomatoes vinegar Wash white sauce yolks
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Page 49 - GRACE. SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF PEG NICHOLSON. PEG Nicholson was a gude bay mare, As ever trode on airn ; But now she's floating down the Nith, An' past the mouth o
Page 200 - As a general rule, the oven for baking bread should be rather quick, and the heat so regulated as to penetrate the dough without hardening the outside. The oven door should not be opened after the bread is put in until the dough is set, or has become firm, as the cool air admitted, will have an unfavourable effect on it.
Page 89 - ... to soak one pint of hominy in two and one-half pints of boiling water over night, in a tin vessel with a tight cover; in the morning add one-half pint of sweet milk, and a little salt. Place on a brisk fire in a kettle of boiling water, the tin vessel containing the hominy; let boil one-half hour. CHICKEN JELLY. Cook a chicken in enough water to little more than cover it; let it stew gently until the meat drops from the bones, and the broth is reduced to about a pint; season it to taste, with...
Page 51 - All salt meat should be put on in cold water, that the salt may be extracted while cooking. Fresh meat, .which is boiled to be served with sauces at the table, should be put to cook in boiling water; when the outer fibres contract, the inner juices are preserved. For making soup, put the meat over in cold water, to extract the juices for the broth. In boiling meats...
Page 289 - When all are cooked, throw into this liquor the sugar, and allow it to boil ten minutes before putting in the quinces; let them boil until they change color, say one hour and a quarter, on a slow fire; while they are boiling occasionally slip a silver spoon under them to see that they do not burn, but on no account stir them. Have two fresh lemons cut in thin slices, and when the fruit is being put in jars lay a slice or two in each.
Page 94 - Lay over the fat side a large sheet of thickly buttered paper, and next a paste of flour and water about three-quarters of an inch thick; cover this again with two or three sheets of stout paper, secure the whole well with twine, and put down to roast, with a little water, in the dripping-pan. Let the fire be clear and strong; baste the paper immediately with butter or clarified drippings, and roast the joint from three to four hours, according to its weight and quality. Doe venison will require...
Page 317 - If you make the gruel of fine oatmeal, sift it, mix it first to a thick batter with a little cold water, and then put it into the sauce-pan of boiling water. Stir it all the time it is boiling, lifting the spoon gently up and down, and letting the gruel fall slowly back again into the pan.
Page 34 - ... well-beaten eggs; stuff the fish rather full, sew up with fine twine, and wrap with several coils of white tape. Rub the fish over slightly with butter; just cover the bottom of a baking pan with hot water, and place the fish in it, standing back upward, and bent in the form of an S. Serve with the following dressing: Reduce the yolks of two hard-boiled eggs to a smooth paste with two tablespoonfuls good salad oil; stir in half a teaspoon English mustard, and add pepper and vinegar to taste.
Page 96 - ... balls, also parsley. DRESSING OR STUFFING FOR FOWLS. For an eight or ten pound turkey, cut the brown crust from slices or pieces of stale bread until you have as much as the inside of a pound loaf; put it into a suitable dish, and pour tepid water (not warm, for that makes it heavy) over it; let it stand one minute, as it soaks very quickly. Now take up a handful at a time and squeeze it hard and dry with both hands, placing it, as you go along, in another dish; this process makes it very light....