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Mrs. Lincoln's Boston cook book

1884

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Presented as published in 1884. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Savory Rice Croquettes. — One pint of cold boiled rice warmed in the double boiler with two or three tablespoonfuls of milk. When soft, add one egg, well beaten, one table- spoonful of butter, half a teaspoonful of salt, one fourth of a saltspoonful of white pepper, a few grains of cayenne, and one heaping tahlespoonful of fine chopped parsley. Shape, roll, and fry as usual. Rice or Macaroni Croquettes, — One pint of cold boiled 282 The Boston Cook Book, rice or macaroni or spaghetti. Heat, and moisten with a little thick white sauce; add the beaten yolk of one egg^ two tahlespoonfals of grated cheese^ and salt and pepper to taste. Cool, shape, roll in crumhs^dv^ in egg^ roll in crumbs again, and fry. Hominy Croquettes. — Warm one pint of cooked hominy in one or two tahlespoonfuls of hot milk ; add the beaten yolk of one egg^ and salt to taste. Cool, shape, roll, and fiy. Creme Frete, — Boil one pint of nfiilk with an inch stick of cinnamon. Beat together half a cup of sugar ^ two table- spoonfuls of cornstarch^ one tablespoonful of flour ^ the of three eggs^ a quarter of a cup of milk^ and spoonful of sa/^. Pour the boiling milk on the mixture, and stir well. Strain into the double boiler, and cook fifteen minutes, stirring often. Add one teaspoonful of butter✪ Sweet Rice Croquettes and one teaspoonful of vanilla. Pour into a buttered bread pan about one inch deep, and set away to cool. When very hard, sprinkle a bread board with J^?^e bread crumbs. Turn the cream out on it, and cut into strips two and a half inches long and one inch wide, or in squares or diamonds. Roll these in crumbs^ then dip in beaten egg^ then in crumbs^ and fvy brown in boiling lard. Sprinkle sugar over them, and serve hot. Break the cheese in small pieces, or if hard grate it. Put it with the milk in a double boiler. Toast the bread, and keep it hot. Mix the mustard, salt, and pepper ; add the egg, and beat well. When the cheese is melted, stir in the egg and butter, and cook two minutes, or until it thickens a little, but do not let it curdle Pour it over the toast. Many use ale instead of cream. Cheese Souffle. — Put two tahlespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan; add one heaping tablespoonfid of flour ; when Welsh Rarebit. pound rich cream cheese. cup cream or milk. 1 teaspoonful mustard. 3^ teaspoonful salt. A few grains of cayenne. 1 egg. 1 teaspoonful butter. 4 slices toast. The Boston Cook Book. 283 smooth, add half a cup of milk^ half a teaspoonful of salt^ and 2ifew grains of cayenne. Cook two minutes. Add the yolks of three eggs^ well beaten, and oiie cup of grated cheese.✪ Welsh Rarebit Set away to cool. When cold, add the whites^ beaten to a stiff froth. Turn into a buttered dish and bake twenty- five or thirty minutes. Serve immediately. Crackers a la Creme. — Split butter crackers^ and spread with butter^ salt, pepper, mustard, and cheese if you like. Put them in a buttered pudding-dish, cover with milk✪ Crackers a la Creme, and bake thirty minutes. Omit the mustard, pepper, and cheese, prepare in the same way, and it is called Cracker Brewis. Sardine Canapees. — Mix the yolks of hard-boiled eggs with an equal amount of sardines rubbed to a paste ; season with lemon juice, and spread on thin slices of delicate toast✪ Sardine Canapees. Put two pieces together, and cut in narrow strips. Turkish Pilaf. ✪ Turkish Pilaf