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Mrs. Lincoln's Boston cook book

1884

Page 301

Presented as published in 1884. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Fricandeau. Meat larded and browned, and stewed in stock, or baked and covered with glaze. Fricassee. A stew in which the meat is first fried slightly. Fromage. Cheese. Gdteau. A cake. Gaiifres. WaflSes. Gelee. Jelly, Genevese Sauce. A white sauce made with white stock, highly seasoned with herbs, spices, mushrooms, lemon, and wine, and served with salmon or trout. Glace. Covered with icing. Glaze. Stock boiled down to a thin paste. Gratins, Dishes of game, fish, or vege- tables, served in a rich sauce. Grilled. Broiled. Groseilles. Currants. Haggis. A preparation of the heart, tongue, and liver of sheep. Haricot. A small bean; a bit. A stew in which the meat and vegetables are finely divided. Homard. Lobster. Hors-d^o&uvres. Relishes. Huitres. Oysters. Jamhon. Ham. Jardiniere. A mixed preparation of vegetables stewed in their own sauce ; a garnish of various vegetables. Kippered. Dried or smoked. Kromeskies. Minces of meat or fish dipped in fritter batter, and fried crisp. Laitue Lettuce. Lardoon. The piece of salt pork or bacon used in larding. Lentils. A variety of the bean tribe used in soups, etc. Lit. A layer. Articles in thin slices placed in layers, with seasoning or sauce between. Macedoine. A mixture of fruit moulded in jelly. Madeline. A kind of pound cake, Maigre. Dishes for fast days, made with- out flesh. Maitre d' Hotel. Master of the hotel. Malic Acid. The acid of apples, partially changed to sugar as apples ripen and into a bitter principle as they decay. Majina Kroup. A flour made from wheat and rice, sometimes mixed with saffron and yolk of egg. Maraschino. A kind of brandy. Marinade. A pickle for boiling meat or fish in. Marinate. To pickle or to sprinkle with a French dressing. Matelote. A rich stew, made of fish, and flavored with wine. The Boston Cook Booh. Mayonnaise. Cold sauce, or salad dress- ing. Menu. A bill of fare. Meringue. A kind of icing made of white of egg and sugar well beaten. Mi-Careme. Dishes used in mid-Lent. Mignonnette Pepper. Peppercorns ground coarsely. Miroton, Pieces of meat cut larger than collops, for a stew or ragout. Morel. A species of mushroom. Morue. Codfish. Mouton. Mutton. Nectarine. A variety of the peach, hav- ing a smooth skin. Nougat. A mixture of almonds and sugar. Nouilles. A kind of vermicelli. Noyau. A cordial. (Eufs. Eggs. Ognon. Onions. Oxalic Acid. The acid in sorrel and rhubarb. Panais. Parsnips. Paner. To cover with bread crumbs. Panure. Any entree that is bread- crumbed. Pate aux Choux. Cream-cake paste, so called because when baked it resembles a head of cabbage. Pate de Foie gras. A pie of fat livers. Perdreux. Partridge. Persillade of Fish. With parsley. Petits Pants. Little bread. Petit s Pois. Pease. Pigeonnaux. Squab. Pimento. Allspice or Jamaica pepper. Pistachio, A pale greenish nut re- sembling the almond. Potlee. Stock used instead of water for boiling poultry, sweetbreads, etc. Poisson. Fish. Pommes. Apples. Pommes de Terre. Potatoes. Pot-au-feu. The stock pot. Potage. A soup. Poulet. A chicken. Puree. A thick soup rubbed through a sieve. Quenelle. A delicate force-meat used in entries. Ragout. A highly seasoned stew flavored with wine. Ramakins. A preparation of cheese and puff paste or toast, baked or browned.