Mrs. Maclurcan's cookery book

794— TO PRESERVE EGGS. Mode. — Make a solution of gum arable, dip in each egg and allow them to dry ; store them away in a cool place and they will remain good for two months. 795— SCALLOPED EGGS. 6 hard-boiled eggs 1 cupful of breadcrumbs 1 gill gravy ^ cupful milk J lb. minced tongue or ham Salt and pepper. Mode. — Put half the breadcrumbs in the bottom of a buttered pie-dish ; season with pepper and salt ; pour over them half of the gravy. Slice the eggs in thin slices, taking care not to break the yolk ; lay these evenly around the dish ; then put over them the minced ham or tongue mixed with the remainder of the breadcrumbs and gravy ; pour over the milk and bake in a moderate oven for fifteen to twenty minutes. 796— EGG IN MILK. Mode. — Beat the white of an egg to a stiff froth ; beat the juice of a lemon and the yolk together and strain into the stiffened white ; add a half a cup of milk and a teaspoonful of sugar, BREAKFAST DISHES. 797— BREAKFAST DISHES. Porridge or Boiled Eice. Scrambled Eggs. Devilled Boues. Eggs and Bacon. * Poached Eggs and Anchovy Toast. Minced Beef with a little Ham and Poached Eggs. Fried Fish. Omelette. Grilled Chop or Steak. Cold Steak Pie. Chicken Croquettes. Mutton Cutlets, Devilled Kidney. Minced Kidney on Toast. Grilled Kidney. Liver and Bacon. Hashed Mutton. Grilled Ham. Grilled Bacon. Baked Eo:gs. Buttered Eggs. Grilled Fish Devilled Sardines. Grilled Haddock. Salmon Eiissoles. « 798— PORRIDGE. 1 pt. water Salt 2 ozs. oatmeal. Mode. — Put the water into an enamelled saucepan (kept especially for porridge), when it boils add a teaspoonful of salt, then when it boils fast add the oatmeal with one hand and stir it with the other ; stir it well until it boils again, then stand it by the fire to simmer slowly for an hour. Breakfast Dishes. Another way is to soak the oatmeal in a little water over night, then add slowly to it the water, stirring all the time, put it on the fire and stir until it boils, allow it to simmer by the fire for half an hour. 799— BOILED RICE. Rice Boiling water. Mode. — Wash about a quarter of a pound of rice, have ready a saucepan of boiling water, drop the rice into it, add a little salt, stir for a minute or two with a small stick or large fork, boil for twenty minutes, strain and stand in an oven to keep warm until required ; serve with sugar and milk, or if wanted for curry, sprinkle a little salt over it. 800— POTATO NEST (A nice breakfast dish.) 3 or 4 slices of ham 4 eggs J lb. cold potatoes Butter Cayenne. Mode. — Mash the potatoes and line a well buttered small pie-dish with them ; then cut the ham into slices about two inches square ; put these into the pie-dish on top of the potatoes and sprinkle with a little cayenne ; bake for about a quarter of an hour ; take it from the oven and break the eggs into it, being carefully not to break the yolks ; then return to the oven and bake until the eggs are well cooked 801— SELF-RAISING FLOUR. 25 lbs. flour 12 ozs. cream of tartar 6 ozs. soda 3 ozs. sugar 3 ozs. salt. Mix well together. 802— MUTTON BONES USEFUL. Shanks of mutton make a good stock for nearly any kind of gravy, and as they are very cheap it is always wise Breakfast Dishes to keep some in a stock pot ; you can get about a dozen for a penny, that will make a quart of excellent stock. 803~GEAVY.