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Mrs. Maclurcan's cookery book

1899

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Presented as published in 1899. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Mode. — Cut the wallaby into nice sized pieces, flour and fry them in a little butter until nice and brown, put them in a jar with the herbs (tied together), the onions sliced, and the cloves (about a dozen), half a teaspoonful black pepper and a teaspoonful of salt, cover with water, slice half the lemon and add the juice of the other half, put the jar in a saucepan of water, keep it closed very tightly and allow it to cook for four hours ; be sure you keep the saucepan full of boiling water. Melt the jelly, add to the port wine, and about half an hour before serving put it in the jar, thicken with a little browned flour. Serve with red currant jelly. 427— JUGGED HAEE. Hare may be jugged the same as wallaby, only most people prefer a hare a little high, then it is better to add more port wine ; instead of two glasses add have a pint, and a wineglassful of mushroom ketchup. Serve with red currant jelly. 428— EOAST HAEE. 1 hare ^ lb. mincemeat I- a lemon Butter ^ lb. breadcrumbs 1 teaspoonful of chopped parsley Salt and pepper. Game. Mode. — Wash and trim the hare nicely, then make a nice stuffing of the forcemeat and breadcrumbs, chop up the liver and add, also squeeze the juice of the lemon and mix in the chopped parsley, season well with salt and pepper. Stuff the hare, place it in a baking dish, rub it over with a little flour, pepper and salt, and plenty of dripping ; bake for an hour to an hour and a half, keep basting as often as possible. 429— EABBIT PIE. 1 rabbit i an onion stuck with h a lemon cloves Hard boiled eggs A little ham. Mode. — Cut the rabbit into convenient sized pieces, put on in a saucepan with the onion and half the lemon cut into slices, pepper and salt, and a pint of water or stock, allow it to boil for an hour ; put it into the pie-dish with three or four slices of ham, the hard boiled eggs, each cut in four on top (leave out the onion) ; cover with a nice short paste and bake for twenty minutes, 430— EOAST EABBIT. Same as the hare, only cover with a buttered paper and bake for about forty minutes, Serve with red currant jelly. 431— STEWED EABBIT. 1 rabbit 1 onion Bunch sweet herbs Salt and pepper Juice of half a lemon Wineglass of claret Slices of bacon 1 tablespoonful ketchup. Mode. — Cut up the rabbit, put it into a saucepan with the onion thinly sliced, and the herbs (tied together) in a pint of water, salt, half a teaspoon ful black pepper, and the juice of half a lemon ; allow it to stew for an hour, take out the herbs. Cut about two ounces of Game. bacon (lean), put it in the saucepan with the claret, allow it to stew for an hour ; thicken with browned flour, if not dark enough add a few drops caramel, and the ketchup. 432— ROAST PIGEONS AND OYSTER STUFFING. 4 pigeons Butter Pepper and salt A cupful of breadcrumbs 3 doz oysters. Mode. — Wash and truss the pigeons, rub them over with a little flour ; moisten the breadcrumbs with the liquor of the oysters and a tablespoonful of butter, pepper and salt, add the oysters, divide the stuffing into four and stuff each bird, allowing six or eight oysters to each bird ; cover with buttered paper and bake. Make a little frill of white paper and put on each leg of the pigeons. Serve very hot. 433— JUGGED PIGEONS. 4 pigeons 1 oz. of suet \ cupful of breadcrumbs \ lemon Jugged Pigeons