Almost any kind of fish may be used for these or a mixture of two kinds together. Remove all skin and bone from the fish, and break it up in small flakes. Moisten it with 2 or 3 table-spoonfuls good fistr sauce, such as parsley, anchovy, or egg sauce, and add more seasoning if necessary. Then make some patties with this mixture and any nice pastry, and according to directions given above. Bake in a good oven until the pastry is brown and thoroughly cooked. Note. — The addition of a few oysters, shrimps, or mussels would be an improvement to these patties. 1510. Ham Patties Pastry cases. 2 table-sps. cooked rice or macaroni. Mixture Chopped parsley. 0 oz. cooked ham. Seasoning. 2 table-sps. brown sauce 1 hard-boiled egg✪ Ham Patties. Choose the ham with a fair amount of fat, and chop it finely. Chop also the hard-boiled egg. Heat the brown sauce and add to it the ham, egg, about a dessert -spoonful of chopped parsley, and a little cooked rice or cooked macaroni cut in small pieces. Season with pepper, mustard, and salt if necessary. Make all thoroughly hot, and use this mixture for filling pastry cases. Note. — Instead of the rice or macaroni, some cooked celery or cooked mushrooms may be mixed with the ham. 1508. Cold Meat Patties 4 lb. cooked meat. 2 oz. ham or tongue. 1 dessert-sp. chopped parsley. Salt, pepper. 1 tea-sp. ketchup or Worcester sauce. A little stock. Dripping crust✪ Cold Meat Patties. To Prepare the Meat. — Trim the meat free from all akin, gristle, and superfluous fat, and cut it into tiny dice. Prepare the ham or tongue in the same way and mix it with the meat. Season with pepper and salt, sprinkle over the chopped parsley, and moisten with the ketchup or Worcester sauce and a little stock or gravy. Other flavouring may be added according to taste and the kind of meat used, 1511. Lobster Patties (BouchSes de Homard) Make in the same way as Oyster Patties, using 1 tea-cupful of chopped lobster meat instead of the oysters, and fish stock or milk instead of the oyster liquor. A little anchovy essence and a few chopped mushrooms✪ Lobster Patties may be added. 1512. Mushroom Patties (Bouchees de Champignons) 4 lb. mushrooms. Seasoning. 1 oz. butter. Small patty cases, 2 table-sps. brown sauce✪ Mushroom Patties Prepare the mushrooms, wash them, and cut them in dice. Melt the butter in a small saucepan, z 354 COOKERY FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD put in the mushrooms with a good squeeze of lemon juice and a little pepper and salt. Put the lid on the pan and cook slowly about 10 minutes. Then add the brown sauce, which should be of a thick consistency and well flavoured, and cook about 10 minutes longer, or until the mushrooms are tender. Use this mixture for filling small pastry cases, and serve as a vegetable entree or savoury. Sufficient for 7 or 8 patties. 1513. Oyster Patties (BouchSes aux Huitres) 1| doz. fresh oysters. 2 oz. butter. 1 oz. flour. 1 gill milk. & gill oyster liquor. Cayenne pepper. of lemon Salt. A squeeze juice. 2 or 3 table-sps. cream. Puff pastry. Make and bake some patty cases with puff pastry as directed on p. 352. About 6 or 7 will be required for the above mixture. ✪ Sardine Patties

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Almost any kind of fish may be used for these or a mixture of two kinds together. Remove all skin and bone from the fish, and break it up in small flakes. Moisten it with 2 or 3 table-spoonfuls good fistr sauce, such as parsley, anchovy, or egg sauce, and add more seasoning if necessary. Then make some patties with this mixture and any nice pastry, and according to directions given above. Bake in a good oven until the pastry is brown and thoroughly cooked. Note. — The addition of a few oysters, shrimps, or mussels would be an improvement to these patties. 1510. Ham Patties Pastry cases. 2 table-sps. cooked rice or macaroni. Mixture Chopped parsley. 0 oz. cooked ham. Seasoning. 2 table-sps. brown sauce 1 hard-boiled egg. Choose the ham with a fair amount of fat, and chop it finely. Chop also the hard-boiled egg. Heat the brown sauce and add to it the ham, egg, about a dessert -spoonful of chopped parsley, and a little cooked rice or cooked macaroni cut in small pieces. Season with pepper, mustard, and salt if necessary. Make all thoroughly hot, and use this mixture for filling pastry cases. Note. — Instead of the rice or macaroni, some cooked celery or cooked mushrooms may be mixed with the ham. 1508. Cold Meat Patties 4 lb. cooked meat. 2 oz. ham or tongue. 1 dessert-sp. chopped parsley. Salt, pepper. 1 tea-sp. ketchup or Worcester sauce. A little stock. Dripping crust. To Prepare the Meat. — Trim the meat free from all akin, gristle, and superfluous fat, and cut it into tiny dice. Prepare the ham or tongue in the same way and mix it with the meat. Season with pepper and salt, sprinkle over the chopped parsley, and moisten with the ketchup or Worcester sauce and a little stock or gravy. Other flavouring may be added according to taste and the kind of meat used, 1511. Lobster Patties (BouchSes de Homard) Make in the same way as Oyster Patties, using 1 tea-cupful of chopped lobster meat instead of the oysters, and fish stock or milk instead of the oyster liquor. A little anchovy essence and a few chopped mushrooms may be added. 1512. Mushroom Patties (Bouchees de Champignons) 4 lb. mushrooms. Seasoning. 1 oz. butter. Small patty cases, 2 table-sps. brown sauce Prepare the mushrooms, wash them, and cut them in dice. Melt the butter in a small saucepan, z 354 COOKERY FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD put in the mushrooms with a good squeeze of lemon juice and a little pepper and salt. Put the lid on the pan and cook slowly about 10 minutes. Then add the brown sauce, which should be of a thick consistency and well flavoured, and cook about 10 minutes longer, or until the mushrooms are tender. Use this mixture for filling small pastry cases, and serve as a vegetable entree or savoury. Sufficient for 7 or 8 patties. 1513. Oyster Patties (BouchSes aux Huitres) 1| doz. fresh oysters. 2 oz. butter. 1 oz. flour. 1 gill milk. & gill oyster liquor. Cayenne pepper. of lemon Salt. A squeeze juice. 2 or 3 table-sps. cream. Puff pastry. Make and bake some patty cases with puff pastry as directed on p. 352. About 6 or 7 will be required for the above mixture.

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