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1887

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Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Scrape, wash, and scald the carrots in boiling water ; cook them in hot water wdth salt and a lump of butter ; when cooked, remove them, and put them to drain. Mix in a saucepan a lump of butter, chopped parsley, and a little chopped shallot, pepper, and salt. Put in the carrots; toss them i;p a couple of minutes, and serve them, either wfith or without fried sippets. 171. — Hashed Carrots. Scrape and wash some young carrots ; soak them in boiling water for a few minvites ; cut them into slices ; put them in a stewpan, with a lump of butter, pepper, salt, chopped parsley, a little milk. Cook them gently. When they are cooked, thicken the sauce with 1, 2, or 3 yolks of eggsHashed Carrots, and serve it over the carrots. Another v:ay. — After the carrots are prepared as WHOLESOME COOKERY. above, put them in a stewpan, with a slice of bacon, chopped parsley, chopped shallot, pepper and salt, a little stock or gravy. Cook the carrots until done; take them out ; continue cooking the sauce a little longer, strain it, and serve it over the carrots. 173. — Glazed Carrots. Cut some young red carrots into round balls ; boil them in boiling water for 5 minutes ; take them out and drain them. Then put them in a stewpan with butter ; sprinkle a little castor sugar over, and pepper and salt ; add a little good meat gravyGlazed Carrots. Simmer slowly till the carrots are cooked ; then boil up rapidly for a few minutes, so as to evaporate most of the gravy, and serve. 173. — Turnips “en Poulette.” Young turnips cut into balls. Boil them for a few minutes ; drain them ; blend a little flour and butter in a saucepan ; add some white stock ; put in the turnips, and simmer them till done. Take out the turnips ; thicken the sauce with butter and yolks of eggs, and serve over the turnips. 174. — Turnips “au Gratin.” Boil the turnips ; cut them in thin slices ; put them in a deep baking-dish, with layers of gravy, Parmesan VEGETABLES, .ETC. 73 cliG6S6, pGppGi'j £uicl Scilt. Sprinlilc bi 6cicl“Cruiiiljs on the top, and bake about 15 minutes. A white sauce can be used instead of broAvn gravy, and makes an equally good and savoury dish. 175. — Pxiree of Turnips. Cut the turnips into slices, boil them for a few minutes, drain them ; put them in a saucepan, with a lump of butterTurnips 'en Poulette', pepper, salt, and some stock ; simmer slowly until done. When cooked, pass through a sieve ; put them back on the fire, add a little cream or butter, and serve up hot. If the puree should be too liquid, add a little potato fiour at the same time as the cream, and simmer together for a fexv minutes. 176. — Glazed Turnips. Cut young turnips into round balls, boil them for 5 minutes in boiling Avater, then drain them. Noav butter a steAvpan, place the turnips side by side, pour over them some good stock or grav^y ; sprinkle OA^er a little castor sugar, salt and pepper, and a very little mace. As soon as they begin to boil, cover the saucepan with a buttered paper and the lid ; let them simmer until cooked. Take out the turnips ; add a little gravy to what remains in the saucepan ; boil up once or twice, and pour over the turnips. 74 WHOLESOME COOKERY. 177. — Tossed Tomatoes. Fricassee of Mushrooms