A second Dudley book of cookery and other recipes

When your table next is spread : Who not feeds, but is anointed, Lives like nothing but the dead. martial (g. lamb), iii, 12 % At home my wife will supervise Each meal I take. I wish her eyes Were sometimes touch'd with blindness . But no — they move not from my plate : God bless her ! Now I love, yet hate Her ever-watchful kindness. “ My dear ! you know you're bilious — pray Avoid the turtle soup to-day , And do not touch the salmon : Just take a chicken wing or leg. But no rich sauce — and let me beg You will not taste the gammon." HORACE SMITH, 64 ANSWER TO AN OLD MAN’S PRAISE ” Jack boasts he never dines at home , With reason too , no doubt ; In truth — Jack never dines at all, Unless invited out . martial (anon.), verse 49 I never take a nap after dinner but when I have had a bad night ; and then the nap takes me. JOHNSON Their various cares in one great point combine The business of their lives , that is — to dine. YOUNG % He fell upon whatever was offer’d like A priest, a shark, an alderman or pike. BYRON, “ DON JUAN,” 2, clvii HUNGER Man is a carnivorous production, And must have meals — at least one meal a day ; He cannot live like woodcocks upon suction , But like the shark and tiger must have prey. Although his anatomical construction Bears vegetables in a grumbling way ; Your labouring people think beyond all question, Beef, veal and mutton better for digestion. BYRON, “ DON JUAN,” 2, lxvii HOME How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood , When fond recollection recalls them to view : — The orchard , the meadow , the deep-tangled wild wood , And every lov'd spot which my infancy knew. S. WOODWORTH, “ THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET ” 74 HOT POULTRY AND GAME DISHES POACHED CHICKEN WITH MAIZE PLACE a nice white fat Surrey fowl in a covered stewpan with sufficient good light stock to cover it ; add one onion, one carrot, a bouquet, two cloves and a few peppercorns. Bring to the boil, draw to one side, and allow it to simmer for about an hour — to poach, rather than boil. When tender, serve whole or cut into neat pieces. Place on dish, and sauce over with very good Supreme sauce flavoured with mushrooms, and finished with a little cream. Serve some of the sauce in a boat. The maize is drained from all moisture and placed in a stewpan with a piece of butter the size of a nutmeg, one onion and pepper and salt. Cook for an hour or more until quite tender, taking care to keep it from burning. When tender, add one tablespoonful of Supreme sauce and a little cream. Mix, and serve in a vegetable dish at the same time as the chicken. The maize should be new maize, and can be procured from Jackson’s, Piccadilly, or any good grocer’s. POACHED CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOMS POACH the pullet and lay it on a dish ; coat it with the following sauce, well flavoured with mushrooms, and when serving surround it with about twenty cooked and very white small mushrooms : —