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1884

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Presented as published in 1884. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Roil six ounces of ribband maccaroni for fifteen minutes, in water slightly salted, with a very small bit of butter dissolved in it ; drain it perfectly, and then put it into a full pint and a quarter of good beef or veal stock or gravy, previously mixed and boiled for twenty minutes, with a small tablespoonful of fine currie-powder, a tea- spoonful of arrowroot, and a little lemon-juiceCurried Macaroni. Heat and toss the * Unless the meat De extremely tender, and cut small, it will require from ten to fifteen minutes stewing: when no liquid is added, it must be stirred without intermission, or the paste will burn to the pan. It answers well for cutlets, and for mullagatawny soup also; but makes a very mild currie. CHAP, xvi.] CUBBIES, POTTED MEATS, ETC. 801 maccaroni gently in this until it is well and equally covered with it. A small quantity of rich cream, or a little bechamel , will very much improve the sauce, into which it should be stirred just before the maccaroni is added, and the lemon-juice should be thrown in after- wards. This dish is, to our taste, far better without the strong flavouring of onion or garlic, usually given to curries ; which can, however, be imparted to the gravy in the usual way, when it is liked. Ribband maccaroni, 6 oz. : 15 to 18 minutes. Gravy, or good beef or veal stock, full pint and i ; fine currie-powder, 1 small tablespoonful; arrow-root, 1 teaspoonful; little lemon-juice : 20 minutes. Maccaroni in sauce, 3 to 6 minutes. Obs. — An ounce or two of grated cocoa-nut, simmered in the gravy for half an hour or more, then strained and well pressed from it, is always an excellent addition. The pipe maccaroni, well curried, is extremely good : the sauce for both kinds should be made with rich gravy, especially when the onion is omitted. A few drops of eschalot-vinegar can be added to it when the flavour is liked. CURRIED EGGS. Boil six or eight fresh eggs quite hard, as for salad, and put them aside until they are cold Mix well together from two to three ounces of good butter, ana from three to four dessertspoonsful of currie-powder ; shake them in a stew-pan or thick saucepan, over a clear but moderate fire for some minutes, then throw in a couple of mild onions finely minced, and fry them gently until they are tolerably soft : pour to them, by degrees, from half to three quarters of a pint of broth or gravy, and stew them slowly until they are reduced to pulp ; mix smoothly a small cup of thick cream with two teaspoonsful of wheaten or of rice-flourCurried Eggs, stir them to the currie, and simmer the whole until the raw taste of the thickening is gone. Cut the eggs into half inch slices, heat them quite through in the sauce without boiling them, and serve them as hot as possible. CURRIED SWEETBREADS. Curried Sweetbreads