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Plasmon cookery book

1904

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Presented as published in 1904. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Beef-tea jelly may be made in the same way, using 1 gill water, 1 teaspoonful Plasmon. 55 120. MUSHROOM CUTLETS (Diabetic).— Ingredients: l lb. mushrooms ; i oz. butter ; i tablespoonful thick Flasmon stock ; I teaspoonful cream ; i egg ; seasoning to taste ; i table- spoonful dry Flasmon ; frying fat. Method. — Prepare mushrooms, melt butter in a saucepan, and stew mushrooms in it till tender ; chop finely or rub through sieve; then add Plasmon stock, cream, and seasoning. When cold and stiff shape into cutlets, brush over with egg, and sprinkle with dry Plasmon ; fry in boiling fat. Serve with brown gravy. 121. TOMATO CUTLETS (Diabetic). — Ingredients : i lb. tomatoes; ig tablespoonfuls Plasmon; i oz. butter: x tablespoonful cream ; i egg; seasoning to taste ; frying fat. Method. — Stew the tomatoes in butter until tender ; rub through sieve, return pulp to saucepan, mix in i tablespoonful of Plasmon slowly, add cream and seasoning. Cook gently until quite thick, but do not boil ; pour on to a plate ; when cold shape into cutlets, brush over with egg, and sprinkle with Plasmon ; fry in boiling fat. Serve with brown gravy. 122. BAKED APPLE PUDDING WITH CUSTARD (Diabetic). — Ingredients: \ lb. apples; 2 eggs ; \ gill Plasmon stock; \ oz. butter ; 1 teaspoonful Plasmon ; saccharin to taste. Method. — Stew or bake apples until they form a pulp ; when cool, add yolks of 2 eggs, saccharin to taste, and stock ; beat whites up to stiff froth and stir in lightly ; pour into a prepared pie dish and bake gently for about 20 minutes. To prepare pie dish, line with butter and shake over it some dry Plasmon. 123. CUSTARD (Diabetic). — Ingredients: i egg; \ gill Plasmon stock; \ gill milk ; saccharin to taste; a small piece of lemon peel. Method. — Well beat egg, add stock and milk, lemon peel, and saccharin to taste; pour into a jug or a double saucepan ; cook gently until thick, but do not allow to boil. 56 124. LEMON SPONGE (Diabetic). — Ingredients^ l pint Plasmon stock ; \ oz. gelatine ; a little water ; saccharin, lemon peel , and citric acid to taste. Method. — Soak gelatine in about a tablespoonful of water for about 20 minutes, then put it into a saucepan with the stock, a small piece of lemon peel and saccharin ; cook until gelatine is dissolved, but do not boil; pour into a basin, add citric acid to taste, remove lemon peel, and beat mixture to a stiff froth. 125. INVALID JELLY. — Ingredients: 5 oz. gelatine; \ pint Plasmon stock; | pint milk; \ oz. sugar ; x egg; flavouring. Method. — Make the stock by mixing 1 teaspoonful Plasmon with 5 pint water;Beef Tea (Diabetic) bring to the boil. Dissolve the gelatine in the milk and add to stock, with the sugar, flavouring, and beaten-up egg. Mix well together, and pour into wet mould. 126. BEEF PLASMON (for ordinary Beef Cup).— Ingredients: i teaspoonful Beef Plasmon; pepper , celery salt ; 1 ieacupful water. Method. — To 1 teaspoonful Beef Plasmon add 1 teacupful boiling water, and season with pepper and celery salt. This is improved by being boiled for 2 minutes. 127. PLASMON BLANCMANGE OR JELLY (Diabetic). Ingredients : g pint milk; 3 teaspoonfuls Plasmon; saccharin ; rind of 1 lemon ; b oz. gelatinePlasmon Blancmange or Jelly (Diabetic).