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1890

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Presented as published in 1890. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Cut into small pieces one pound and a half of beef, one pound' and a half of veal, two slices of lean ham. Put them into a pan, cover them with cold water ; add a small turnip, carrot, the white part of a head of celery, and onion scalded {see Onions) and stuffed with cloves ; three tea- spoonfuls of dried basil, twelve mushrooms, half a teaspoonful of penny royal, half a teaspoonful of thyme, a teaspoonful of salt, a few grains of cayenne pepper ; see that there are four quarts of water to this quantity. Simmer slowly six hours j skim it constantly, strain, allow it to get cold, take off every particle of fat. Take a quarter of a pound of dried turtle (it is almost impossible to get the fresh in this country), soak it twelve hours in a warm atmosphere ; pour away the water, cover it with warm water and allow it to stand twelve hours more, leaving it in a cool oven all night with the door open. Sometimes the turtle has an unpleasant smell, this may be removed by rubbing it with lemon juice and salt ; then wash it thoroughly well ; cook it twelve hours slowly ; it should now be as soft as calf’s head ; allow the stock in which it has been cooked to get quite cold, remove any fat from the surface, and mix it with the above stock ; clear it {see full directions for Clear Soup). After the soup is cleared serve hot in a soup tureen with the turtle DOMESTIC COOKERY. 190 cut into pieces of about an inch square, also some pieces of stewed eels may be served in it ; add a teaspoonful of lemon juice just at the last. Turtle Soup, Brown. This soup may be made on exactly the same foundation as clear turtle soup✪ Clear Turtle Soup. Prepare the stock and turtle according to instructions given for Clear Turtle Soup, but instead of clearing the stock, mix a tablespoonful of rice flour with a little browning, ketchup, and Harvey’s sauce. Pour it into the hot soup, stir to boiling, and serve. Note. — Enough browning should be added to give it a '^nice rich colour. Yorkshire Pudding*. Put into a basin eight tablespoonfuls of flour, half a tea- spoonful of salt, half a teaspoonful of baking powder ; mix all well together, make a well in the centre of the flour, drop in the yolks of two eggs, then add carefully one pint of milk✪ Yorkshire Pudding, beating it one way with a wooden spoon all the time to avoid lumps, When it is quite smooth add the whites of eggs, which must have been beaten to a stiff froth on a plate. Put some hot dripping into a tin, pour in the batter, and bake it twenty minutes. {Another way.) Prepare the 'pudding the same as above, only using the following proportions : six ounces of flour, one egg, one pint of milk, and a tablespoonful of suet, a quarter of a tea- spoonful of baking powder, and a quarter of a teaspoonful of salt✪ Pudding. This is a more substantial pudding. DOMESTIC COOKERY. 191 Veal and Ham Cutlets. ✪ Veal and Ham Cutlets