FoodNet

The school cookery book

1881

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Presented as published in 1881. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
finely the onion ; heat the dripping in the stew-pan. btir the meat, apple, and onion in the hot dripping till a pale golden colour ; sprinkle over them the curry and the flour, stirring till all is well mixed. Draw the pan to the side of the fire, stir in the water gradually : simmer gently for about an hour till the meat is quite tender. Stir it frequently to prevent the flour sticking to the pan. Serve with boiled rice. When there are no apples, a small piece of rhubarb may be used, or half a teaspoonful of vinegar or lemon juice added with the water. Curry powder varies much m strength. Stewed Knuckle of Veal. — Required: i knuckle ^ r^Ce * 1 sma^ blade of mace ; 2 quarts cold water ; y teaspoonful salt ; 1 pinch of pepperSpanish Stew. Break the knuckle into pieces ; place them in a stew-pan with the water, mace, salt, and pepper ; bring slowly to the boil; simmer from two to three hours till tender. Wash the rice ; add it an hour before the knuckle is ready. Add boiling water if more is required. Alacaroni may be used instead of rice ; it should be stewed for one and a half hours. Stewed Lights. — Required: lights ; 1 onion ; 2 sprigs of parsley ; 1 oz. dripping ; 1 tablespoonful flour ; i quart hot water ; 1 tablespoonful vinegar ; y. teaspoonful salt ; 1 pinch pepperStewed Lights. Skin and scald the onion ; wash the lights in cold water and wipe them dry ; cut them into small pieces. Melt the dripping in a large stew-pan; brown the pieces well, stirring often. Pour the water into the stewpan with the vinegar, pepper, and salt ; add the onion and parsley. Bring to the boil ; simmer gently for two hours. Break the flour with cold water ; allow the stew to cool a little, add the flour and boil for three minutes. Serve hot. MEAT— STEWING. 75 stewed Tripe. — Required: i lb. tripe ; 3 onions > , 0® Cl n>ilk?; I pinch of salt ; . pmch of Cvthe tripe to soak all night in cold water ; next dav wash it in warm water with a piece of soda u dre size of a pea, bat do not let it soak in this, as the tda Will harden the tripe. Place the tnpe in plenty of cold water, bring to the boil ; if the waterdias m pleasant smell pour it away and place t 1 -■ in cold water, bring to the boil ; repeat dns till he trinp and water are quite sweet. 1 hen simmer gem y for 'five to six hours till the tripe is thoroughly tender. Skin and scald the onions, add them one hour before fhe tripe is ready. Break the flour with the milk ; add half a pint of the liquor the tripe has been boiled m bring to the boil and boil five minutes. Chop the onions ; cut the tripe into neat pieces, add to it t e sauce with the pepper, and salt, and serve^ The liquor tripe is boiled in is nutritious, and may be used instead of water for some of the cheap soups A little mustard relish (see recipe) may be taken with stewed tripe. In England, tnpe is generally par- boiled when sent from the butcher s. , Dressed Tripe. — Required: lb. boiled tripe, i/ lb. fat bacon; >4 teaspoonful chopped parsley; oz. flour; % pint of tripe liquor ; i dessert- spoonful ketchup; % teaspoonful salt; % teaspoon- Stewed Tripe