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.
Take a piece of the liver not used for the haggis ; grate it down ; chop the bacon small ; mix the bread- crumbs, flour, pepper, and salt together ; then add the liver and the bacon. Moisten with a little milk or water, and mix well together. Grease some cups with melted dripping, then put in the mixture ; twist over each cup a piece of greased paper (not printed paper) ; steam in a pan from one to one and a half hours, then miscellaneous. 87 tom out and serve. If the water boils away, add boiling water. _ Required : A sheep’s liver Poor Man s ; Go°se^f about r teaspoonful and heart; }i lb- fat ( iously boiled) ; i oz. Cdet oS%;in“ t coid water ; % teaspoon- ful salt ; * t ^“^er^ndheart thoroughly ; cut Wash and dry the llver h slice int0 the flour. them mto thin sll“s ’ ^P int0 thin slices and Chop the onions ^p^e a kyer of heart and liver in the remove the rind, rla y 'nkle over it a little bottom of a greased pie dish , spring ^ place of the chopped onion, sag , 1M materials (except layer of bacon ; repeat ^dd the cold water. “ Toad •• sausagefS { > e5; >4 Pint milk: % teaspoonful “put the flour and salt into .a basin, break the egg into a cup, beat it, dually> stirring well well together- , acid g The batter is light till smooth, and t prick the sausages with enough when air bells r • . dish, our the a fork, put them into the oven for about three- qu“f " The batter is lighter when mad^ ^ryUlTieces of uncooked meat may be used. . 1h _.1(J.ar Tam .—Proportions: x lb. fruit to i lb. su^ • Gather the fruit in dry weather, remove the sL - and a^y decayed pieces. Lay the fruit and suga all night in a basin to draw out some of the juice. 88 miscellaneous. the fruit, juice, and sugar in a clean pan, which should not be more than three quarters full, as jam boils u , ISnng very slowly to the boil, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon ; skim carefully; strawberries oM raspbemes should then be boiled for about twenty minutes , rhubarb, gooseberries, plums, and black currants about half an hour. When ready place in pots and cover tightly with paper immediate^ If the jam is to be used within three months, less sugar— say three quarters of a pound may be used, especially with strawberries and raspberries, which are sweet. \ 1 P'nt juice to 1 lb- loaf sugar. Gather the fruit in dry weather, remove the stalks and any decayed pieces; place it in a dean pan ; let >t slowly warm (not boil) till the juice has come well the,frUlt gently in a Piec- of muslin 0 clean kitchen towel. Measure the juice; return it to the pan with the sugar, bring slowly to the boil ; skim carefully; boil quickly for five to ten minutes. 1 o know if the jelly is ready put a spoonful in a saucer in a cool place; it it stiffens immediately it is ready if not, boil for a few minutes longer. Put into pots and cover tightly with paper immediately. U here strict economy is practised the fruit left in the muslin or cloth should be stewed with a little water and sugar, and eaten with rice or bread Snow Pancake s . — Required: freshly-fallen snow; 2 oz. flour; t teaspoonful sugar; 0z. drippingSnow Pancakes. I lace some newly-fallen snow in a basin near the fire ; when it has melted, mix as much of it with the Hour and sugar as will make the usual consistency of pancake batter. 1 his should form four pancakes. Look m the same way as ordinary pancakes.