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1887

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Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Select two pounds of double tripe well cleaned and blanched, cut in pieces of rather less than a quarter of a pound each ; put in a clean stewpan with a pint of milk and one of water, two teaspoonfuls of salt, one of pepper, eight middle-sized onionsStewed Tripe carefully peeled. Set it on to boil, which it should do at first rather fast, then simmer till done, which will be in rather more than half an hour. Put it into a deep dish or tureen, and serve with the milk and onions. — Dainty Dishes : Lady Harriet St. Clair. Pettitoes. “ Boil them, the liver, and the heart, very gently in a little water; then mince the meat fine, split the feet, and simmer till they are tender ; thicken with flour, butter, and a spoonful of cream ; add salt and pepper, let it boil, pour it over a few sippets of bread, and put the feet on the mince.” Sausages. “ The proper seasoning is salt, pepper, sage, sum- mer savory, or thyme ; they should be one-third fat, the remainder lean, finely chopped, and the season- ings well mixed, and proportioned so that one herb may not predominate over the others. If skins are used, they cannot be prepared with too much care ; but they are about as well made into cakes.” 52 TO KEEP SAUSAGE FRESH ALL THE YEAR. To keep Sausage Fresh all the Year. “Fry as if for present use; pack in stone jars, and, if the grease that fries out of the meat is not suffi- cient to cover it, pour over hot lardTo Keep Sausage Fresh All the Year so as to cover it, and entirely exclude the air.” White or Suet Pudding. Two pounds of suet, four pounds of flour. Rub the suet thoroughly in the flour, until well mixed. Season with salt and pepper ; spice with a heaping tablespoonful of cinnamonWhite or Suet Pudding. Make little muslin bags that will hold about a teacupful of the mixture. Fill them, tie tightly, and boil slowly about half an hour. Drain them off, and when dry spread out on shallow dishes, and keep in a good cupboard. When desired to use, take one or more, as may be required, re-boil a while, then remove the muslin, and put the pudding on a patty-pan or baking-dish, and set in the oven a short time to brown. Send to the table hot. It is* very nice to use for breakfast sometimes, taking the place of sausages, hash, and kindred dishes. To bake a Beef’s Heart. Cut it open, remove the ventricles, and let it soak an hour in lukewarm water. Wipe dry with a cloth, and parboil for twenty minutes. Make a rich stuff- ing, fill the heart with it, and secure it with a string. Let it bake an hour and a half or two hours, with half a pint of waterTo Bake a Beef’s Heart in the pan. The gravy will not need any thickening. Serve with currant or any acid jelly, — Arthur' s Home Magazine. (By per) LAMB'S HEAD. 53 Lamb’s Head. « Soak the head well in cold water, and boil it sepa- rately till very tender. Parboil the liver and lights, mince them small, and stir them in a little of the water in which they were boiled ; add seasoningLamb’s Head, thicken with floured butter, and serve the head with the mince around it.” Little Pigs in Blankets. Little Pigs in Blankets