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1880

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Presented as published in 1880. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
The preparation of this dish requires time rather than trouble. 4. If rice milk is to be used for breakfast instead of oatmeal porridge, partially prepare it over-night. (Note 3, June 17th.) 5. Turn and rub the ox-cheek. k Sunday* February 8th. Breakfast. Dinner. Tea. Supper. Ham-cured Her¬ rings. Pig’s feet, with Brawn Sauce. Vienna Bread. Marmalade. Brown and White Bread and Butter. Rice Milk. Brill, with Neapoli¬ tan Sauce. Boiled Fowls, with Egg Sauce. Toasted Bacon. Potatoes. Stewed Celery. Jam Tartlets. Stone Cream. Cheese. Brown and White Bread and Butter. Greengage Jam. Rice Cake. Rolled Beef. Salad. Rhubarb Pie. Cheese. Breakfast. — Ham-cured Herrings (January 15th) ; Pig’s Feet (Note 3, February 7th) ; Brawn Sauce (January 15th) ; Vienna Bread (August 26th) ; Rice Milk (June 18th). A YEAR'S COOKERY. 69 Dinner. — Brill. — Boil the brill according to the directions already given in January 9th. If liked, Neapolitan Sauce can be served with it, instead of any of the sauces mentioned there. To make this sauce, put into a small enamelled saucepan four shalots finely minced, a dessert-spoonful of bruised capers, five or six peppercorns, and the juice of a lemon. Stir these ingredients over the fire for three or four minutes, then add a cupful of stock made from bones, a pinch of cayenne, a small clove, half a bay-leaf, a small piece of mace, not quite half a blade. Simmer gently for twenty minutes, and pour out till cool. When it is wanted dissolve a piece of butter about the size of an egg in a separate stewpan. Mix with it over the fire a dessert-spoonfu] of flour, and work the paste with the back of a wooden spoon till quite smooth ; add the cooled liquor, and stir the sauce till it boils. Strain it, put it again into the saucepan, and let it boil, lift it from the fire, put in the shrimps, and stir in the cream. Add a few drops of anchovy essence, and, if liked, a few drops of lemon-juiceNeapolitan Sauce, and serve immediately. Boiled Fowl, with Egg Sauce (September 6th) ; Toasted Bacon (January 19th) ; Potatoes (May 6th); Stewed Celery (December 2nd) ; Jam Tartlets (August 7th) ; Stone Cream (July 1st); Cheese (June 8th). Tea. — Bice Cake (August 2nd). Supper. — Boiled Beef, boiled on Feb. 6th ; Salad (March 13th) ; Fruit Pie (August 7th). Things that must not toe Forgotten. 1. Be sure to take care of the bacon-rind (January 1st and Note 2, January 5th). 2. Take care of the liquor the fowls were boiled in, and stew their bones in it for two or three hours. 3. Preserve the stock in which the fish was boiled. 4. Turn and rub the ox-cheek. February 9th. Breakfast. Luncheon. Dinner. Remains of Tinned Prawns (see Note 3 below). Remains of Pig’s Feet. Brawn Sauce. Hot Buttered Toast. Dry Toast. Watercress. Brown and White Bread and Butter. Porridge. Rolled Beef. Pickled Walnuts. Baked Potatoes and a little cold Butter. Baked Apples with Sugar. Victoria Soup (made of chicken stock). Beef Olives. Potatoes. Cabbage. Golden Pudding. Cheese. / Marketing. For the Day.—1 Three pounds of tender Steak (see January 1st) ; half a pound of Beef Suet for the golden pudding ; or good dripping may be used instead. 70 A YEAR'S COOKERY.