Break the cheese into the milk ; stir till cheese is melted ; add
seasonings ; beat egg well and stir in, but do not allow to boil ; have
ready slices of hot buttered toast, and pour the cheese over ; serve
very hot.
ROGNON A LA SURPRISE.
Ingredients.
i Sheep’s Kidney. i Large Spanish Onion.
Method.
Pare onion ; cut off a lid, and scoop out sufficient to hide the
kidney therein ; wash and skin kidney ; place inside onion, seasoning,
with pepper, salt and butter ; replace lid of onion ; place in small
tin with a little water at the bottom and a lump of butter on the top ;
bake in good oven for three hours. This is a most tasty supper
dish.
99
TOMATO SAUSAGES.
Ingredients.
\ Lb. Pork Sausage Meat. i Pinch of Sage.
I Gill Tomato Pulp. Some Bread Crumbs.
Pepper, Salt and Cayenne.
Method.
Mix the sausage meat, pulp and seasonings together ; add bread
crumbs enough to make the mixture sufficiently stiff to handle ; form
into sausage shape on a floured board ; brush over with beaten egg ;
toss on fine bread crumbs, and fry in deep fat. Serve on a lace paper,
or with tomato sauce poured round.
100
POTATO SCALLOP (CANADIAN).
Ingredients.
Potatoes.
Butter.
Method.
Pare and slice potatoes ; place a layer of these in a pie dish ;
season with salt and pepper, and place small pieces of butter over them ;
repeat with each layer till dish is full ; cover the whole with sweet
milk ; bake in slow oven.
Milk.
Pepper and Salt,
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POTTED MEAT.
Ingredients.
$ lb. Steak. A Little Butter.
£ lb. Ham. Pepper and Salt,
i Small Blade Mace. J Teacupful Water.
Method.
Put all (except the butter) into a pie dish ; cover closely, and bake
in slow oven till thoroughly cooked and quite tender (about two hours) ;
when cold, pass through mincer, having previously removed cloves
and mace ; mix minced meat with gravy and a tablespoonful of hot
butter till it looks like a paste ; press into potted-meat glasses ; pour
hot butter over,
102
STEWED KIDNEYS ON TOAST.
Ingredients.
3 Sheeps’ Kidneys.
| Oz. Butter,
i Teacupful Brown Stock.
3 Round Pieces of Fried
Bread.
Squeeze of
Method.
Skin the kidneys ; remove the fat and cut each in three or four
pieces ; make the butter hot ; lay in the kidneys ; add the stock
and lemon ; simmer very gently till tender ; when tender, thicken
the gravy with the flour, and season with the ketchup, pepper and salt ;
pile the kidneys on the fried bread ; pour the sauce over and
serve very hot.
Pinch of Grated Lemon
Rind.
Pepper and Salt,
i Teaspoonful Flour.
\ Teacupful Ketchup.
Lemon Juice✪ Stewed Kidneys on Toast.
103
CORNISH PASTY.
Ingredients.
Pastry.
Potato.
Beef or Mutton.
Onion or Turnip.
Pepper and Salt✪ Cornish Pasty to taste.
Method.
Roll the pastry a quarter of an inch thick, and cut a circle about
the size of a breakfast plate ; slice the potato very thin, and mix with
a little onion or turnip, also sliced very thin ; slice the meat very thin,
and add pepper and salt ; place in layers on pastry and fold into a
turnover, crimping the edges with the fingers ; bake in a moderate
oven.
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104
SAVOURY VEAL SHAPE.
Ingredients.
i Lb. Veal. £ Lb. Ham.
£ Lb. Bread Crumbs. i Egg.
Parsley, Thyme, and Milk✪ Savoury Veal Shape.
Method.
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Break the cheese into the milk ; stir till cheese is melted ; add
seasonings ; beat egg well and stir in, but do not allow to boil ; have
ready slices of hot buttered toast, and pour the cheese over ; serve
very hot.
ROGNON A LA SURPRISE.
Ingredients.
i Sheep’s Kidney. i Large Spanish Onion.
Method.
Pare onion ; cut off a lid, and scoop out sufficient to hide the
kidney therein ; wash and skin kidney ; place inside onion, seasoning,
with pepper, salt and butter ; replace lid of onion ; place in small
tin with a little water at the bottom and a lump of butter on the top ;
bake in good oven for three hours. This is a most tasty supper
dish.
99
TOMATO SAUSAGES.
Ingredients.
\ Lb. Pork Sausage Meat. i Pinch of Sage.
I Gill Tomato Pulp. Some Bread Crumbs.
Pepper, Salt and Cayenne.
Method.
Mix the sausage meat, pulp and seasonings together ; add bread
crumbs enough to make the mixture sufficiently stiff to handle ; form
into sausage shape on a floured board ; brush over with beaten egg ;
toss on fine bread crumbs, and fry in deep fat. Serve on a lace paper,
or with tomato sauce poured round.
100
POTATO SCALLOP (CANADIAN).
Ingredients.
Potatoes.
Butter.
Method.
Pare and slice potatoes ; place a layer of these in a pie dish ;
season with salt and pepper, and place small pieces of butter over them ;
repeat with each layer till dish is full ; cover the whole with sweet
milk ; bake in slow oven.
Milk.
Pepper and Salt,
10 1
POTTED MEAT.
Ingredients.
$ lb. Steak. A Little Butter.
£ lb. Ham. Pepper and Salt,
i Small Blade Mace. J Teacupful Water.
Method.
Put all (except the butter) into a pie dish ; cover closely, and bake
in slow oven till thoroughly cooked and quite tender (about two hours) ;
when cold, pass through mincer, having previously removed cloves
and mace ; mix minced meat with gravy and a tablespoonful of hot
butter till it looks like a paste ; press into potted-meat glasses ; pour
hot butter over,
102
STEWED KIDNEYS ON TOAST.
Ingredients.
3 Sheeps’ Kidneys.
| Oz. Butter,
i Teacupful Brown Stock.
3 Round Pieces of Fried
Bread.
Squeeze of
Method.
Skin the kidneys ; remove the fat and cut each in three or four
pieces ; make the butter hot ; lay in the kidneys ; add the stock
and lemon ; simmer very gently till tender ; when tender, thicken
the gravy with the flour, and season with the ketchup, pepper and salt ;
pile the kidneys on the fried bread ; pour the sauce over and
serve very hot.
Pinch of Grated Lemon
Rind.
Pepper and Salt,
i Teaspoonful Flour.
\ Teacupful Ketchup.
Lemon Juice.
103
CORNISH PASTY.
Ingredients.
Pastry.
Potato.
Beef or Mutton.
Onion or Turnip.
Pepper and Salt to taste.
Method.
Roll the pastry a quarter of an inch thick, and cut a circle about
the size of a breakfast plate ; slice the potato very thin, and mix with
a little onion or turnip, also sliced very thin ; slice the meat very thin,
and add pepper and salt ; place in layers on pastry and fold into a
turnover, crimping the edges with the fingers ; bake in a moderate
oven.
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104
SAVOURY VEAL SHAPE.
Ingredients.
i Lb. Veal. £ Lb. Ham.
£ Lb. Bread Crumbs. i Egg.
Parsley, Thyme, and Milk.
Method.