The doctors' cookery book

Do not strain but pour over the roly when it is cooked. POTATOES—2 /b. steamed in the skins Cut a ribbon of peel from the potatoes and steam over the roly poly for about 40 minutes. CELERY—2 heads . Wash well, cut into even lengths, and cook in boiling salted water for about 1 hour. . Lift celery from pan. Cream 1 tablespoonful of flour with 1 tablespoonful of milk and stir in 4 pt. of the liquor in which the celery has been cooked. Return to the pan and boil. Add pepper. . Pour this sauce over the celery. FRIED HERRINGS Clean the herrings and dip each into medium oatmeal. Heat 2 oz. dripping until it smokes. Fry the herrings on both sides and serve very hot. ‘This will take about 10 minutes. FORTY-SIX . RECIPES FOR SATURDAY SAVOURY PUDDING 12 oz. crusts of bread or stale bread 1 1b. onions - 1 egg 4 oz. suet 3 tablespoonfuls medium oatmeal 2 teaspoonfuls dried sage Salt and pepper — About 4 pt. milk . Soak the crusts in water for 3 hours before using, squeeze as dry as possible. . Chop the onions and suet finely. . Add all the dry ingredients to the soaked crusts and mix well ; season carefully. . Beat the egg, add milk and pour into the mixture. . Melt 1 oz. fat in a shallow baking tin. Put the pudding into the tin and cook until well browned (about an hour like a bread pudding). . Remove from the oven and allow the pudding to stand for a few minutes. Cut into squares and dish carefully. Serve with brown sauce. PARSNIPS—2 Ib. (see page 9) CHOCOLATE CUSTARD 1 pt. milk 1 oz. custard powder 1 oz. cocoa 2 oz. sugar 4 pt. water . Make a thin paste of the cocoa, custard powder and water. . Add this mixture to the boiling sweetened milk. Boil 3 minutes. MELTED CHEESE . Shred 4 to 8 oz. cheese, and put it on pieces of toast very thickly. . Melt under the grill or in front of the fire. RECIPES FOR SUNDAY ROAST PORK, SAGE & ONIONS 14 Jb. pork (breast and blade are the cheapest cuts) f 8 oz. soaked crusts of bread, squeezed dry 1 /b. onions, cooked Stuffing < 1 oz. margarine | | dessertspoonful chopped sage | Pepper and salt . Drain the cooked onions and chop finely. . Mix all the ingredients, melt the margarine, and stir into the stuffing, and form into a ball for handling. 3. If the joint is boned, spread the stuffing on the meat, roll up, and secure with string ; otherwise form stuffing into balls to bake with meat or in a separate tin or dish. 4. Roast pork 25 minutes to the lb. and 25 minutes over. GREENS—2 /b. POTATOES—3 /b. A few baked with the meat, and some baked in their skins on a shelf under the meat for 1 hour APPLE PIE 4 [b. flour 4 Ib. lard 1 lb. apples 2 oz. sugar 1. Make a good dry pastry. 2. Divide into two pieces. Line a tin or enamel plate with one piece. 3. Peel, core and cut the apples into pieces. Lay them on the pastry. Put in the sugar and sprinkle with water. 4. Damp the edges of the lining pastry. Roll out the other piece, place it over the apple and decorate. Bake for about 40 minutes in a quick oven. r COCOANUT RINGS 10 oz. self-raising flour 6 oz. margarine 1 egg Pinch of salt 4 oz. sugar 4 oz. cocoanut 1. Rub the fat into the flour. Add 3 oz. sugar, 2 oz. cocoanut and the salt. . Mix to a dry dough with some of the beaten egg, adding a little milk if necessary. 3. Roll out + in. thick. Cut into rounds and cut the centre out of each. Collect the centres and roll out again. 4. Brush the rings with remaining egg and dip them in equal parts of sugar and cocoanut. 5. Bake in a moderate oven for 15 minutes. (The photograph shows only some of the rings made from this recipe. The same recipe may be used for plain round cocoanut shapes, if you wish to save time.)