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Blue Ribbon cook book

1905

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Presented as published in 1905. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Calf’s Heart—Wash, remove veins, arteries, and clotted blood. Stuff and sew. Sprinkle’with salt and Blue Ribbon pepper, roll in flour, and brown in hot fat. Place in small, deep baking pan, half cover it with boiling water, cover closely, and bake slowly 2 hours, basting every 15 minutes. Thicken the liquid, season with salt and pepper, and pour around the heart before serving. Stuffing for Heart—2 cups fine bread crumbs, 1 chopped onion, seasonings, 2 tablespoons butter, hot water to moisten. Buffalo—Buffalo meat is either baked, boiled, pan-fried or broiled, in the same way as beef. 40 Blue Ribbon Cook Book Venison—As the hairs often cling to the meat, it should be cleaned care- fully before cooking. The best cuts for steaks or roasting come from the loin or saddle. The rules given for cooking beef or mutton apply equally to venison. Stew the tougher parts. Currant jelly is considered the best thing to serve with venison, or garnish with slices of lemon. Boiled Tongue—lIf the tongue is salted, soak over night in plenty of cold water; the next morning put it over the fire with enough cold water to cover it, and boil slowly 3 or 4 hours, according to the size; skin the tongue while hot, and set away to cool. When cold, cut in very thin slices. If the tongue is fresh, then soak it over night in.cold water, in which is a handful of salt. Ways of Warming Over Meat General Rules: 1. Remove skin, gristle and excess fat and hard parts. 2. Cut meat in cubes, or thin slices, or chop finely. 3. Use bones for soup stock. 4, Season suitably. 5. Reheat carefully, avoiding re-cooking. 6. Make appearance as attractive as possible. Casserole of Rice and Meat—2 cups chopped, cooked meat, 1 teaspoon salt, 42 cup bread crumbs, Blue Ribbon pepper, parsley, 1 egg (may be omitted), 3 cups boiled rice, onion juice, stock or gravy. Season meat and mix with crumbs and beaten egg; add enough stock to make it pack easily. Line a mold with 3 cups rice, fill with the meat, cover with the remainder of rice, cover tightly and steam 45 minutes. Shepherd’s Pie—2 cups chopped roast beef, gravy, 2 cups mashed potatoes, seasoning. Combine ingredients, except potatoes. Place in a buttered baking dish, and cover with mashed potatoes. Brush with beaten egg. Bake until the potatoes are slightly browned. Browned Hash—1 cup meat, 2 cups mashed potatoes, 1g cup boiling water, 34 tablespoon fat, seasoning, onion juice. Put the mixture in a frying pan in which 1 tablespoon fat has been heated. Spread smoothly, cook over moderate heat so it will brown slowly and not burn. Cook about 4% hour and do not stir. Fold like an omelet. ‘(The same mixture may be made into small cakes and browned.) Scalloped Veal—2 cups chopped, cooked veal, 2 cups thin white sauce, 1 cup bread crumbs, seasoning. Mix ingredients, turn into greased pan, cover with 1 cup buttered crumbs, and bake 15 minutes. Meats 41 Meat Pie—Arrange diced cooked meat and vegetables in baking dish, cover with gravy, or stock, season. Cover with a biscuit doughMeat Pie, cut hole in centre to allow steam to escape. Cook 15 minutes in a hot oven, then moderate heat and cook 20 minutes longer. Pilaff—1 onion, 2 cups minced cold meat, 2 cups tomatoes, 2 tablespoons butter or bacon fat, 1 cup ricePilaff. Put the butter in a frying pan and cut the onion in, then fry to a delicate brown; add the rice, and brown that in the butter, taking care not to let it scorch. Next add the tomatoes and 1 pint of hot water; cover and cook until the rice is done, adding more water if needed; but it should not be watery when done. Season with salt, Blue Ribbon pepper and cayenne, and curry powder, if liked; then put in the chopped meat, and reheat.