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Cassell's dictionary of cookery

1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Potatoes, Sliced (German way of cooking).- — Dissolve two ounces of butter in a saucepan, mix one ounce of flour smoothly with it, and stir the paste until it is lightly browned. Add a table-spoonful of vinegar, a small lump of sugar, a quarter of a pint of hot stock, and a bay-leaf, and boil the sauce until it is of the consistency of cream. POT ( 636 ) POT Slice four or five potatoesPotatoes, Sliced (German way of cooking), throw them into the sauce, and let them simmer gently until tender. Serve immediately. If liked, the sauce can be flavoured with onion. Time to simmer the potatoes, ten minutes. Probable cost, 5d. Sufficient for two persons. Potatoes, Sliced, with Parmesan.— Cut some firm boiled potatoes into slices. Place them in layers in a dish, and pour over each layer a small portion of white sauce. Put a little of the sauce smoothly over the top, and spi'inkle over this some grated Parmesan cheese and bread-crumbs so as to cover it entirely. Drop a Httle butter Potatoes, Sliced, with Parmesan here and there on the top, put the dish in a well-heated oven until the potatoes are warmed through, and then serve. Cold potatoes may be warmed in this way, and they will be very good if the Parmesan is omitted and cream used instead of white sauce. Time to heat the potatoes, about twenty minutes. Probable cost, Is. for a moderate-sized dish. Potatoes, Steamed. — Wash and pare some fully-grown potatoesPotatoes, Steamed, and as they are done throw them into cold water. Drain them, put them into a steamer, and place this over a saucepan of boiling water. Cover closely, and keep the water boiling until they are done enough. When a foi-k will pierce them easily they are ready. Shake the steamer over a bowl for a minute to give the potatoes a flowery appearance, and serve very hot. In order to steam potatoes it is, of course, necessary that the steamer should be made to fit the sauce- pan which contains the boiling water. Time, twenty to forty minutes, according to the quality of the potatoes. Probable cost, Id. to i^d. per pound. Sufficient, two pounds for four or five persons. Potatoes, Stewed (a la Fran^aise).— Wash eight or nine large potatoes in two or three waters. Drain them, and put them into a saucepan with barely enough water to cover them, and let them simmer gently till they arc half cooked. Peel them, and let them lie till they are almost cold ; then cut them into slices half an inch thick. Melt an ounce of fresh butter in a saucepan, and mix half an ounce of flour smoothly with it. Add graduaUj^ tlu'ee-quai'ters of a pint of boiling stock, four small onions finely shred, a table-spoonful of chopped parsley, and a little pepper and saltPotatoes, Stewed (a la Française). Sinmier the sauce gently until the onion is quite soft. Put in the sliced potatoes, let them simmer gently until done enough, and serve in a hot dish with the sauce poured over them. Time to simmer the potatoes by themselves, about twenty minutes; in the sauce, ten minutes. Probable cost, 9d. Sufficient for four or five persons. Potatoes, Storing of.— If kept in a cool dry i)laee, potatoes v/iU keep good for many months, and as they are generally high in price during the winter months, it is a good plan to buy a quantity when they are cheap for use when they are dear. When spring comes they will begin to put out shoots, especially if they are kept in a damp place, and this will make them unfit for food. To prevent this, some