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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.
loaf sugar ; the half of the white of an eggIsinglass Jelly beaten on a plate may be added. Put the stewpan on the fire, and occasionally stir its contents. The moment they boil place the stewjian at the corner of the fii-e, and let the jelly simmer very gently for fifteen minutes; then strain through a fine lawn sieve. This jelly may be flavoured with lemon-juice, maraschino, or noyeau. Lemonade. —Peel the thin rind of one or two fresh lemons without any of the white part ; put the peel into a j ug, and pour over it a pint of boiUng water ; add four ounces of loaf sugar, and cover the jug closely to keep in the steam. Let it stand till cold, and then add the jiuce of the lemons ; strain through a fine piece of musUn into a clean jug or decanter. Lemon- Water. — Put two slices of lemon thinly pared into a tea-pot, a little bit of the peel, and a bit of sugar, or a large spoonful of capiUau-e ; pour in a pint of boiling waterLemonade, and stop it closely for two hours. Light Puddings of Vermicelli., Semolina, Tapioca, Pice, Ground Pice, ^-c- — Whatever sub- stance is used, it must first be boiled tender in milk, then proceeded with as for the other puddings [see Bread Pudding, Light, &c.), always taking care that the substance employed is of a thick consistence before the eggs, &c., are added. All light puddings, either of bread, sponge cake, vermicelli, &c., may be flavoured in various ways by using vaniUa, orange- flowers, cinnamon, almond, or any other ap- proved flavours. Macaroni with Broth. — Take a small quantity of real Italian macaroni, and boil it in water till it is just tender. Drain the water off on a hair sieve, then put the macaroni into a stewpan with some of the broth, and let it simmer for flve or six minutes ; season with a little saltMacaroni with Broth, if preferred. Meat Jelly, Pestorative. — Take two or three pounds of the knuckle of veal, the same weight of fresh-killed gravy beef, and one calf's foot, cut the meat from the bones, and chop them in pieces; lay them in the bottom of a stewpan, and put the meat on the top of them ; then add as much cold water as will rise two or three inches above the meatMeat Jelly, Restorative ; let the whole simmer gently for four hours, taking great care to remove every particle of scum as it rises in the flrst boiling. Strain through a fine hair sieve, and the next morning the whole of the fat can be taken off. Mutton Broth. — This is best made with the scrag-ends of the necks chopped in pieces, then well washed and soaked in warm water to draw out the blood, and allowed to simmer for two hours. 3futton Broth (another way). — This is a very supporting broth against any kind of weakness. Boil two pounds of loin of mutton, with a very large handful of chervil, in two quarts of waterMutton Broth to one. Take off part of the fat. Any other herbs or roots may be added. Take half a pint four times a day. Orange Jelly.— TJae ozdy half a pint of water to one ounce of isinglass, and proceed as in the recijDO Isinglass Jelly. Then rub the rinds of one lemon and of two oranges on a piece of loaf sugar, which must be scraped off into a basin, SIC (877) SIL in which the juice of the lemon and the juice of five or six orangesOrange Jelly must be squeezed. Then add the melted isuiglass, and mix well together, ytrain through a fine sieve.