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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.
spoon iintil it begins to set. Discontinue stir- ring, but shake the pan for a minute or so, then fold the omelet in two, and keep on shaking the pan, and, if it seems likely to stick, put a little piece of butter under it. "Wlien it is lightly browned, tui-n it on a hot dish. It must not be overdone. The inside ought to be quite juicy. If it is preferred, the cheese may be finely grated and strewed over the omelet after it i-s cooked, instead of mixed with it before. Time to fry, ten minutes. Probable cost, 5d., mth two eggs. Sufficient for one person. Cheese, Ox Cheek. — This is very much the same sort of thing as pork cheese, an ox head heing substituted for a pig's head. Take half an ox head, cleanse it thoroughly, remove the eye, and lay it in lukewarm water for some hours. Then put it into a saucepan with suffi- cient cold water to cover it. Take oH the scum as it rises, and when the meat separates easily from the bones, take it out, remove the -bones, and chop the meat small, seasoning it with a table-spoonful of powdered thyme, the same of finely-minced parsley, a little gi-ated nutmeg, a tea-spoonful of salt, and a salt-spoonful of pepper. Put it in a plain round mould, and place a weight on the top. Turn it out when cold, and cut it into thin slices. The hquor in which the head was boiled will make good gravy. Time to boil, about three hours. Pro- bable cost, 5d. or 6d. per poimd. Suitable for a breakfast or luncheon dish. Cheese Paste. — This is made by pound- ing cheese in a mortar with a little butter, and adding wine, vinegar, pepper, and mustard ac- cording to taste, until it is of the consistency of stiff paste. It is then used as a relish with bread and butter or biscuits for luncheon, supper, &c. Cream cheese may be made into a paste by mixing it with a little flour and butter, and two or three eggs beaten with a little good cream. Time to prepare, about half an hour. Cheese Pastry, Ramequins of.— Take some good puff paste. Any that is left after making pies, tarts, &c., will answer the purpose. Poll it out lightly, and sprinkle over it nicely- flavoured grated cheese. Fold 'he paste in three, and sprinkle every fold with the cheese. Cut little shapes out with an ordinary pastry cutter, brush them over with the beaten yolk of egg, and bake in a quick oven. Serve them as hot as possible. Time to bake, ten minutes. Probable cost, lOd. for half a pound of paste. Sufficient for three or four persons. Cheese Patties. — Line some tartlet tins with good pufl; paste, and half fill them with a mixture made thus : — Put a quarter of a pound of cheese, cut into small pieces, in a mortar with a pinch of saltCheese Omelet, half a tea-spoonful of pepper, half a tea-spoonful of raw mustard, and a piece of butter the size of an egg. Pound it smoothly, and add, by degrees, the well-beaten yolks of three eggs, and a table-spoonful of sherry. Mix these ingTcdients thoroughly, and just before the patties are to be baked add the white of an egg beaten to a solid froth.' Ba-ke in a quick ovea. Time, about a quarter of an hour. Probable cost, Ud. each. Allow i person.