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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.
put a piece of butter the size of a large egg into a saucepan ; when melted put with it two finely-minced onions, turn them about till they are lightly browned, then pour over them a pint of good, nicely-flavoured stock. Put in any bones or trimmings of meat that you may have, and simmer gently for half an hour ; then strain the gravy, and add a table- spoonful of flour and a dessert-spoonful of curry-powder, mixed smoothly with a little cold water. Boil I again for twenty minutes, and skim carefully. ! Put in the flsh, with a little salt and pepper, if I required, and when quite hot serve on a hot I dish, with a border of well-boiled riceHaddock, Cold, Curry of round it. I Probable cost, 4d., exclusive of the cold meat. I Sufficient for three or four persons. Haddock, Curried. — Clean and skin the fish, and lift the flesh from the bones, then divide it into pieces about three inches long and one inch wide. For a fish three pounds in weight put a pint and a half of good, nicely- flavoured stock into a saucepan, and thicken it with a dessert-spoonful of curry-powder and a tea-spoonful of flour, mixed smoothly with two table-spoonfuls of the .gravy. Mince two onions verj' finely, and put them into the soup. Add a quarter of a pint of cream or new mUkHaddock, Curried. Flour the pieces of fish, and fry them in hot lard or dripping till they are brightly browned. Drain them from the fat, and put them into the gra\"y. Simmer gently for eight or ten minutes, skim the sauce, put the fish into the middie of the dish, pour the sauce over it, and serve. Time, one hour. Probable cost of haddock, 9d. or upwards. Sufficient for four or five persons. Haddock, Fillets of.— Divide the flesh from the bone b)^ running the edge of the knife along the side of the spine, and take off the skin. Dip the fillets in beaten egg, roll them in bread-crumbs, and then fry them in hot lard or dripping. When browned on both sides drain from the fat, and serve them on a hot HAD ( 289 ) HAD dish. Take a table-spoonful of mushrooms, chopped small, a table-spoonful of finely-minced shallots, and a table-spoonful of chopped parsley. Put these into a stewpan with a quarter ot a pint of good brown sauce. Simmer for a quarter of an hour, and serve in a tui-een. Time, ten minutes to fi-y. Probable cost of haddocks, 9d. each and upwards. Sufficient, one moderate- sized haddocHaddock, Fillets ofk for three persons. Haddock, Finnan. — The Fiiman or Findleom haddock is so named from the village of Findleom, about six miles from Aberdeen, where they are prepared in large quantities. They may be imitated with tolerable success as follows : — Clean a haddock thoroughly, cut oif the head, split the fish open, and lay it in salt for two hours. Wet it with pyroligneous acid, and hang it in a dry place for two or thi-ee days. The acid will impart the proper smoky flavour. Time, two hours to lie in salt. Pro- bable cost, 9d. or lOd. each. Haddock, Finnan [see also Findon or Finnan Haddocks). Haddock, Finnan, To Broil.— Heat the haddock gradually, either over or before a clear fire, turning it occasionally, till it is quite hot. Kub a little butter over it before sending it to table. If very salt, it should be soaked in water for an hour before it is wanted. Time, eight or ten minutes. Probable cost, od. or 6d. each. Sufficient for two persons. Haddock, Finnan, To Prepare.— Cut