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The Cook County cook book

1912

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Presented as published in 1912. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
FRICASEED FROGS' LEGS— Clean 2 doz. frogs' legs and put them in a granite saucepan with a little butter. Place on the fire and and cook until the butter begins to brown, pour over a cup of hot water, cover the pan and stew for 25 minutes. Skim off most of the butter, and add salt and pepperBroiled Frogs' Legs to taste. Thicken with the yolks of 2 eggs and 2 tablespoons of cream. When it boils, remove from the fire. Serve on hot, buttered toast. — Mrs. C. J. Jeffries, Winnetka, 111. FRIED FROGS' LEGS.— Clean 2 doz. frogs' legs and dip them singly in a beaten egg, then in cracker crumbsFried Frogs' Legs, and plunge each one into very hot fat, and fry for 5 minutes. Drain, garnish with parsley, and serve with maitre d' hotel sauce, and Saratoga chips. — ^Mrs. C. J. Jeffries, Winnetka, 111. FROGS' LEGS— STEWED.— Put 2 oz. of butter in a saucepan, lay in the frogs' quarters and fry gently. Add 1 chopped onion, 1 oz. of butter, a small piece of raw ham, cut up very small, J^ a green pepper, a sliced tomato, a teaspoon of rice, a cup of hot water and 1 of creamFrogs' Legs Stewed, and boil until done. Take out of the pan, strain the gravy, mix it with the yolks of 2 eggs, beaten to a cream. Place the frogs' legs in a proper dish, pour over the gravy, and send to the table. — Mrs. C. J. Jeffries, Winnetka, 111. BAKED HADDIE.— Place fish in baking-pan. Surround with cold water and cook slowly for 25 minutes on the top of the stove. Pour off water, spread fish with butterBaked Haddie, and bake in the oven 25 minutes. — Mrs. Leo T. Brodo, 3616 Ellis Park, Chicago, 111. BROILED FINNAN HADDIE.— Soak in a pan of water 4 or 5 hrs., then wipe dry, and broil over hot coals. Put on a hot platter with a little butter, pepper, and pour over 54 cup of hot, sweet creamBroiled Finnan Haddie, set in the oven a minute or two, and serve at once. — Eloise Jennings, Winnetka, 111. CREAMED FINNAN HADDIE.— Remove" the skin and bones from a small salted finnan haddie, previously boiled, and pick into flakes with a f^ork. Place in a saucepan 1 tablespoon each of butter and flour, add 1^ cups of milk, cook a few moments; season with pepper; thicken with flour and butter, creamed; serve on a hot platter, garnished with toast. — Mrs. E. D. Kelley, Win- netka, 111. f COOK COUNTY COOK BOOK 235 BAKED HADDOCK.— Scale and clean a 3-lb. fish; fill with forcemeat and sew up; sprinkle with a generous supply of salt and bread crumbs. Put over 3 level tablespoons of butter in tiny pieces on the fish. Bake ^ hr., basting frequently. — Mrs. E. D. Kelley, Winnetka, 111. HADDOCK FILLETS.— 2 lbs. "thick of the fish" will make 4 fillets; skin each piece with a sharp knife; trim into shape, and leave in a marinade of oil and vinegar with a tablespoon of mixed chives, or a tablespoon oi onion juice. Let the fillets lie there for an hr. Then drain well, roll in a good batter, afterward in fine bread crumbs, and fry in deep boiling fat. Drain upon hot tissue paper, and send to table very hot. Serve tomato sauce with it. — Mrs. L. A. Branch, 3607 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111. Creamed Finnan Haddie