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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.
Put the mutton in a kettle, pour over it hot water sufficient to cov- er, and add a cupful of well washed rice✪ Boiled Leg of Mutton with Caper Sauce, which will render the* mutton whiter and more tender. When the water boils, skim it carefully and' allow it to boil rapidly 15 minutes; then set the kettle where the boiling will be gentle, but constant, and allow 15 min- utes to each lb., if the meat is desired rare. Serve with caper sauce. — Mrs. Cecelia Miller, 611 Dearborn Ave., Chicago, HU COOK COUNTY COOK BOOK 333 BREADED MUTTON.— Sew up the mutton in a thin cloth, lay it in a saucepan, nearly cover with cold water, and stew gently, allowing 10 minutes to each lb. Take it out, unwrap, and lay it in a baking-dish, brush over with warm dripping, dredge with flour, and set in the oven for Yz an hr.,✪ Breaded Mutton basting freely with its own broth. When nearly done, strew thickly with crumbs, dot bits of butter over it, and brown. Serve with slices of 'beetroot. — Mrs. C. J. Jef- fries, Winnetka, 111. MUTTON CUTLETS BREADED.— Trim the cutlets, and season with salt and pepper. Dip in crumbs, beaten egg, and crumbs again, and fry in smoking fat, 4 to 6 minutes, if rare, 8 to 10 if well done. Arrange in the center of a hot dish, and pour tomato sauce around them✪ Mutton Cutlets Breaded, or place them around a mound of mashed po- tatoes or spinach. Trim the bones with a paper ruffle^ or arrange them with the bone end up, stacked like bayonets, and garnish with stuffed tomatoes. — Mrs. Wm. Reid, 1215 La Salle Ave., Chicago, 111. MOCK VENISON.— Lard a leg of mutton with strips of salt pork inserted in deep slits in the meat, which has been previously rolled in pepper and cloves; bake 2 hrs., or according to size of roast. About an hr. before serving, spread over it currant jelly✪ Mock Venison, return to the oven and let it brown. — Mrs, Louise Robert, 944 Wells St., Chicago, 111.' MUTTON PATTIES.— ^Mince cooked meat, and ha»h in good gravy, season with salt, pepper and a little catsup. Do not boil the mince, let it become hot and thicken. Line patty-pans half with puff paste and fill with the meait. Cover with the, paste, and bake in a quick oven for 15 minutes✪ Mutton Patties. — Mrs. C. J. Jeffries, Winnetka, 111. MUTTON PIE. — Put into a pie-dish alternate layers of sea- soned slices of mutton and thinly sliced potatoes. Begin with the meat and end with potatoes. Use parsley, savory herbs, onion or shallot, a little mace, white pepper and salt, if desired. Pour a cup of gravy into the pie before putting on the crust. Suet is gen- erally used for the cru✪ Mutton Piest. — Mrs. C. J. Jeffries, Winnetka, 111. MUTTON POT ROAST.— Put the mutton in a kettle with cold water to cover, skim and cook down with 1 onion✪ Mutton Pot Roast and a bay 334 MEATS leaf and brown in its own fat. — Mrs. John Ward, 6639 Union Ave., Chicago, 111. ROAST MUTTON.— Choose a piece from the leg or loin. The leg is greatly improved by having the bone removed, and filling its place with a stuffing made of 1 coffee cup coarse cracker crumbs, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 saltspoon pepper, 1 teaspoon mint, dried and powdered, moisten with melted butter✪ Roast Mutton. — Mrs. John Ward, 6639 Union Ave., Chicago, 111.