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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.
CREAMED PARSNIPS.— Peel, cut fine, and boil in salted wa- ter the desired amount of parsnips. Drain and pour into a vegeta- ble dish, and cover with a cream sauce made with 1 cup milk, lump of butter size of a walnutCreamed Parsnips. — Mrs. Lighthart, 811 N. 19th Ave.., Maywood, 111. PARSNIP CROQUETTES.— Mash up left-over parsnips, add a little mashed potatoes, and mix with cracker or bread crumbsParsnip Croquettes. Form and drop into hot fat. — Jane Parker, 803 S. 2nd Ave., May- wood, 111. DELICIOUS PARSNIPS.— Peel parsnips, wash, cut into cubes, and boil in sufficient water to cover them until tender. Place in the oven a dish, in which put a good-sized lump of butter, let gradually melt, and when parsnips are cooked, drain, season with pepper and saltDelicious Parsnips, place in a vegetable dish, and pour over them the melted butter, and serve hot. — Fred A. Daley, 6361 Sheridan Road, Chicago, 111. FRIED PARSNIPS.— Boil parsnips until tender in salt water, or use cold, left-over parsnips, roll in tz% and cracker crumbs and fry in deep fatFried Parsnips.— Mrs. C. K. Wurtz, 216 S. 2nd Ave., Maywood, 111. 406 VEGETABLES PARSNIP FRITTERS.— Boil the parsnips, and when tender take oflf the skin and mark them fine; add a tablespoon of flour, and a beaten egg', make into small cakes with a spoon, and put into boiling hot lard or beef drippingsParsnip Fritters in a hot frying-pan. When fried a delicate brown, put on a dish, pour a little of the fat over, in which they were fried, and serve hot. — Mrs. Amelia Edison, 4356 Berkeley Ave., Chicago, 111. ESCALLOPED PARSNIPS.— Mash enough boiled parsnips to make a pt. Add 2 tablespoons each of butter and cream, 1 egg, well beaten, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Put into a buttered baking-dish, alternate layers of parsnip and crumibs, having crumbs on the top. Melt a tablespoon of butter in 54 of a cup of milk, season with salt and pepper, and pour over the parsnips. Bake un- til brown, an<l serve in the baking-dish. The layers of crumbs and the milk may be omitted. — Mrs. F. C. Harris, 2910 Evanston Ave., Chicago, 111. PARSNIPS STEWED WITH BACON.— Peel ^ a doz. pars- nips and boil with 6 thin slices of bacon. - Let the water boil away, and fry down to a rich brown. Serve with bacon. — Mrs. Emma Jenkins, 6352 Monroe Ave., Chicago, 111. BAKED PEAS. — Stew or saute 1 onion in 2 tablespoons of fat, or cooking oil, butter, or equal parts butter and lard. Add a qt. of green peas, with water or milk to cover. If canned peas are used, take their own liquor. Season with salt, pepper, and celery tops. Bake 1 hr. — Ma^bel Sturtevant, 105 S. Dearborn St.i Chicago, III. GREEN PEAS AND CARROTS.— Take the green peas, after shelling and cleaning, and to 1 qt. of peas, take }4 a qt. of young carrots, cleaned, and cut into small pieces. Boil together in water enough to cover, add butter and salt to taste, a very little flour to thicken it, and some fine cut parsley at the last. — Mrs. Lee L. Lamping, 801 S. Kedzie Ave., Chicago, 111. DRIED PEA CROQUETTEiS.— Put 1 cup of dried peas in cold water or broth, let cook for 1^4 hrs., or until tender, then strain and mash. Add to them 1 finely minced onion, which has been fried 10 minutes, in 1 tablespoon of butter, salt, pepper, 2 tablespoons of flour, 2 eggs, and breadcrumbs, made stiff enough COOK COUNTY COOK BOOK 407 Escalloped Parsnips