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1891

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Presented as published in 1891. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
bubbles, then the whites stiffly ; then add flour and peel. Bake in little tins, well buttered, in a moderate oven for half an hour. TEA CAKES {" ZOETE KOEKIES*^. (Very old Dutch Recipe. Mrs. Van der Riet.) Ingredients. 4 lb. of Flour. 4 Eggs. 3 lb. of good clear Brown Sugar. i tablespoonful of Potash or Car- I lb. of Butter. bonate of Soda. \ lb. of Sheep-tail Fat. I tablespoonful of Cloves (finely I lb. of Pounded Almonds (or pounded). 200 Almonds pounded without 3 tablespoon fuls of Cinnamon. blanching). A tumbler of Dark Wine (Claret). First rub flour, sugar, butter, spices, and soda well together; lastly, add the wine; knead all well together. If potash is used, it must be dissolved in the wine — is best mixed over-night. Roll the dough out with a rolling-pin ; make into shapes with a wineglass or any thin shape. Bake on buttered tins. The old Dutch people put a small piece of citron preserve in the centre of each little cake. Bake for twenty minutes in a tolerably brisk oven. Very good. TEA CAKES.— See also " Obletjes," Scones and Cakes, Puffs and Sandwiches. TOAD IN THE HOLE. (An economical dish for a large family.) Ingredients. ■ lbs. Loin of Mutton. i pint of Skim Milk, or Butter-milk. An eggspoon of Pepper. x oz. or more of melted Suet or A dust of Nutmeg. clarified Dripping. A tablespoonful of Flour. Half a teaspoonful of Carbonate of A tablespoonful of Tomato Sauce. Soda, stirred into the dry flour. A batter made oIt.% cups of FlourToad in the Hole. Cut the mutton in cutlet shapes, roll in flour, salt, and spices ; lay them in a dish, and pour over them the spoon- ful of tomato sauce and a quarter of a cup of water. Mix up the batter, and pour on the top. Put the pie-dish in the oven. Takes one and a half hours to bake. •43 r] TOMATO BREDEE— TOMATO STUFFED— TRIFLE. TOMATO BREDEE. (Cape. H. D.) Cut up two pounds of ribs of mutton and an onion ; let it stew in a flat pot for an hour. Cut up and add eight or ten tomatoes in slices, also a teaspoonful ot salt, a pinch of sugar, and half a red chilliTomato Bredee. If there is a great deal of liquid, remove the lid, and let it simmer till it is all a rich, creamy-looking sauce. Remove the fat. Serve with plain boiled rice. A very nice entrh. See Bredee. TOMATO STUFFED. Extract some of the inside of the tomato ; mix bread- crumbs, cheese chopped, onion, and pepper, with an egg. Stuff the tomato with this mixture; sprinkle over with bread-crumbs and a piece of butter. Bake for an hour. Tomatoes plainly cut in halves and sprinkled with crumbs and butter, and fried or baked in the oven, make a very nice vegetable. TRIFLE. (Mrs. Etheridge's Book.) Ingredients. 1 tumbler of Madeira or Sherry. J^ lb. of Macaroons. 2 wineglasses of French Brandy. i pint of rich Boiled Custard. 4 Sponge Biscuits. I pint of SyllabubTrifle (Mrs. Etheridge's Book).