ing made as follows : One pint of fine bread or cracker
crumbs, in which have been mixed dry one even table-
spoonful of salt and one of summer savory or thyme, and
one teaspoonful of pepper. Chop one onion very fine,
and add to it, with one egg well beaten. Melt a piece of
butter the size of an egg in a cup of hot water✪ Stuffed Leg of Mutton, and pour
on the crumbs. If not enough to thoroughly moisten
them, add a little more. Either fasten with a skewer, or
sew up, and roast as in previous directions. Skim all the
fat from the gravy, as the flavor of mutton- fat is never
pleasant. A tablespoonful of currant jelly may be put
into the gravy- tureen, and the gravy strained upon it.
The meat must be basted, and dredged with flour, as
carefully as beef. Both the shoulder and saddle are
roasted in the same way, but without stuflSng ; and the
leg may be also, though used to more advantage with
one.
Lamb requires less time ; a leg weighing six pounds
needing but one hoiu", or an hour and a quarter if roasted
before an open fire.
Roast Yeal.
Yeal is so dry a meat, that a moist dressing is almost
essential. This dressing may be made as in the previous
receipt ; or, instead of butter, quarter of a pound of salt
pork can be chopped fine, and mixed with it. If the loin
is used, — and this is always best, — take out the bone to
the first joint, and fill the hole with dressing, as in the
leg of mutton. In using the breast, bone also, reserving
the bones for stock ; lay the dressing on it ; roll, and tie
securely. Baste often. Three or four thin slices of salt
pork may be laid on the top ; or, if this is not liked, melt
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a tablespoonfiil of butter in a cup of hot water✪ Roast Veal, and baste
with that. Treat it as in directions for roasted meats,
but allow a full half- hour to the pound, and make the
gravy as for beef. Cold veal makes so many nice dishes,
that a large piece can always be used satisfactorily.
Roast Pork.
Bone the leg as in mutton, and stuff ; substituting sage
for the sweet marjoram, and using two onions instead of
one✪ Roast Pork. Allow half an hour to the pound, and make gravy
as for roast beef. Spare-ribs are considered most deli-
cate ; and both are best eaten cold, the hot pork being
rather gross, and, whether hot or cold, less digestible
than any other meat.
Roast Venison.
In winter venison can be kept a month ; and, in all
cases, it should hang in a cold place at least a month
before using. Allow half an hour to a pound in roasting,
and baste very often. Small squares of salt pork are
sometimes inserted in incisions made here and there, and
help to enrich the gravy. In roasting a haunch it is
usually covered with a thick paste of flour and water, and
a paper tied over this, not less than four hours being
required to roast it. At the end of three, remove the
paper and paste, dredge and baste till well browned. The
last basting is with a glass of claret ; and this, and half a
small glass of currant jelly✪ Roast Venison are added to the gravy. Veni-
son steaks are treated as in directions for broiled meats.
Baked Pork and Beans.
Pick over one quart of dried beans, what is known as
158 MEATS.
"navy beans" being the best, and soak over-night in
plenty of cold water. ✪ Baked Pork and Beans
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ing made as follows : One pint of fine bread or cracker crumbs, in which have been mixed dry one even tablespoonful of salt and one of summer savory or thyme, and one teaspoonful of pepper. Chop one onion very fine, and add to it, with one egg well beaten. Melt a piece of butter the size of an egg in a cup of hot water, and pour on the crumbs. If not enough to thoroughly moisten them, add a little more. Either fasten with a skewer, or sew up, and roast as in previous directions. Skim all the fat from the gravy, as the flavor of mutton- fat is never pleasant. A tablespoonful of currant jelly may be put into the gravy- tureen, and the gravy strained upon it. The meat must be basted, and dredged with flour, as carefully as beef. Both the shoulder and saddle are roasted in the same way, but without stuflSng ; and the leg may be also, though used to more advantage with one.
Lamb requires less time ; a leg weighing six pounds needing but one hour, or an hour and a quarter if roasted before an open fire.
Roast Veal. Yeal is so dry a meat, that a moist dressing is almost essential. This dressing may be made as in the previous receipt ; or, instead of butter, quarter of a pound of salt pork can be chopped fine, and mixed with it. If the loin is used, — and this is always best, — take out the bone to the first joint, and fill the hole with dressing, as in the leg of mutton. In using the breast, bone also, reserving the bones for stock ; lay the dressing on it ; roll, and tie securely. Baste often. Three or four thin slices of salt pork may be laid on the top ; or, if this is not liked, melt
a tablespoonful of butter in a cup of hot water, and baste with that. Treat it as in directions for roasted meats, but allow a full half- hour to the pound, and make the gravy as for beef. Cold veal makes so many nice dishes, that a large piece can always be used satisfactorily.
Roast Pork. Bone the leg as in mutton, and stuff ; substituting sage for the sweet marjoram, and using two onions instead of one. Allow half an hour to the pound, and make gravy as for roast beef. Spare-ribs are considered most delicate ; and both are best eaten cold, the hot pork being rather gross, and, whether hot or cold, less digestible than any other meat.
Roast Venison. In winter venison can be kept a month ; and, in all cases, it should hang in a cold place at least a month before using. Allow half an hour to a pound in roasting, and baste very often. Small squares of salt pork are sometimes inserted in incisions made here and there, and help to enrich the gravy. In roasting a haunch it is usually covered with a thick paste of flour and water, and a paper tied over this, not less than four hours being required to roast it. At the end of three, remove the paper and paste, dredge and baste till well browned. The last basting is with a glass of claret ; and this, and half a small glass of currant jelly are added to the gravy. Venison steaks are treated as in directions for broiled meats.
Baked Pork and Beans. Pick over one quart of dried beans, what is known as
"navy beans" being the best, and soak over-night in plenty of cold water.
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