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The economical cook book

1905

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Presented as published in 1905. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Lay them in cold water for an hour ; put in a stew-pan a pint of water, a tablespoonfal of vinegar, a few slices of onion, six peppercorns, two cloves, and a bunch of parsley and thyme; boil all together for three minutes, then put in the sweetbreads, boil them one minute; take them out, throw them into cold water for half an hoir ; lay them on a board, cover tbeiVL with a plate, set a weight on them for a few minutes. Eor Al sweet- breads put in a pan a quarter of a pound of butter, melt it willi a heaping teaspoonfal of flour,Calf's Liver with Cream lay in the sweetbreads, covti (hem with a good broth, and simmer foi fifteen or iwenijy minutes, or until the broth hafl stewed away somewhat ; tk«i add pepper and salt, a tablespoonful of browning, boil up and serve. * Tried Sweetbreads, Vo. S. Parboil the sweetbreads fifteen minutes, split each one hori^ lontally in half, season them with pepper, salt and a tiny grate of nutmeg ; melt in a frying-pan three ounces of butter, lay th* sweetbreads in, &y a light brown; when done, thicken tht butter with brown flour, add two teaspoons of burnt sugar and a little hot water ; boil up, pour over the sweetbreads and serve. * Sweetbreads with Mushrooms. Blanch the sweetbreads for fifteen minutes; for six large sweetbreads, chop half a can of mushrooms ; chop the sweet« breads and mix with the mushrooms, throw in half a doien mushrooms without chopping ; put all in a stew-pan with pepper^ salt, two tablespoonsful of hot water and three ounces of butter; rimmer twenty minutes, then add half a teacup of cream or new milk, with two teaspoons of flourSweetbreads with Mushrooms mixed in it; bi>il u^ a»d •erve. This is a very fine did:. 6 66 COOKER T FROM B20PEBIENOB. * Sweetbreads Stewed. Wash the sweetbreads and blanch them in boiling water for a few minntes only, take them out and lay them in eold water for ten minutes; then put them in a sauoe-pan with broth enough to cover them, stew until tender ; add to th<mi a pieoe of butter the size of an egg mixed to a paste with a tablespoonfU of flour, a bunch of parsley chopped, and a large oofFee-eup of oreamSweetbreads Stewed ; boil three minutes and serve. * Sweetbreads Broiled. Wash them and blanch for five minutes in boiling water, lay them between the wires of an oyster-broiler, over a bright fire ; turn them very often until a light brown, brush over them a ittle melted butter whenever you turn them;' season them f hen done with black pepper, salt, and a small pieoe of butter c each sweetbread, and serve on a hot dish. * Knuckle of Teal Bagout Out the meat all off the knuckle, slice it half an inch thick, pepper, salt and flour them, fry them a light brown in nice drip- pings ; crack the bone and break it into several pieces, and put It with the trimmings into a stew-pan, with an onion, a head of oelery, a bunch of parsley and thyme, and two blades of maoe; pour cold water on them to cover, cover the pot closely and stew gently for two hours ; then strain it, rub a pieoe of butter the sise of an egg to a paste with a tablespoon of browned floury stir it in, with a tablespoon of tomato catsup, a glass of wine and the juioe of a lemonKnuckle of Teal Ragout ; lay in the meat, give all a boil up and serve. •Calf's Head Fried. Prepare the head and brains as for scallop, put the head only in a pot of boiling water with a tablespoonful of salt ; when the head has been boiling an hour and a half, put the brains in tied up in a cloth ; continue to boil for another half hour, then take out the head, leaving the brains remaining in the broth, which eontinue to simmer ; take the meat from the bones, and eut b KEATS. a Calf's Head Fried