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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.
three ounces of butter to each quart of mushrooms, a little cayenne pepper and saltMushrooms, and cook them quite fast for twenty minutes or half an hour ; when tender, they are done ; try with a fork through the stems. Turn them into a covered dish and serve. Mushrooms, Ho. 2. Prepare them as above, and put them dry into a stew-pan over the fire ; to each quart allow a small teaspoon of salt, half a saltspoon of cayenne pepper, three tablespoons of soft butter (not melted) mixed smoothly with a tablespoon heaping ftdl of flour ; put all together and cook them half an hour or until very tender ; when done, stir in a oup of cream, give a boil up and serve in a covered dish. * Maoaroni Boiled. The twisted Italian macaroni is the best. Break eaeh twist by crushing it in the hand ; break again, if not small enough ; il should be two inches long ; put it in a stew-pan holding at 138 COCKEBY FROM EXPERIENCE. ItMt two quarts and a pint, with a tablespoonfal of salt; siusi^ but do not boil it, for about twenty-fiyo or thirty minutes, untO Wnder, but not broken or split ; shake it frequently and loosee from the bottom of the yessel with a spoon ; replenish it from a kettle of boiling water, so as to float it aU the time. These direotions will answer for all preparations of maoaroni (the water must be boiling when you put the macaroni in it, or it will go to paste). When done, drain it through a cullender and let it stand coTered whilst you prepare a sauoe, with three ounces ef melted butter stirred to a paste with an eyen tablespoonfrd of flour, a saltspoonfril of salt and half a pint of milkMacaroni Boiled ; stir it all together over the fire until it thickens ; put the macaroni into a vegetable dish, pour the sauce over it, shake it through, oorer and serve. * Hacaroni Baked in Cream. Break up the macaroni and prepare it as above ; drain off ail the water through a cullender ; when cooked, butter a baking dish, put in the maoaroni, sprinkle plentifully with salt, cover with little pieces of butter and pour over it rich cream, as muck as the dish will hold. Bake in a quick oven three-quarten of an hour. Serve in the dish you bake it in. * Baked Macaroni Break up half a pound of macaroniMacaroni Baked in Cream in two-inch lengths, and simaMr it as for boiled macaroni, drain it well; have ready grated half a pound of good rich cheese, not too old ; butter a baking dish, one^hat will do to serve it in, divide the cheese \m. half, put one portion in the dish, scattering it evenly over th^ bottom, pour in the macaroni, arrange it smoothly, and put over k the remaining half of the cheese, sprinkle it plentifriUy with salt, and pour over it a large coffeecup of cream and milk mixed ; bake it threo-quarters of an hour ; it should be a niea Mrewaoa top. VEGETABLES. 110 Macaroni Pudding. "One of the most 9xcellent preparationB of ihji artiole k tke ISmbale de Macaroni/' Prepare half a pound of macaroni ai above, drain it well in a cullender ; ^' beat up the yolks of Ito and the whites of two eggs, take half a pint of rich cream, tlM breast of a cold fowl and some thin slices of ham minced £■•; add to them two or three tablespoonsful of finely-grated Pam#- san cheese'^ (this is the pineapple cheese), '^ and season witk pepper and saltMacaroni Pudding. Mix all these with the macaroni, and put into a pudding-mould well buttered^ cover closely, let it steam in a 0tew-pan of boiling water fbr about an hour. Serve quite hot with rich gravy." — Kitchener. This may also be baked. It iisi a European way of prepariag ■taearoni, and a very fine recipe. If baked, put it in a nAm AallniT diek and bake three-quarters of an hour; * fitewad Celery.