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The galley guide

1923

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Presented as published in 1923. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Sprinkle enough flour in the bottom of a roasting pan to cover it evenly and place the chicken in it. Place in a hot oven. Melt ^4 cup butter in Yz cup boiling water. As soon as the flour in the pan is brown spoon this liquid over the bird. After this is used up spoon the fat in the pan over the bird every 10 min., adding to it if necessary 1 cup of boil¬ ing water to prevent the flour from burning. Dur¬ ing the cooking turn the bird frequently in order to brown it evenly. After the first 15 min. of cook¬ ing reduce the heat of the oven. Cook until the breast meat is tender. A 4-lb. chicken will take about ip2 hr. to roast. To make Brown Gravy pour off the liquid from the pan in which the chicken has been roasted. Skim off 4 tablespoons fat. Return the fat to the pan; add 4 tablespoons flour, and cook till brown, adding slowly cups boiling water while stirring. Sea¬ son with salt and pepper to taste and pour through a strainer before serving. The gravy can be thickened by adding more flour and thinned by adding more boiling water as desired. 625 — Pork Chops. Wipe chops, sprinkle with salt and pepper, place in a hot frying pan and cook slowly until tender and well browned on each side. 626 — Roast Duck (Domestic). Prepare, stuff and cook as described in Recipe No. 401 except as to time. Domestic duck requires twice the time to cook required by wild duck. Spoon the fat over the bird every 15 min., roasting it from 50 min. to 1 hr. RECIPES 65 627 — Fowl. Always boil a fowl, using Recipes No. 621 or No. 622. 629 — Roast Goose (Domestic). Prepare, stuff and cook as described in Recipe No. 402, except as to time. Domestic goose re¬ quires twice the time to cook required by wild goose. Spoon the fat over the bird every 15 min., roasting it approximately 2 hr. 631 — Ham Roast. Soak the ham over night in enough cold fresh water to cover it. Wipe and trim off the hard skin where the leg bone protrudes. Place ham in a kettle with enough cold water to cover it and place on a hot fire until the water boils ; then reduce the heat and cook until the meat is tender which will be indi¬ cated by the meat beginning to separate from the bone. This will take from 4 to 5 hrs. depending on the size of the ham. Then take the kettle off the stove and allow to cool sufficiently to handle the ham. Remove ham from water, peel off all the out¬ side skin and sprinkle with sugar and cracker crumbs. Place in a dry roasting pan and bake 1 hr. in a moderate heat. Better flavor is obtained if cloves are available ; they should be stuck into the fat of the ham at 1 in. intervals after it is skinned, before roasting. If the ham is not soaked for several hours it will be too salty, therefore never neglect this preliminary. 66 THE GALLEY GUIDE . 632 — Irish Stew. 2 lb. lamb (uncooked), fore¬ quarter preferable 2 qts. boiling water 2 teaspoons salt 34 teaspoon pepper 2 onions 2 carrots 2 turnips (small) 6 potatoes 4 tablespoons flour Brown Gravy