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Harper's cook book encyclopædia

1902

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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
accepted standard. The questions each household must settle for itself are, for instance, such as whether much pepper, curry powder, mulli- gatawny paste are to be used in the dishes of which they are ingre- dients. Whether vinegar and lemon- juice are to be used sparingly or lavishly. Whether spices and gro- cer's sauces are to be used at all. Whether sugar is to be put into puddings, etc., in such quantities as to satisfy those who love sweet dishes of the sweetest, or otherwise. Whether wine or any spirituous liq- uors are to be used at all. Fine herbs, mint, fennel, sage, sorrel, cinnamon, vanilla, lemon -peel, wines, liqueurs are necessary for certain dishes ; mushrooms, truffles, onions to others. The proper blending and harmonizing of flavors show the skill of the cook, but it is also necessary that the cook's palate should be in accord with that of the guests. See also Liqueurs. Floating Island. See Custards. Floral Creams. See Creams. Flounders. — The following recipes for cooking flounders will be found under their respective headings as indicated : Flounders a la Normandie. See Fish. Fillets of. Fillets of Stuffed. .. Parisian Style. Paupiettes of. Flummery. See Jellies. Fondant. See Candy. Fondue, Cheese. See Cheese. FORCE-MEATS AND STUFFINGS Almond Force-meat. — Beat up the yolks of three eggs with a quarter of a pint of good cream, and flavor with a little nutmeg. Blanch and pound in a mortar 3 ozs. of sweet almonds, using white of egg to moisten. Add these, with Y\ lb. of light bread-crumbs and 3 ozs. of butterAlmond Force-meat, broken into small bits, to the egg mixture. Stir in, last- ly, the whites of the eggs beaten to a solid froth, and fill either capon or turkey. Beef, Force-meat of. — Take cold mashed potato, some slices of beef, minced fine, a few savory herbs, pep- per and salt. Mix these with two eggs to a paste ; make into balls ; fry in but- ter a rich brown. Garnish with fried parsley. Chestnut Force-meat. — Roast and peel a dozen large chestnuts ; boil them for about twenty minutes in some strong veal gravy; drain, and, when cold, put them into a mortar ; blanch and mince them with the liver of the fowl, a teaspoonful of grated ham, a teaspoonful of salt, half a teaspoonful of pepperBeef Force-meat, a teaspoonful of chopped onions, a small pinch of grated lem- on-rind, three grains of cayenne, two table - spoonfuls of bread-crumbs, a piece of butter the size of a walnut, and the yolks of two eggs. Pound the dry ingredients in a mortar, and mois- ten them with the butter and eggs. This force-meat is excellent for a large fowl. Time to prepare, about twenty minutes. Cold Pasties, Force-meat for. — For savory pasties, to be eaten cold, use a force-meat of fowl — an old fowl will answer this purpose. Strip off the skin, and clear the flesh from the bones ; pound the flesh in a mortar, soak some white bread in milk, squeeze it dry, and rub with it 3 ozs. of butter in the proportion of r/z lb. of bread to this quantity; add the meat, with a flavoring of nutmeg and salt. Bind Cream Force-meat FORCE-MEATS, ETC Gratin with four yolks of eggs, and make up into balls for pasties or soups. A little ham, cut into thin slices and rolled round the balls separately, is a great improvement to a white-meat pasty. For game or beef pasties use pork, game, or liver. If parsley is liked, some may be minced and pounded with the meat. Cream Force-meat. See Timbales. Game Force-meat