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The home 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.
Take one pound of raised bread dough and roll it to one- eighth of an inch thick and six inches wide, and just as long as possible without breaking the dough. Then lay along the centre a mixture made of two pounds of lean sausage meat highly seasoned with sage, thyme, and summer savory. Then bring the long edges of the dough over and pinch them to- gether, using water to make them adhere. Pinch the ends together also. Now brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with caraway seedsHolland Meat Pie and coil on a greased pan. Bake until the dough is risen and richly browned. Garnish with fried parsley and serve either hot or cold. [See illustration, Plate XL] MOCK DUCK Split down its length a pork tenderloin. In the opening stuff a forcemeat such as you make for duck. Sew the opening together to inclose completely the stuffing, put in a dripping-pan, rub the meat with flour, salt, and pepper, add a cup of boiling waterMock Duck, and roast, frequently basting till the meat is thoroughly cooked. Draw out the thread and lay ^ 6 .Vol. 2 122 THE HOME COOK BOOK on a hot platter. Serve with it apples cooked till soft, and without sugar. CROWN ROAST OF PORK A dozen pork chops should be tied round in crown form for this dish. The ribs rising at the top should be trimmed free from meat and all be cut till of the same height. The centre of the crown fill with sausage meat well seasoned and lightened by one-third its quantity of breadcrumbsCrown Roast of Pork. Roast in a moderate oven till thoroughly done, allowing three full hours. Serve the meat with apples cooked without sugar, and also with plain boiled onions and mashed potato. ROAST PORK WITH SAGE Rub a loin roast with flour, salt, and generously sprinkle with pulverized sage. Put in a dripping-pan with a cup of hot water and set in the oven. Baste often with the little water and the fat from the meat and the sage on the bottom of the dripping-pan. Allow two and a half to three hoursRoast Pork with Sage for a six-pound loin roast. When done put the meat on a hot platter, pour off much of the fat in the dripping-pan, set the pan on the stove, add a teacup of hot water, stir in a tablespoon of flour dissolved in cold water, and cook till thick. This gravy will be seasoned with the sage remaining in the dripping-pan. ROAST TENDERLOINS Split two tenderloins lengthwise, or direct your market man to do so when you purchase. Make a stuffing or force- meat of breadcrumbs, and season well with onions and sage and salt. Fill the tenderloins with the forcemeat, salt and pepper the outside of the meat. Set in a dripping-pan with a little hot water, and roast in a hot oven two or three hours — the time you must judge by the size of the loin. An added flavor is gained by fastening two or three slices of baconRoast Tenderloins with wooden toothpicks to the tenderloin. Eat hot or cold. PORK 123 BROILED PORK TENDERLOINS Broiled Pork Tenderloins