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Mother Hubbard's cupboard

1887

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Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
The breast of two boiled chickens, chopped ; one cup of soft bread, two eggs, two spoons chopped parsley. Mix well together ; pepper and salt to taste. Roll six crackers ; mix with one Qgg, well beaten✪ Chicken Croquettes. Make the croquettes into pear shapes with your hands, put in wire basket, and boil in lard. STEWED MUSHROOMS. Let them lie in salt and water an hour ; cover with water and stew until tender; season with butter, salt and pepper: cream, if you wish✪ Stewed Mushrooms. 16 " Mother Hubbard's Cupboard." lobster croquettes. One can of lobsters, chopped ; one cup bread softened with water ; two eggs ; pepper and salt to taste. Mix all together. Roll fine eight medium sized crackers ; one egg, beaten and mixed with the crumbs✪ Lobster Croquettes. Make the lobster into round or pear-shaped balls, and roll in the cracker crumbs. Fry in a spider with lard. POTATO SALAD. Chop two quarts of cold boiled potatoes ; mix one teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon pepper, two tablespoons parsley, two tablespoons grated onion, one gill vinegar, one-half gill oil or melted butter✪ Potato Salad ; pour over potatoes ; stand half an hour before serving. STEWED CRANBERRIES. Look them over carefully ; wash and put them over the fire, more than cover with water ; cover the sauce pan, and stew until the skins are tender, adding more water if neces- sary ; add one pound of sugar to a pound of berries✪ Stewed Cranberries. Let them simmer ten or twelve minutes ; then set away in a bowl or wide-mouthed crock. WELSH RAREBIT. Toast the bread ; butter it, and spread with mustard ; then melt the cheese and spread over, and put together the same as sandwiches. RICE CROQUETTES. One cup boiled rice, one egg, well beaten✪ Rice Croquettes ; thicken with bread and cracker crumbs ; then roll in cracker crumbs, and fry in lard. Sundries. iy YORKSHIRE PUDDING. Six large spoons flour, three eggs, saltspoon salt, milk enough to make like soft custard✪ Yorkshire Pudding ; pour into shallow pan, in which there is a little beef dripping. STUFFING FOR TURKEY OR ROAST MEATS. Mix stale bread crumbs or pounded cracker with butter, salt, pepper and an egg; add summer savory or sage✪ Stuffing for Turkey or Roast Meats. If wished, oysters chopped may be added. Mix thoroughly together, adding a little warm water for wetting, if necessary. OYSTER DRESSING. Two tablespoons flour, two tablespoons butter; brown the butter and flour in dripper ; add water to make thin for gravy ; boil : add one pint oysters✪ Oyster Dressing, chopped ; pepper and salt to taste. CAPER SAUCE. Two tablespoons of butter, one tablespoon of flour ; mix well ; pour on boiling water until it thickens; add one hard boiled egg, chopped fine, and two tablespoons of capers✪ Caper Sauce. Mrs. A. W. Mudge. MINT SAUCE. Mix one tablespoon of white sugar to half a teacup of good vinegar ; add mint, chopped fine ; one-half teaspoon of salt✪ Mint Sauce. Serve with roast lamb or mutton. Mrs. A. W. Mudge. GRAVY FOR ROAST MEATS. After taking out the meat, pour off the fat ; add water, season, and thicken with flour. !8 "Mother Hubbard's Cupboard. DRAWN BUTTER OR EGG SAUCE. Half a cup butter, two tablespoons flour ; rubbed thor- oughly together, then stir into pint boiling water✪ Drawn Butter or Egg Sauce; little salt; parsley, if wished. For egg sauce, add one or two eggs, boiled hard and chopped. GRAVY FOR TURKEY.