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The new practical housekeeping

1890

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Presented as published in 1890. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
nice for Oyster soup. F(yr Entrees^ cut bread in heart-shaped pieces about two inches long and half an inch thick and fry or toast as above. For Vegetahles^ cut in triangular pieces one and a half inches long, same thickness and fry as above. Dumplings^ — These are a nice addition to soups and are made in many ways, but however made, a little cold water should be added to soup to stop the boiling just before they are put in (there are one or two exceptions) and then the soup must not cease boiling for at least ten or fifteen minutes when they will be done ; it is also very important the cover fits closely that steam does not escape. For Buckeye Dumpli^aSf take half pint sweet milk, two eggs, and enough flour to make stiff batter ; drop off spoon into the soup and cook ten minutes. For Marrow Dumplings^ which are very deli- cate and can be varied in seasoning to suit any soup, beat one ounce uncooked marrow and tablespoon butter to a cream ; add two well-beaten egss and half pint bread-crumbs which should previously well be soaked fn boiling milk, strained, and beaten up with a fork. When well mixed add teaspoon each minced parsley and onion with salt, pepper and grated nutmegMarrow Dumplings to taste, omitting the minced onions where the flavor is very much disliked, and form the mixture into small round dumplings. Drop these into boiling soup and let them simmer for about half an hour. Serve in soup and they are also very nice with roast meats or salad. Grated lemon peel and mace make a nice seasoning and they^ are ready to serve as soon as they rise to sur- face ; butter may be omitted if wished. For Stiet Dumplings^ take Jint and a half flour, two thirds of a pint beef suet, half teaspoon aking powder, saltspoon salt, half pint of cold water. Mix in a large bowl, the suet, nnely chopped, and flour ; add to this the bak- ing powder and salt and knead into a dry dou^h with the water. Divide this doush in sniall pieces, roll each piece in a little ball and throw them one by one into the boiling soup twenty minutes before serving. The dropping of balls cools the boiling soup and care should therefore be taken to wait an instant between the putting in of each one that the liquid may boil up, otherwise the oalls will burst apart. This is one of the exceptions to general rule. For Sussex jDumpUnffSj mix quart flour with half pint water and little salt making a smooth paste ; form into balls and drop in soup. For Quick DumplingSj take pint of flour, measured before sifting ; half teaspoon soda, teaspoon cream tartar, one of sugar and half of salt, and mix thoroughly, sifting once or twice, and a teacup milkQuick Dumplings. Sprinkle a little flour on board. Turn the dough (which should have been stirred into a smooth ball with a spoon) on it, roll half inch thick, cut into small cakes, and cook ten minutes, and when these are added to soup have it boiling. Light biscuit doueh makes nice dumplings and when used roll tmn, cut and roll into balls and finish as directed, although some prefer to steam them and then place in tureen and pour soup over them. 602 VEGETABLES.