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One hundred-portion war time recipes

1918

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Presented as published in 1918. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Grind dark meat and dice hght meat of chicken. Soak gelatine and dissolve it in stock. Add meat and seasonings. Mold and chill. Serve with Mayonnaise dressing or jelly. MUTTON LOAF Mutton, ground. 12 lbs. Salt 2^ oz. Breadcrumbs. . 3 lbs. Pepper 3^ oz. Eggs 10 Soak bread in cold water and wring dry, add the raw mut- ton, season, and shape into three and one-half pound loaves. Bake one hour in a moderately hot oven, basting with melted fat and water. Serve with Gravy or Tomato Sauce. MUTTON STEW WITH VEGETABLES 15 lbs. Salt 3M oz. 8 qts. Pepper i^ oz. 3 qts. Rice flour ... 7 oz. 2^ qts. Cornstarch ... 8 oz. 1 qt. Fat Mutton, lean . Water ..... Carrots, diced. Turnips, diced Onions, sHced . Potatoes, diced 6 qts. Cut the meat into cubes and put into kettle of boiling water. After it has cooked one and one-half hours add turnips and onions, cook forty minutes, and add potatoes. Cook twenty minutes, thicken and season. Serve six portions to a quart. 16 MEATS SCALLOPED CHICKEN WITH POTATO AND GRAVY Gravy Cooked chicken . 7 lbs. Stock 10 qts. Potatoes, peeled. 18 lbs. Salt 2^ oz. Bread crumbs. . 12 oz. Pepper ' 1 tsp. Fat 4 oz. Fat 1}4 lbs. Rice jBour ... 10 oz. Cornstarch ... 10 oz. Cut potatoes into coarse dices and cook. Dice chicken. Make gravy, mix with potatoes and chicken, and season. Put into baking dish, sprinkle with buttered crumbs and brown in oven. Serve 53^ oz. to a portion. SOUTHERN CHICKEN STEW Chicken, un dressed. . . . Lima beans, dry . Corn No. 2 can . Tomatoes . . . 54 lbs. 4^ lbs. 7 4 qts. Stock . . Rice flour Cornstarch Salt . . . Pepper . . 7 qts. 5 oz. 6 oz. 3 oz. M oz. Clean and cook chicken, soak hma beans over night and cook in some of chicken stock. Drain, measure stock, and add enough to make the 7 qts. Thicken. Add all the vegetables and season. Cut chicken as for fricassee allow- ing about 2 oz. of chicken and two-thirds cup vegetable mixture to a portion. CREAMED HAM AND EGGS Ham, cooked . . 7 lbs. White sauce No. 1 9 qts. Eggs, hard cooked 50 Grind or dice ham. Cut eggs in half, lengthwise, or chop. Add the white sauce and serve on toasted mush or with steamed hominy or rice. Serve 6 to 7 portions to a quart. SCALLOPED HAM AND EGGS WITH RICE lbs. Ham, ground . . 4 Eggs, hard cooked 50 Rice, dry. ... 4 lbs. White sauce No. 1 8 qts. Red pepper . . Bread crumbs . Fat ^ tsp. 12 oz. 4 oz. MEATS 17 Cook rice, and mix with ham and white sauce, season. Slice eggs, put mixture and eggs in baking dishes in alter- nate layers, having rice mixture on bottom and top. Sprinkle with buttered crumbs, and brown in oven. Serve 6 to 7 oz. to a portion. HAM AND POTATO CROQUETTES Ham, ground . .12 lbs. Red pepper. . . 1 tsp. Potatoes, mashed 24 lbs. White sauce Salt 1 oz. Mix potatoes and ham and seasoning. If mixture seems stiff, add white sauce. Shape into 2 oz. croquettes, roll in egg and crumbs and fry in deep fat. Serve two cro- quettes to an order with white sauce. Note. — Green peas or parsley may be added to the sauce if desired. SAUTED LIVER WITH ONIONS Beef Uver ... 15 lbs. Onions 8 qts.