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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.
Water 10 qts. Rice flour ... 8 oz. Salt 2^ oz. Cornstarch ... 8 oz. Fat 1 lb. SHce liver into ^ inch sUces, lay on greased baking pan and brush with melted fat (bacon or ham fat preferably). Put under a broiler or in a very hot oven ten to fifteen minutes to brown. Cool, and cut into cubes. SUce onions and put into roasting pan from which liver was taken and brown slightly. Cook liver in part of the water one and one-half hours, add onions, and rinse roasting pan with remaining water to dissolve all meat juices. Cook one-half hour, thicken and season. Serve 7 portions to a quart. MOLDED TONGUE Tongue, cooked Green peppers, and cut in dice 7 lbs. chopped ... 12 oz. Stock 5 qts. Gelatine .... 7 oz. Soak gelatine, heat stock and dissolve gelatine in it. Add parsley and tongue, mold. Cut into 3 oz. sHces and serve on lettuce leaf. 18 FISH LIVER LOAF Beef liver ... 12 lbs. Salt 3 oz. Hamburger meat, Onions 2 oz. raw 6 lbs. Poultry dressing . ^ oz. Eggs 12 Bacon fat ... 8 oz. Cook liver in salted water to which a few onions, carrots and celery tops have been added. Cool and grind, add the beef and seasonings, and mix thoroughly. Shape into three pound loaves, brush with melted fat, and bake one- half hour in hot oven, basting with some of the Uver stock. Serve with Tomato Sauce No. 1. FISH SCALLOPED FRESH COD AND RICE Fresh cod, raw . 30 lbs. White sauce No. 2 8 qts. Rice, dry. . . . 43^ lbs. Breadcrumbs. . 12 oz. Salt 4 oz. Fat 4 oz. Pepper M oz. Cook and pick fish, cook rice, and mix all with sauce and seasonings. Put into baking dishes, spiinkle with buttered crumbs, and brown in the oven. Serve 6 to 7 oz. portions. Note. — Any fresh fish or combination of fishes may be used in place of the cod. SCALLOPED SALT COD AND RICE Salt cod .... 9 lbs. Pepper 1 tbsp. Rice, dry. . . . 43^ lbs. Breadcrumbs. . 12 oz. White sauce No. 2 8 qts. Fat 4 oz. Salt Soak cod over night, drain, cover with cold water and let come slowly to a boil, remove from fire at once. Cook rice, mix sauce, seasonings and flaked fish with it. Put into baking dishes, cover with buttered crumbs and brown in the oven. Serve 6 to 7 oz. to a portion. FISH CAKES Salt cod ... . 7)4. lbs. Salt, if needed Potatoes, raw and Pepper 3^ tbsp. peeled .... 22^ lbs. Butterine. ... 4 oz. Eggs 15 FISH 19 Soak cod over night, drain, cover with cold water, and let come slowly to a boil, remove from fire at once. Cook and mash the potatoes, add ground fish and seasonings. Mold into two oz. cakes and fry in deep fat. Serve two cakes to the order with Tomato Sauce No. 1, or Egg Sauce. FRESH FISH CROQUETTES Fish, cooked . . 14 lbs. Pepper 3^ oz. Potatoes, mashed 14 lbs. Onion juice. . . 3 oz. Parsley, chopped 1 cup White sauce No. 3 2 qts. Salt 4 oz. Grind the fish, add potato, white sauce and seasonings, mix thoroughly. Shape into two oz. croquettes, roll in egg and crmnbs, and fry in deep fat. Serve two croquettes to the order with Parsley Sauce. SALMON LOAF Salmon 12 lbs. Pepper IH tsp. Bread cnmibs, dry 3% lbs. White Sauce No. Eggs 12 3, if needed. Salt 1 oz.