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Pan-Pacific cook book

1915

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Presented as published in 1915. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Mash two cups of boiled potatoes very smooth. Season with salt and pepper and knead with a little flour to hold together. Form into scones (small thick pancakes), and place on half of each scone some well seasoned minced meat, moistened with gravyBridies. Fold over the other half like a turnover, pinch all around, and fry in hot fat until a nice brown. 460. FARINA DUMPLINGS— GERMAN Stir until smooth a cup of farina and a pint of milk. Boil until thick; then remove from fire and add a little salt and the yolk of an eggFarina Dumplings. Beat well and fry by the tablespoonful in plenty of hot butter. 461. FRUIT DUMPLINGS— FINNISH Boil to a syrup three cups of any kind of fruit juice with half the quantity of sugar and two tablespoons of butter. Mix enough yeast powder biscuit dough to make six dum- plinFruit Dumplingsgs. Roll out, divide and fill each dumpling with some fruit. Close, drop them into the boiling syrup and bake for twenty minutes. Canned fruit can be used. 462. GALETTE— FRENCH Scald a pint of milk in a double boiler and sprinkle into it a cup of fine \vhite cornmeal or farina and a teaspoon of salt. Stir until smooth ; then boil until it is thick. Pour into wet saucers to stiffen. Melt a little butterGalette in an ome- lette pan, dust the galettes with flour and fry until brown, on both sides ; then pile them on a hot plate. Serve with butter and syrup, heated together. 463. GNOCCHI, NO. 1— ITALIAN Scald a cup and a half of milk with a quarter of a cup of butter in a double boiler and stir in slowly a quarter cup each of flour and corn starch dissolved in a little cold milk. Stir until the mixture is smooth and thick; then add salt to taste and cook for ten minutes. Cool slightly and beat in an eggGnocchi, No. 1, and then another. Turn it into a greased pan to stiffen. Cut into squares or diamonds and arrange in a fireproof dish. Brush over with melted butter; then sprinkle plentifully with grated cheese and fine crumbs and bake until brown. Half a cup of grated cheese can be added to the paste. 128 PANCAKES, FRITTERS, DUMPLINGS 464. GNOCCHI, NO. 2— ITALIAN Boil three medium sized potatoes without peeling; then peel and mash. Add the same amount of stale bread crumbs, which have been soaked in milk and squeezed dry. Add two beaten eggs, a pinch of salt, a quarter of a cup of grated Parmesan and enough flour to make a paste stiff enough to roll out thinGnocchi, No. 2. Cut into strips the length of a finger, press each on the back of a grater; then drop into salted boiling water to cook for about fifteen minutes. Drain and arrange in rows on an earthen platter. Dot over with bits of butter, sprinkle with grated Parmesan and bake for a few moments before serving. 465. KARTOFFEL KLOESSE— GERMAN Butter well and cut in dice four slices of bread. Brown in the oven and crush fine. Season with salt, paprika, nut- meg, a tablespoon each of finely chopped parsley, and onions, and a tablespoon of grated cheese. Beat this into three cups of hot mashed potatoes, add a little softened butterKartoffel Kloesse, roll into small balls, dust with flour and simmer in salted boiling water for fifteen minutes. 466. KLUSKIS OF CREAM CHEESE Kluski of Cream Cheese