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The Pennsylvania German cook book

1902

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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Ch(q> C(d(l broken piec(*s of fowl, add .some bread crumbs and seas(m t(( taste. Put into a sauce pan a tablesp(Mmful of butter, half a cup of stock, and when h(d add meat and crumbs, stir, then take off the lire and add one or two well b(‘aten eggChicken Croquettess. Mix well and put into gn'ased moulds or cups and stand in hot water in a hot oven fifteen niinut4*s. Or make into any desired shape and dnqj into deep hot lanl. Serve with rich .sauce made with milk and thickened to the consistency of crt*am. RABBIT. Take pains to remove all fat as that gives it a wild taste. Soak the meat in salt water some time before pr(*paring it. It can be fri(‘d as chicken or lK»il it first; then fry. Also makes a fine pie by add¬ ing a few spare ribs. FRIZZLED BEEF. Fake a cup of dried beef picked in small pieces. Kry brow'ii in butter, make a gravy of milk and flour and .serve with toast. .M. R. SOUSE. B(dl pigs f(*et until very tender, then take out the bones and cloq) fine. Skim the gr(*a.se from the broth, then ►easoii it, and mix with the meat, add vinegar if (h‘sired and put into deep dishes. Mrs. M. Ream. CURING MEATS. TO CURE BEEF. To 10:) pounds of beef take six pimnds of .salt, two and one-half pounds of hrow’n sugar an I one ounce of saltpetre. Put in enough water to coyer the meat. B(»il all together and skim Put meat in jars where you want to keep it and pour tlie boiling hot pickle over it. (<i(nnI.) .Mrs, Schultz, Ramhdph. FOR DRYING. One tabh‘sp(Kmful saltpetre, one (jiiart fine salt mixed with imdassos until the C(dor is about that of brown sugar. Rub this mixture (»ver the meat before pack¬ ing. then pack into a jar and let it re¬ main forty-eight hours, then hang up for drying. Mrs. (Mara Norton. THE PKNNSYEVANTA GERMAN COOK ROOK. TO CURE PORK. One hundred pounda of pork, four pounds salt, two pounds sugar, one and one-lialf ounces saltpetre. Let stand fifteen days. C. X. PICKLE FOR SAUSAGE. One gallon water, three-fourths of a cup of sugar, one cup salt, one teaspoon salt¬ petre. C TO FRY FRESH BEEF OR PORK FOR KEEPING. Take meat fresh cut in slices and fry and season well as for the table, then pack in crocks. Put a little water in the skillet and pour same over the meat. After crock is nearly full cover meat with melted lardKeeping Meat and press. It can he kept a year, a great convenience to the farmer’s wife. CHEAP MEAT FOR PRESENT USE. Get one half a (piarter of beef, let the butcher slice off what will make good .^3 steak, take out all skinny pieces, fat and hone, iLse them for mince pies or soup. Take a clean crock, put a layer of salt and pepper in bottom, then a layer of meat, press it down with the hand, then again salt and pepper meat. Continue until jar is full, then cover with hot lardCheap Meat for Present Use and keep in a cool place covered with a plate. What you want for immediate use needs no lard cover;cover with a cloth wrung out of salt water. Take the bony meat and cure with the recipe in this book. This way you will have your meat for seven or eight cents instead of six¬ teen cents, anti will buy that many more pounds. FRIED SAUSAGE FOR SUMMER USE. Pack sausage into jars until nearly full, set in a moderate oven and bake, when sau.sage seems to loosen from sides of jar then take out, put ou a weight, when cold fill with melted lardFried Sausage for Summer Use. Set in cool place. S. K. SOUPS. BEEF SOUP. Beef Soup