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Practical gastronomy and culinary dictionary

1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
the blood in the flesh. Cannelons,/. Small rolls of pastry stuffed with minced meat. Caper Sauce, e. Sauce aux capres,/. Capillaire. a plant. A syrup flavoured with orange-flowers, &c. — sirop de capillaire. Capilotade,/ a culinar}- expression for a mixed hash. Caplan. a fish of the salmon family, resembliog smelt, of very delicate flavour. Capon, e. Chapon,/ A young capon, (?. — un chaponneau, /. Capsicums, e. Poivre de Guinee, /. A plant from which Guinea or cayenne pepper is obtained. Caramel. Burnt sugar colom-ing. Caranates, /. A kind of small shrimps. Caebonade, /. Name applied to a kind of brown stew of mutton or lamb, usually prepared from the loin part. Carcasse, /. The body of an animal ; the bones of poultry or game. Cardamomes,/. Cardamoms, e. A spice used for flavouring meat and sweet di.shes. Carde a la moelle, /. Pieces of marrow braised with bacon. Cardon, / Cardoon, e. A garden plant, resembling artichokes in flavour. Carelet, or Carrelet. / Flounder, e. A small flat fish, in season all the year except in May, June, and July. 882 PRACTICAL GASTRONOMY Caeeme, a. The name of the celebrated chef, born in Paris in 1784, d. 1833 ; author of several culinary works, chef to the Prince Regent, George IV. of England, and the Emperor Alexander I. of Russia. Cakmine. Crimson colouring used in confectionery, &c. Caeottes, /. Carrots, e. A garden plant (red or yellow coloured). Carp, e. Carpe,/. An excellent pond or river fish, obtainable all the year round. Carre,/. Neck, e. The rib part of veal, mutton, lamb or pork. Carrots were first introduced into England by Flemish gardeners in the time of Elizabeth, and in the reign of James I. they were still so uncommon that ladies wore bunches of them on their hats and on their sleeves, instead of feathers. Carve, e. Decouper, or Decouper a table,/. To cut poultry or game into joints ; to cut up meat into slices, &c. Caseine, e. The coagulated substance (flesh-forming) of milk and certain leguminous plants. The curd of milk from which cheese is produced. Cheese is therefore an important flesh-forming food in a concentrated form. Casha. An Indian dish, made with maize and cream. Casserole,/. A copper stewpan. When used in menus, it indi- cates the form of rice, or macaroni, filled with minced meat, game puree, &c. Cassis, /. The part which is attached to the tail end of a loin of veal ; also, black currant syrup or liqueur. Caudle, e. A drink made of gruel, milk, and raw beaten eggs, flavoured with sugar, lemon, nutmeg, and other spices. A favourite drink for invalids. Caul, e. A membrane in the shape of a net covering the lower portion of a pig's bowels, used for wrapping up minced meat, sausages, salpicon, &c. Cauliflower, e. Chou-fleur,/. A delicate and highly -prized vegetable of the cabbage family. Caviar, / Caviare, e. The salted roe of sturgeon (fish