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Statesmen's dishes; and how to cook them

1890

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Presented as published in 1890. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
>EAT one cupful of sweet milk, to which add a tablespoonful of corn starch, wet with a little cold milk ; stir well together. When cool add four eggsBaked Omelet, whites and yolks beaten sep- arately; the yolks to be added first. Beat well together; salt and pepper to taste. Pour into a buttered dish, and bake in a quick oven. This is a delicious as well as ornamental breakfast dish. /77UL 7f~" O?. Jt<yw7rr^6L AND HOW TO COOK THEM. 87 BOILING EGGS. BY MRS. E. V. BROOKSHIRE. (Wife of Representative from Indiana.} jjUT the eggs in the saucepan and cover with cold water ; set it on the stove, arid when the fS5l^ water boils the eggs are done. WUhb $,(1) . tZsutnrjhJi^lC. 88 STATESMEN'S DISHES; CHICKEN CROQUET. BY MRS. H. C. M'CORMICK. (Wife of Representative from Pennsylvania.) £ALF a pound of cold chicken chopped very fine. Fry a quarter of a grated onion with a tablespoonful of butter ; stir the onion until it begins to get a little yellow ; add one tablespoonful flour, stir a few minutes longer, then add a large cof- feecup of broth in which the chicken has been boiled ; then stir in the chopped chicken, with salt to taste ; cook ten minutes, stirring all the time ; a little grated nutmeg and cayenne pepper stirred in with the yolks of two eggs ; give it one hard boil, and put on a dish to cool. When cold form with cracker dust and the white of an egg. Great care must be taken to have plenty of lard and boiling hot; drop them in care- fully, three or four at a time. Cook them a light brown ; take out with a perforated ladle and put them on a thick towel, that they may be perfectly dry and free from grease. fra&* &s: AND HOW TO COOK TEEM. 89 BONED CHICKEN. BY MISS JULIA DARLING STRONG. (Daughter of ex-Associate Justice Strong, of the Supreme Court.) i}UT up a chicken into quite small pieces ; skin it and pour over three pints of cold water. Boil it until the bones slip out of the meat easily ; then take out all the meat ; throw back the bones to boil in the liquor longer. Chop the meat with the rind of one lemon, having squeezed the juice into the boiling liquor. Put the meat, well-seasoned, into a jelly-mold, and when the liquor is boiled down fully one-half, strain it over the meat in the mold. Next morning turn out and serve with salad. 90 STATESMEN'S DISHES; CHIPPED BEEF. BY MISS L. S. SWAN. (Sister-in-law of Senator Morrill, of Vermont.) £AKE fine chipped beef and after picking it to shreds allow it to come to a boil in water enough to cover. The water should be hot when the beef is put in. Drain thoroughly, and cover with a dressing made of two cups of half cream and half milk. Stir in butter the size of a walnut, and when about to boil thicken with a tablespoonful of corn starch which has been made to a thin paste. Stir in slowly, so that it will not curdle. This makes a good dish for luncheon. J^L>.(y\^/Lr (*J~<X/*l, AND HOW TO COOK THEM. 91 DEVILED EGGS. BY MISS L. S. SWAN. (Sister-in-law of Senator Morrill, of Vermont.) 5OIL one dozen eggs hard, remove the shells and cut in halves lengthwise. Take out the yolks, mix them to a smooth paste with half a teaspoonful of mustard, salt and cayenne pepper to taste, and a generous teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce. Fill the whites with this mixture and serve on a bed of lettuce leaves, which should be carefully selected. Deviled Eggs