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The Swedish, French, American cook book

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.
Procure a nice fat capon; pick, singe, draw, and wash well; pour some hot water in the bird to kill the blood; stuff and tie up nice and plump. Put in a roasting pan with water, some slices of fat bacon on the top; sprinkle with pepper and salt; roast from one and a half to one and three-quarter hours — according to size of the bird and heat of the oven; baste frequently. When done, place on a warm platter and garnish around with little croustades (filled with green peas) and garnish with parsley. Serve with potatoes and giblet sauce as a joint for dinner. Stuffing. Four cups of stale bread (cut in small dices) put in a frying pan with four tablespoons bacon fat (if bacon fat is not at hand, two tablespoons butter will do instead); add one small around Boned Roast Capon with Veal Stuffing Chapon desosse, farci de Veau, et roti Procure a young fat capon; pick, singe, draw, and wash well; split the back and bone — leaving the leg bone and the wing bone in; stuff; fasten together in the back with a skewer; tie the legs together, wings close to the body, with two or three strings around to make it firm. Put in a roasting pan with some butter, pepper, salt, and a little water; roast about one and a half hours — accord¬ ing to size of the bird and heat of the oven; during that time baste frequently (take care not to let it burn). When done, place grated onion, one teaspoon thyme, pepper and salt; toss in the pan until the fat (or butter) gets melted and the becomes nice and moist. THE SWEDISH, FRENCH, AMERICAN COOK BOOK 201 on a hot platter, garnish around with small red stuffed baked tomatoes and parsley. Skim the fat from the pan the capon has roasted in; add a little stock; color with kitchen bouquet; strain and pour it all around. Serve as a roast with potatoes and green vegetables. Stuffing. Pass one pound veal and half pound sausage meat through the machine three or four times; add half cup cold cream sauce and the whites of two or three eggs; flavor with two table¬ spoons sherry; season with pepper and salt to taste. Capon can also be prepared and made in the same dishes as chicken and turkey. Roast Guinea Hen ( Pintade rotie) Pick, singe, clean, and w’ash a guinea hen wrell; put two small onions inside; tie up nice and plump; put in a roasting pan with some waterGarnished Roast Capon, sherry, pepper, and salt; roast from forty-five minutes to an hour — according to tenderness of the hen and heat of the oven — during that time baste frequently. Turn the hen so that it will be brown and crisp all around. When done, place on a hot platter, and garnish around with fried bread crumbs and parsley. Serve with bordelaise sauce and salad. Mock Partridge ( Fausse Perdrix) a la Ericsson Hammond