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The white ribbon cook book

1894

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Presented as published in 1894. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
About 2 oz. of butter,! carrot, 1 onion, a little parsley, sweet herbs, a leaf or two of basil, and a bay leaf; brown a large crust of bread and put it in a stewpan with the above things, and fry them until they are brown; then flour the meat and brown it well, putting it back in the sauce- pan; add a little stock, and baste it in the gravy till done, and keep turning the meat. Simmer 4 pounds for 3 or 4 hours. MUTTON Mutton Cutlets — This is an entree always ready to hand, but it must be carefully and neatly prepared. A dish of well-dressed mutton cutlets is truly "a dish to put before a king;'' whereas greasy, fat, gristly meats, called for the nonce cutlets, offend the taste of the least fas- tidious. The first thing to attend to is the cut- ting and trimming of the cutlets neatly. Take a piece of the best end of the neck of mutton, saw off the bones short, remove gristle and fat, cut the cutlets about one-third of an inch in thickness, shape and trim them neatly, beat them with a cutlet bat dipped in water, and then proceed to cook them by any of the following recipes: Pepper, salt, and broil them over a brisk fire; serve them with mashed or sautee potatoes in the center of the dish. Season as above, and before broiling dip them in oil or oiled butter. Serve with — 74 White Ribbon Cook Book. SouMse Sauce — Peal and blanch 4 onions, cool in water, drain, put them in a stewpan with enough water or white stock to cover; add some cayenne, bay leaf, a little mace, a small piece of ham or bacon; keep the lid closely shut and sim- mer gently until tender; take them out. drain them thoroughly, press through a sieve or tammy cloth, add 3^ pt. of bechamel sauce made thus: Put in a stewpan a little parsley, 1 clove, a small piece of bay leaf, sweet herbs, and 1 pt. of White stock freed from fat; when boiled long enough to extract the flavor of the herbs, etc., strain it, boil up quickly till reduced to half the quantity; mix a tablespoonful of arrowroot with ^ pt. of milk or cream, pour on the reduced stock and simmer for 10 minutes. A Dainty Dish — For a dainty dish of cold meat, boil a leg of lamb in water enough to cover, to which add a handful of cloves and whole allspice and a stick or two of cinnamon✪ A Dainty Dish. Let it stand in the water in which it was boiled to be- come cold. Slice very thin. Beef can be cooked in the same style. Mutton Pudding — 2 lbs. of the chump end of the loin, weighed after being boned; suet crust (proportions — 6 oz. of suet to each lb. of flour); 1 tablespoonful of minced onion, pepper and salt✪ Mutton Pudding. Cut the meat into thin slices, sprinkling with pepper and salt. For the suet crust use the above proportions of flour and suet, mixing with a little salt and pepper, milk or water, to the proper consistency. Line your dish with the crust, lay in the meat, nearly fill the dish with water; add the minced onion and cover with the crust. Meats. 75 Irish Stew (Mutton) — 2 lbs. thick mutton cutlets, 4 lbs. potatoes, 1 onion, pepper and salt, 1^ pint of water✪ Irish Stew (Mutton).