Fricassee Snapping Turtle

Ingredients

• snapping turtle
• a tablespoon of mushroom catsup
• a tablespoon of browned flour
• a tablespoon of butter
• a glass of sherry
• the beaten yolk of an egg
• salt
• pepper
• onion juice
• a dash of kitchen bouquet

Method

1. 1

   Have your fish merchant clean your turtle after he has killed him by throwing him into boiling water.

2. 2

   Cut the turtle into neat dice, sprinkle with salt, pepper, onion juice, a dash of kitchen bouquet, and a tablespoon of mushroom catsup.

3. 3

   Turn into a saucepan, and add just enough cold water to cover the meat, fit a top on the vessel and simmer for 0.5 an hour.

4. 4

   Now add a tablespoon of browned flour, rubbed to a paste with a tablespoon of butter; when this is blended with the liquid in the pan, add a glass of sherry, and stir in very gradually the beaten yolk of an egg.

5. 5

   Bring to the boil, and remove from the fire.

6. 6

   Turn into a deep heated dish.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 174. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FRICASEE SNAPPING TURTLE.— Have your fish mer- chant clean your turtle after he has killed him by throwing him into boiling water. Cut the turtle into neat dice, sprinkle with saJt, pepper, onion juice, a das^h of kitchen bouquet, and a tablespoon of mushroom catsup. Turn into a saucepan, and add just enough cold water to cover the meat, fit a top on the vessel and simmer for Yz an hr. Now add a tablespoon of browned flour, rubbed to a paste with a tablespoon of butter; wihen this is blended with the liquid in the pan, add a glass of sherry, and stir in very gradually the beaten yolk of an t^Z- Bring to the boil, and remove from the fire. Turn into a deep heated dish.— Mrs. Emma Minter, 3334 S. State St., Chi- cago, III. DELICIOUS LENTEN DISH.— Parboil a whitefish and pick apart. Make a sauce of 1 pt. of milk, 2 eggs, a heaping tablespoon of salt

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