Hamburg Cakes

Ingredients

• y2 c stale bread crumbs
• ^ to ^ c milk
• ^ t salt
• i egg well beaten
• the ground meat
• 5^ onion chopped fine

Method

1. 1

   Mix stale bread crumbs with milk according to the dryness of the bread.

2. 2

   Add salt, beaten egg, and ground meat.

3. 3

   If desired, add chopped onion.

4. 4

   Mix well, shape into cakes about 0.5 inch thick, and pan broil in a hot frying pan.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals (1912) by Eva Roberta Robinson, page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

y2 c stale bread crumbs with ^ to ^ c milk, accord- ing to the dryness of the bread. Add ^ t salt, i egg well beaten and the ground meat. Also if desired 5^ onion chopped fine may be added. Mix well, shape into cakes, about y2 inch thick, and pan broil in a hot frying pan. 58 LESSONS IN COOKING Smothered Potatoes In 34 c butter or beef fat, cook ^4 c chopped onion, pars- ley and celery mixed. When beginning to brown, add 2 c cold boiled potatoes cut into dice or slices. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and add ^ c White Sauce, Meat Gravy or Tomato Sauce. Cover till well steamed through, uncover and let any sur- plus moisture evaporate and serve hot. Stewed Corn Empty the contents of i can corn into a saucepan, add ^2 t salt, a dash of pepper and i T butter. Heat thoroughly and serve. Preparing the Meal Twenty minutes before dinner time prepare the meat, using instead of one whole egg the two whites left from the cheese crumpets. Make >2 c White Sauce (p. 38). While this is cooking, cut the potatoes into dice after putting the chopped onion, etc., into the melted fat to brown. When beginning to brown, add the potatoes and white sauce, cover and let steam. Season and heat the corn. Broil the Hamburg Cakes

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