Kidneys in Sherry

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon of butter
• 1 tablespoon of flour
• % pint of stock or boiling water
• 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon of mushroom catsup
• 1 wine glass of sherry wine
• salt and pepper

Method

1. 1

   Put kidneys in stew pan, cover with cold water and bring to boiling point; repeat 3 times.

2. 2

   In frying pan, melt butter, stir in flour and cook for 3 minutes.

3. 3

   Add stock or boiling water, stir until it boils, then add Worcestershire sauce, mushroom catsup, salt, pepper, and kidneys.

4. 4

   Heat through, then add sherry wine.

5. 5

   Serve immediately.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 43. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 tablespoon of butter in frying pan ; stir well until a nice brown ; add 1 tablespoon of flour. Cook 3 minutes, then add % pint of stock or boiling water. Stir until it boils, then add 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, 1 tablespoon of mushroom catsup, salt and pep- per and the kidneys. Let them get hot, add 1 wine glass of sherry wine. Serve immediately. To Boil Pigs Feet. Put 1 set of feet in enough cold water to cover them. When half done add 1 tablespoon of salt. They require about 3 hours to cook. Spare-Bib. Wash meat and sprinkle on pepper and salt, then put in roast- ing pan; pour in 1 pint of cold water. Baste frequently. Cook un- til done. Baked Spare-Bib. Take 3 pounds of sparerib, wash it and dust with pepper and salt. Put in roasting pan with 1 pint of cold water, baste frequently. It requires about 1 hour and 15 minutes to cook. Half an hour be- fore it is done put in about 5 Irish potatoes cut in thick slices and brown in the gravy. Serve around the meat or in separate dish. Boiled Spare-Bib. Wash rib, dust with pepper and salt; put in kettle and cover with cold water; have on close-fitting top. Fifteen minutes before it is done drop in some dumplings with a spoon and boil rapidly. Prepare dumplings according to the recipe for boiled backbone. Spare-Bib Pie. Boil 2 pounds of sparerib until done; remove bones and dice the meat. Add 1 tablespoon butter, pepper and salt, put in a raw paste, have top on pastry. Cook a chestnut brown. Pickle for Pork. Four gallons of water, 1% pounds of sugar, 6 pounds of salt, 2 ounces of saltpeter ; boil and skim. When cold pour over pork. Pickled Piffs Feet. After cooking feet done place in a jar, cover well with vinegar and tie up securely; put a plate on top to weight them and keep KENTUCKY BECEIPT BOOK. 73 down in vinegar ; they can then be dipped in batter and fried. Will keep a long while. Pigs Feet — Cream Dressing. When done remove largest bones; put in saucepan whole and add 1 pint of cream or milk, 1 dessertspoon of flour and 1 table- spoon of butter well blended, salt and pepper

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