Mice

Ingredients

• A breakfastcupful of mice
• salt and pepper to taste
• a small piece of butter
• enough stock to cover
• a few ripe tomatoes

Method

1. 1

   Put mice into a basin, pour boiling water over it, then into a saucepan with little water, salt, pepper, and butter.

2. 2

   Simmer for about two hours, stirring frequently.

3. 3

   Add skinned tomatoes before serving for improvement.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery (1897) by Marguerite Ninet, page 29. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mice. — This makes a good substitute for potatoes when a change is needed. A breakfastcupful will make a dish for three or four persons, as it swells a good deal in cooking ; it should be of good quality and freed from all dark and unsightly grains ; put it into a basin and pour some boiling water over it before cooking it, then put it into a saucepan with very little water, salt and pepper to taste, and a small piece of butter ; when the liquid is absorbed, add enough stock to cover, and another piece of butter, put on the cover, and let it simmer for about two hours, stir- ring frequently the while. This is particularly suited for serving with boiled fowl. A few ripe tomatoes

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