Stewed Tongue

Ingredients

• Parboil a fresh tongue
• Add 1 onion
• allspice
• cloves
• pepper
• add a lump of butter sufficient to season it
• together with catsups of all kinds

Method

1. 1

   Parboil the tongue and remove the skin.

2. 2

   Stew in water until done, about 3 hours.

3. 3

   Before serving, add butter and catsups.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Blue grass cook book (1904) by Minnie C. Fox, page 34. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STEWED TONGUE Parboil a fresh tongue and remove the skin ; put in water and stew till done. Add 1 onion, all- spice, cloves, and pepper; stew about 3 hours. Before serving add a lump of butter sufficient to season it, together with catsups of all kinds. Nice for tea, and is also good when cold. TERRAPIN E. D. P. Dress carefully 3 small terrapins, and cook till well done, an hour or longer, or less, if tender. Take the yolks of 3 hard-boiled eggs and mix with ^ pound of butter. Put in sauce-pan with the terrapin and a teacup of cream and dissolve all well. Then season with pepper and salt and ^ cup of sherry or Madeira wine. Garnish with thin slices of lemon. HOW TO OPEN TERRAPIN E. D. P. Place on back with feet to you. Remove the gall-bladder carefully from left-hand liver. The 112 MEATS other liver may be cut up. Leave out nails and bones of head. Put the eggs in cold water after removing film around them. HOW TO DRESS TERRAPIN E. D. P. Throw the terrapin in boiling water. Remove and boil in fresh water. Rub the terrapin with a towel to remove outside skin. Put back in water and boil. It is cooked when the joints of the leg break easily, HOW TO CORN BEEF E. D. P. 4 gallons of water, 5 pounds of salt, 2 ounces of saltpetre, 1^ pounds of brown sugar. Mix the above and boil 15 minutes, and skim well. The meat must have been rubbed well in salt and saltpetre, and packed for 3 days before. When mixture is cold, pour over meat and let it stand a week. This is excellent for tongues. 113 THE BLUE GRASS COOK BOOK HOW TO BOIL CORNED BEEF 1 piece of corned beef, 6 cloves (whole), 6 allspice

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