Sweetbreads
From Mother Hubbard's cupboard, 1887
Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Mother Hubbard's cupboard (1887), page 3. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
nd bread or cracker crumbs. Fry in hot butter or lard. SUNDRIES. HAM COOKED IN CIDER. Put a pint of cider and a cup of brown sugar into enough water to cover the ham ; boil three hours, or until the skin will peel off easily. Remove the skin, cover the ham with a crust of sugar, and bake in a slow oven three hours. Dissolve a cup of sugar in a pint of cider and baste the ham frequently while baking. If the cider is very sweet, use less sugar. Mrs. W. N. Sage. STEWED BEEF. Have a steak weighing two pounds, and an inch and a half thick. Put two ounces of butter in a . stew pan ; when melted, put in the steak with one-quarter pound of lean bacon, cut in small pieces. Place the stew pan over the fire ; turn the steak occasionally until a little brown, then lay it off into a dish. Add one tablespoon of flour to the butter in the pan, and continue stirring until brown ; then again lay in the steak. Add one pint of water, one glass sherry, a little pepper and salt; let simmer slowly one hour. Skim off all the fat, and add twenty button onions ; simmer until onions are very tender ; remove the steak to hot platter, and pour the onions, sauce, etc., over. Mrs. K. Woodbury. Sundries. 13 MOCK TERRAPINS (Supper Dish). Half a calf s liver ; season and fry brown ; hash it, not very fine ; dust thickly with flour, a teaspoon of mixed mustard, as much cayenne pepper as will lie on half a dime ; two hard boiled eggs, chopped fine ; a piece of butter, size of an egg ; a teacup of water. Let all boil a minute or two, then serve. Cold veal is also nice dressed in this way. BEEF STEAK BALLS. One and one-half pounds round steak, chopped fine ; two eggs, one tablespoon flour, two tablespoons milk; salt and pepper to taste. Drop in spider and fry until done. VEAL LOAF. Three pounds of the nice part of a leg of veal, chopped fine ; six crackers rolled fine ; two eggs, well beaten ; a piece of butter, size of an egg; one tablespoon of salt; one tea- spoon of pepper, one-quarter of a nutmeg. Work all well together ; then make into a loaf, and put into a dripping pan ; cover with cracker crumbs and bits of butter. Have a little water in the pan, and baste often until done. Miss Ella I. Gould. VEAL OMELETTE. Two pounds veal, and one-quarter pound salt pork, chopped fine ; one teaspoon salt, one teaspoon pepper, two crackers, rolled fine; two eggs, eight tablespoons cream. -Mix crackers and meat; add the eggs and other ingredients. Bake two hours, covered with a pan. If you have not cream use six tablespoons of melted butter. Miss Jennie Morgan. 14 "Mother Hubbard's Cupboard." baked omelette. Four or six eggs ; beat whites separate ; small teacup milk, piece butter, size of a walnut ; one tablespoon flour, a little salt. Beat yolks ; add butter, milk, flour and salt, lastly the beaten whites. Butter a dish just the right size to hold it and bake in quick oven. Jennie Morgan. OMELETTE. Soak a teacup of bread crumbs in a cup of sweet milk over night ; three eggs, beat yolks and whites separately ; mix the yolks with the bread and milk ; stir in the whites, add a tea- spoon of salt, and fry brown. This is sufficient for six persons. Mrs. Ambrose Lane. SWEETBREADS. Scald in salted water ; remove the stringy parts ; put in cold water five or ten minutes ; drain in towel ; dip in egg and bread or cracker crumbs, and fry in butter
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