Vegetable Marrow, au Gratin

Ingredients

• a couple of marrows
• pepper and salt
• a slice of shallot or garlic
• grated Parmesan cheese
• bread crumbs
• small pieces of butter

Method

1. 1

   Semi-boil marrows, quarter them lengthwise, drain thoroughly, and place on a well-buttered dish rubbed with shallot or garlic.

2. 2

   Sprinkle with cheese, pepper, salt, nutmeg, and dust with breadcrumbs.

3. 3

   Bake for 20 minutes and serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Tried favourites cookery book (1909) by Kirk, E. W. Mrs, page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

egretabiG Marrow, au Gratin. Semi-boil a couple of marrows, quarter them lengthwise; drain thoroughly, and place upon a well-buttered dish, previously nibbed with a slice of shallot or garlic. Sprinkle over well with grated Par- mesan cheese; pepi>er and salt, and a little grated nutmeg. Lay small pieces of butter hei'o and there; dust over identifully with bread crumbs. Bake 20 minutes, and sei've quite hot in the original dish. VegfGtable Marrow, Stuffed. 1 r,arge Vegetable Marrow, 2 large Onio'iie, 1 teaspoonfiil of Sage, a break- fastciipful soaked Oread, 1 oz. of Butter, 1 lilgg, Pepper oud Salt to taste. Trim the marrow, cut in lialvcs lengthwise, take out the seeds ; parboil the onion, and chop it line; mix it with the bread, sage, butter, pepper, and salt. Fill the marrow witli tlie mixture, put botli halves together ; brush liutter over them, and liake i hour. This is excellent; some vegetarians call it “vegetable I'oast duck.” Mushrooms. To distinguish mushrooms IVom j)oi.sonous fungi, sprinkle a little salt on the spongy part, or gills. If they turn yellow they are poison- ous ; if black, they are wholesome. Or peel an onion and put it with the fungi while being cooked. If tiie onion remains white, eat with, confidence ; but if it turns black, it is not fit to eat. Use a silver s])o,on in cooking mushiooms. The silver will blacken if any injurious property is present. Never re-heat mush- rooms. If any are left over, throw them away. They are liable to develop injurious propei'ties. Grilled Mushrooms. Skin and jieel and remove stems. Put on a i)late, season with pepper and .salt. Pour' over some melted butter, place in tin under gas grill and cqok first on one side then the other. Serve on toast. Mushrooms Stewed in Milk. ■ 1 oz. butter, 1 oz. Hour, pint milk, A lb. musliroums, pepper and salt

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