Or, the kippers✪ Kippered Herring may be fried instead of broiled, or cooked in a paper bag (see Paper-bag Cookery), or placed on a greased tin, covered with greased paper, and cooked in the oven. Note. — Kippered mackerel may be cooked in the same way, allowing rather longer time. 1688. Fried Kidneys and Bacon 3 sheep’s kidneys. £ tea-cupful stock. 6 slices of bacon. Seasoning. £ tea-sp. flour.✪ Fried Kidneys and Bacon Cut half a dozen neat slices of bacon, fry them until sufficiently cooked, and keep them warm over hot water. Have the kidneys split in two, and the skin and fat removed. Fry them in the fat left from the bacon, adding a little more if necessary. They will only require about 5 minutes on each side, as they should not be overcooked. When ready, place a piece of kidney on the top of each piece of bacon. Pour away most of the fat from the pan, and stir in the flour. Then add the stock and stir until boiling. Season to taste, skim if necessary, and strain round the dish. 1689. Kidney Toast, 1 2 or 3 sheep’s kidneys. A small piece of butter. £ tea-sp. flour. 1 tea-sp. chopped shallot. 2 table-sps. stock. Seasoning. Hot buttered toast. Chopped parsley.✪ Kidney Toast Remove the skin and fat from the kidneys and chop them rather finely. Melt a piece of butter the size of a walnut in a small saucepan, put in the chopped shallot and cook it 2 or 3 minutes without browning. Add the kidney and stir it over the fire until cooked, or for 4 or 5 minutes. Then sprinkle in the flour, season to taste, and moisten with about 2 table-spoonfuls good stock or gravy. Cook a minute or two longer, arrange the mixture neatly on a slice of hot buttered toast cut in pieces, sprinkle lightly with finely chopped parsley and serve very hot. Note. — The flour may be omitted and the yolk of an egg stirred into the mixture just before serv- ing. The shallot may be left out if objected to. for curry. Melt the butter in a saucepan, mix in the curry powder and then the meat, rice, and hard- boiled egg. Mix all lightly with a fork, adding seasoning to taste. A little chopped pickle may also be added if liked. When thoroughly hot, pile the mixture on a hot dish and sprinkle with a little finely-chopped parsley. 1692. Liver Balls 1 lb. cooked liver. 2 oz. suet. 1 small onion. 1 egg. A little flour. Seasoning. Bread-crumbs.✪ Liver Balls Grate or chop the liver very finely, add to it the suet and onion also chopped, and season with pepper and salt. Beat up the egg and use enough of it to bind the liver, &c., together. Mix well and then form into small balls, using a little flour. Egg and bread-crumb these and then fry them in boiling fat to a golden brown colour. Serve on a hot dish with a dish paper under them, and garnish with parsley. Note. — About 2 table-spoonfuls melted bacon fat may be used instead of the suet. 1693. Roes on Toast \ doz. soft roes. 6 fingers of toast. A little butter. 1 dessert-sp. flour. 1 tea-sp. chopped parsley Egg and bread-crumbs. Salt. Coralline pepper, £ lemon.

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Or, the kippers may be fried instead of broiled, or cooked in a paper bag (see Paper-bag Cookery), or placed on a greased tin, covered with greased paper, and cooked in the oven. Note. — Kippered mackerel may be cooked in the same way, allowing rather longer time. 1688. Fried Kidneys and Bacon 3 sheep’s kidneys. £ tea-cupful stock. 6 slices of bacon. Seasoning. £ tea-sp. flour. Cut half a dozen neat slices of bacon, fry them until sufficiently cooked, and keep them warm over hot water. Have the kidneys split in two, and the skin and fat removed. Fry them in the fat left from the bacon, adding a little more if necessary. They will only require about 5 minutes on each side, as they should not be overcooked. When ready, place a piece of kidney on the top of each piece of bacon. Pour away most of the fat from the pan, and stir in the flour. Then add the stock and stir until boiling. Season to taste, skim if necessary, and strain round the dish. 1689. Kidney Toast, 1 2 or 3 sheep’s kidneys. A small piece of butter. £ tea-sp. flour. 1 tea-sp. chopped shallot. 2 table-sps. stock. Seasoning. Hot buttered toast. Chopped parsley. Remove the skin and fat from the kidneys and chop them rather finely. Melt a piece of butter the size of a walnut in a small saucepan, put in the chopped shallot and cook it 2 or 3 minutes without browning. Add the kidney and stir it over the fire until cooked, or for 4 or 5 minutes. Then sprinkle in the flour, season to taste, and moisten with about 2 table-spoonfuls good stock or gravy. Cook a minute or two longer, arrange the mixture neatly on a slice of hot buttered toast cut in pieces, sprinkle lightly with finely chopped parsley and serve very hot. Note. — The flour may be omitted and the yolk of an egg stirred into the mixture just before serv- ing. The shallot may be left out if objected to. for curry. Melt the butter in a saucepan, mix in the curry powder and then the meat, rice, and hard- boiled egg. Mix all lightly with a fork, adding seasoning to taste. A little chopped pickle may also be added if liked. When thoroughly hot, pile the mixture on a hot dish and sprinkle with a little finely-chopped parsley. 1692. Liver Balls 1 lb. cooked liver. 2 oz. suet. 1 small onion. 1 egg. A little flour. Seasoning. Bread-crumbs. Grate or chop the liver very finely, add to it the suet and onion also chopped, and season with pepper and salt. Beat up the egg and use enough of it to bind the liver, &c., together. Mix well and then form into small balls, using a little flour. Egg and bread-crumb these and then fry them in boiling fat to a golden brown colour. Serve on a hot dish with a dish paper under them, and garnish with parsley. Note. — About 2 table-spoonfuls melted bacon fat may be used instead of the suet. 1693. Roes on Toast \ doz. soft roes. 6 fingers of toast. A little butter. 1 dessert-sp. flour. 1 tea-sp. chopped parsley Egg and bread-crumbs. Salt. Coralline pepper, £ lemon.

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