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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
GLUE, Waterproof. — 1. Glue, 2 parts ; skimmed milk, 8 parts. Melt, and evaporate in a water bath to the consistence of strong glue. 2. Glue, 12 parts ; water sufficient to dissolve it. Then add yellow resin, 3 parts, and when melted, add turpentine, 4 parts. Mix thoroughly together. ‘Ibis should be done in a water-bath. GOLD, Value of. — Gold is divided in 24 parts or carats to the ounce Troy ; the ounce of pure gold being worth about 85s. £. s. d. Pure Gold 24 carats per oz. 4 4 n* • Standard coin 22 „ „ 3 17 lOj 18 ,, „ 3 8 8( 16 „ 2 13 1 12 2 2 65 » .. 1 11 lOj In sterling gold there are 22 carats fine to 2 of alloy. GOLD LIQUID.— Honey and gold leaf in equal parts. Grind inti- mately together upon a slab ; agitate with thirty times its weight of hot water ; settle, and pour off; repeat the agita- tion. Dry the gold. Mix up with gum water for use. GOOSE, (a la mode.) — Skin and bone the goose ; boil and peel a dried tongue, also a fowl ; season with pepper, salt and mace, and then roll it round the tongue ; season the goose in the same way, and lay the fowl and tongue on the goose, with slices of ham between them. Beef marrow rolled between the fowl and the goose, will greatly enrich it. Put it all together in a pan, with two quarts of beef gravy, the bones of the goose and fowl, sweet herbs, and onion ; cover close, and stew an hour slowly ; take up the goose ; skim off the fat, strain, and put in a glassful of good port wine, two table- spoonfuls of ketchup, a veal sweet \ GfOO GOO *98 bread cut small, some mushrooms, a piece of butter rolled in flour, pepper, find salt ; stew the goose half an hour longer : take up and pour the ragout over it. Garnish with lemon. GOOSE PIE. — Bone two young green geese, of a good size, but first take away every plug, and singe them nicely. Wash them clean ; and season them high with salt, pepper, mace, and allspice. Put one inside the other ; and press them as close as you can, drawing the legs inwards. Put a good deal of butter over them, and bake them either with or without crust : if the latter, a cover to the dish must fit close to keep in the steam. It will keep long. GOOSE, to Roast. — After it is picked, the plugs of the feathers pulled out, and the hairs carefully singed, let it be well washed and dried, and a seasoning put in of onion, sage, and pepper and saltGoose a la Mode. Fasten it tight at the neck and rump, and then roast. Put it first at a distance from the fire, and by degrees draw it nearer. A slip of paper should be skewered on the breast- bone. Baste it very well. When the breast is rising, take off the paper ; and be careful to serve it before the breast falls, or it will be spoiled by coming flat- ted to table. Let a good gravy be sent, in the dish. — Gravy and apple sauce ; gooseberry sauce, for a green goose. GOOSE SAUCE, For Roast- ed Goose, Duck, or Pork. — Mix a tea-spoonful of made mustard, a salt- spoonful of salt, and a few grains of cayenne pepper, in a large wine-glassful of claret, or good port wineGoose Sauce for Roasted Goose, Duck, or Pork ; pour it into the goose just before serving up.