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The household gas cookery book

1900

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Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Remove the skins and bones from a tin of sardines, pound them in a mortar, adding two anchovies and three ounces of butterSardine Paste, thoroughly well mix, and put into jars, and use as required. GAS COOKERY BOOK. 229 Potted Foie Gras. Take one pound of lamb liver, cut up into thin slices, and plunge into boiling water for five minutes; then pound it into a paste in a mortar with a quarter- of-a-pound of butter, two chopped shallots, salt, and pepperPotted Foie Gras. After being well pounded, put into jars for use. Cheese for Sandwiches. Cut up into pieces one-quarter of a pound of any good rich cheese, put it into a mortar, with half-an- ounce of butter, two teaspoonfuls of French mustard, one teaspoonful of English-made mustard, a pinch of cayenne, and two anchoviesCheese for Sandwiches, pound all this thor¬ oughly until it forms a nice paste, then spread on bread and butter sandwiches, cut into triangles, and serve on folded napkin with parsley border. Salad Cream. Yolks of 2 eggs, J teaspoonful of mustard, J tea¬ spoonful of salt, j teaspoonful of pepper, 1 gill of oil, 1 gill of vinegar, J gill milk or creamSalad Cream. Place the yolks in a basin with mustard, pepper and salt. Work well with a spoon, and add the oil and vinegar alternately till all is mixed ; then mix in the milk or cream, one teaspoonful of essence of anchovy, and sugar to taste if desired. This will keep for some time. Salad Dressing. Yolks of 3 eggs, salt 2 teaspoons, pepper and mustard mixed 1 teaspoon, sugar 1 oz., oil 10 ozs., vinegar 6 ozs., cayenne to tasteSalad Dressing. Place the yolks in a basin, mix sugar, salt, pepper, mustard, and cayenne with them, work well with a wooden spoon, then gradually work in all the oil, and lastly the vinegar. This may be bottled and kept for use. 230 THE HOUSEHOLD Bouchees of Cheese. J lb. macaroni, J pint milk, | pint tomato pur£e, 3 ozs. Parmesan cheese, i oz. butter, J oz. flour, salt, cayenne, and i teaspoonful made mustardBouchees of Cheese. Boil the macaroni tender in water, then strain it and cut it in small pieces. Melt the butter in stewpan, add the flour and milk, and tomato puree and seasoning ; cook well, then stir in the macaroni and two ounces of cheese. Pour into buttered cases, put rest of cheese on the top, and put in a hot oven to brown, or under the grill. Serve very hot. Cheese Ramequms. 2 oz. slice of crumb of bread warmed in I gill of milk, 2 ozs. of grated cheese, the yolks of 2 eggs, and the whites whipped stiffly, cayenne and saltCheese Ramequins. Make the gill of milk warm, and pour it on to the slice of bread and let it soak well. Then beat it up with a fork and add the yolks of eggs, seasoning and cheese, and when well mixed add the whites of eggs lightly to the mixture. Oil the ramequin cases, fill them three parts full, and bake about ten minutes. Cheese Puffs. 2 ozs. puff pastry, i oz. grated Parmesan cheese, cayenne pepper, and saltCheese Puffs. Roll the paste out very thin, and then lay the cheese and seasoning on the top. Fold it up and roll out again in a thin sheet, cutting out rounds the size of half-a-crown, and fry them in boiling fat. Drain and serve piled high on a dish, with some grated cheese sprinkled over. Scotch Woodcock. Scotch Woodcock