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Cassell's dictionary of cookery

1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Pro- bable cost, lOd., exclusive of the sauce. Suffi- cient for three or four persons. Prince of Wales's Ketchup.— Take some ripe elderberries, and strip off the stalks. Fill a jar with the fruit, pom- over it as much boiling vinegar as the jar will hold ; put it in a cool oven, and let it remain there aU night. Strain the liquid, and put with every pint half a tea-spoonful of salt, a blade of mace, four shallots, a tea-spoonfid of peppercorns, a dozen cloves, and two ounces of anchoviesPrince's Metal Ketchup. Boil the liquid until the anchovies are dissolved, and when it is quite cold strain it, and bottle for use. This ketchup is chiefly used for fish. Prince's Metal, or Britannia Metal, ITtensils of. — One great advantage belong- ing to Prince's metal is that it takes a high polish, and docs not tarnish easily. When kept perfectly bright it looks well, far excelling pe^\-ter, and approaching in lustre to silver. It is not easily acted upon by acids, and is perfectly safe. One of the most valuable uses to which Britannia metal is applied is in the- making of spoons, which are not only brighter and more pleasing to the eye than those of pewter, but less apt to bend. Princes' Pudding.— Beat two ounces of fresh butter to a cream. Add a table-spoonful of sifted sugar and the well- whisked yolks of thi-ee and the white of one egg. Crush an ounce and a half of macaroons to powder. Stir this into the pudding, and pour in two table-spoonfuls of brandyPrinces' Pudding. Beat the puddmg for some minutes, pour it into a well-buttered PRI ( 655 ) PBO tin, and bake in a well-heated oven. Turn it out before serving, and garnish with apri- cot or strawberry jam. This pudding may be served either hot or cold. Time to bake, ten to fifteen minutes. Probable cost, lOd. Suf- ficient for four or five persons. Princes' Sauce for Broiled Pish. and Salads. — Take a small handful of tar- ragon-leaves, burnet, chervil, and chives. Rinse them, throw them into boiling water, and let them boil gently for a few minutes ; pour off the water, and squeeze them in a cloth. Put them in a mortar with three anchovies which have been washed, dried, and freed from bone and skin, the yolks of tlireo hard-boiled eggs, a dessert- spoonful of dry mustard, and a dessert-spoonful of capers. Put these ingredients in a mortar, poimd them well, and add very gradually two raw yolks of eggs, a quarter of a pint of salad-oil, and a quarter of a pint of tarragon vinegarPrinces' Sauce for Broiled Fish and Salads. liub the sauce through a fine hair sieve, and it is ready for use. Sufficient for a little more than half a pint.