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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.
Quin's Sauce (An old-fashioned fish sauce). — Put a quarter of a pint of walnut pickle into a saucepan, with a quarter of a pint of port, half a pint of mushroom ketchup, a dozen anchovies, boned and pounded, a dozen sliced shallots, half a tea-spoonful of cayenne, and two table-spoonfuls of soyQuin's Sauce. Simmer all gently for ten minutes, strain the sauce, and, when cold, bottle for use. Securely corked and stored in a cool place, the sauce will keep for some time. Quin's Sauce (another way). — To a quart of walnut pickle add six anchovies, six bay- leaves, six shallots, three cloves, a blade of mace, half a tea-spoonful of cayenne, and a dozen peppercorns. Boil the whole until <h( anchovies are dissolved. Take it off the fire, when cold, add half a pint of red wineQuin's Sauce (another way), and bottle the sauce, corking the bottles well. Quin's Sauce (another way). — To half a pint of mushroom ketchup add a quarter of a pint of walnut pickle, three anchovies, two cloves of garlic pounded, and as much cayenne pepper as will cover a shilling. Put it into a bottle and shake it well ; it is then fit for use. It must be kept in a well-corked bottle. Quin's Sauce (another way). — The fol- lowing is Ur. Kitehiner's recipe for this sauce : — "It was given me," he says, "by a very sagacious sauce-maker." Two wine-glassfuls of port and two of walnut pickle, four of mush- room ketchup, half a dozen of anchovies pounded, the like nmnber of eschalots sliced and pounded, a table-spoonful of soy, and half a drachm of cayenne pepper. Let them simmer gently for ten minutes; strain it, and, when cold, put it into bottles well corked and sealed over ; it will keep for a considerable time. Rabbit. — There are two sorts — the tame and the wild. Tame rabbits are the larger of the two, with the flesh white and delicate. Of these the Ostend I'abbits are most highly valued. "Wild rabbits are considered to possess the finest flavoiu-. Rabbits are highly esteemed for food, and are valuable because they can be seiwed in so many ways. As the meat is rather dry, bacon is generally served with them. When used for the table, they should be young, and should not have been kept more than a day or two. They have been more thought of of late years than they used to be, probably becaiise in theu' wild state thej^ are less plentiful than formerly, in consequence of the advance of agriculture, and the employment of light lands for more profit- able purposes than rabbit-warrens. M. Ude gives some additional particulars on this head : — "It is to be observed," he says, "that warren rabbits only ought to be sent up to a good table, tame rabbits in general having no Havoui- but that of cabbage ; and you must be particular in using for table only young rabbits. Whether they are so may be ascertained by breaking, the jaAv between the thumb and finger ; if they are old, they resist the pressure. Also by feehng in the joint of the paw for a little nut ; if it is gone, the rabbit is old and not fit for fine cookery. In such cases use them to make rabbit puddings or pies." ^. K