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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.
of garlic, and put them into a quart bottle with f om- tea-spoonfuls of soy, six of walnut ketchup, and half an ounce of cayenne. Fill the bottle with vinegar, and let it remain for thi-ee weeks; then strain and bottle it for use, being careful to seal the corks. Probable cost, 7d. per pint. Sufficient for a quart. Cam.p Yeast. — Boil four quarts of water with two ounces of hops and half a pound of flom- for twenty minutes, stirring it all the time. Strain the liquid, and mix with it half a pound of sugar, and, when it is lukewarm, half a pint of fresh yeast. Put it in a warm place to ferment. Pour off the thin liquor from the top, and bottle it for use. Time to ferment, eight hom-s. Probable cost, 3d. per pint. A cupful of yeast will be sufficient for four quartern loaves. Canadian Cakes. — Mix thoroughly one pound of the best flour, qiiarter of a jjound of maizena, thi-ee-quarters of a pound of sugar, and a pinch of salt. Eub in three-quarters of a pound of butter, and add eight eggs well beaten, half an ounce of candied peel chopped very small, a wine-glassful of brandy, and half a pound of currantsCanadian Cakes. Beat these ingi-edients well together, and put the mixture into shallow tins, which must be lined with paper dipped in oil or butter, and bake in a good oven. Time to bake, haK an hour. Probable cost, 2s. 6d. Sufficient for fom- cakes. :CAN ( 103 ) CAN Canadian ; Cobbler.— Half fill a soda- water glass with pounded ice, and add half a small lemon sliced, a dessert-si^oonful of sugar, and two glasses of sherry. Mix well together, and di-ink through a straw. Time to make, a few minutes. Probable cost, 3d., exclusive of the sherry. Sufficient for one person. Canadian Pudding.— Mix six table- spoonfuls of maizena or Indian corn-tiour, one quart of milk, and the thin rind of half a lemon, in a saucepan, and let it boil, stirring all the I time. Let it cool ; then mix with it four eggs I well beaten, and a little sugar, and pour it into | a well-buttered mould which has been garnished with raisins placed in rowsCanadian Pudding. Steam it for two hours, and serve with wine sauce. Probable cost. Is. 3d. Sufficient for six persons. Canapes. — Take slices* of the crumb of bread about half an inch thick, and stamp them out in rounds, ovals, or diamonds, then fry them in boiling oil or butter till they are lightly browned. These fonn the foundation of the canapes. Thej'' may be seasoned and garnished with anchovy, shrimp, or lobster paste, toasted cheese, hard-boiled eggs, cucumbers, beetroot, parsley, salad, cresses, celery, gherkins, pra-mis, craj-fish, or salmon. A combination of two or three tilings gives them a handsomer appear- ance. They should be dished on a napkin and garnished with parsley, &c. Time to fry, ten minutes.