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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.
Crullers. — Beat a quarter of a pound of freCroquettes of Ricesh butter to a cream. Add half a pound of sugar, a pinch of salt, five well-beaten eggs, one table-spoonful of ground cinnamon, two table-spoonfuls of brandy, and a table-spoonful of saleratus. Beat all together thoroughly for some minutes, then add as much floui- as wiU make a soft dough. Cut it in strips about three inches long and one wide, twist these and drop them into a little boiling lard. When they are lightly browned, they are done enough. Drain them," and, serve with a little pounded sugar strewn over them. Time, ten minutes to fry the crullersCrullers. Probable cost, Is. 6d. for this quantity. Crumbs, Fried Bread (with which to di-edge Hams or Bacon). — Place a crust of bread in a cool oven, when it is crisp and biown, roll it into dust with a rolling-pin, pass it through a coarse sieve, and bottle the powder until wanted. Or, put the crumbs of bread into a frying-pan with a little clarified butter, stir them constantly till they are brightly browned, and drain them before the fire. Time to fry, CBU ( 166 ) CRU five or six minutes ; time to brown the crust, it should be left all night in a cool oven. Crumbs, Substitute for.— Some cooks, when frying fish, substitute oatmeal for grated bread-crumbs. It costs comparatively nothing, and requires no preparation. Crumpets. — Warm one pint of new milk and one ounce of butter in a saucepan ; when the butter melts, take it from the fii'e, let it cool a little, and mix with it a beaten egg, a pinch of salt, and fioiu- enough to make it into batter; lastlj", put with it a quarter of a pint of fresh yeastCrumpets. Cover it, and let it stand in a warm j place for a quarter of an hour. Bake the | crumpets slightly on an iron plate made for the : purpose, and well greased. If this is not at hand, they may be baked in the frying-pan. When one side appears sufficiently cooked turn them quickly on the other. Crumpets may, however, be bought for a trifling expense, and as they take a good deal of trouble to prepare, it does not seem worth while to make them at home when they can be xaurchased. They should be toasted and plentifully buttered ; they will be soft and woolly ; they are rather like a blanket soaked in butter, and are nearly as indigestible. Time to bake, about ten minutes. Probable cost, 4^. each. Allow two for each person. Crumpets, Scotch.. — Crumpets in Scot- land are made with oatmeal or unbolted flour instead of the ordinary flour. Crumpet and Muffin Pudding.— Butter a plain round mould, and place in it alternately two muffins and three crumpets. Split open the muffins and put a little red cur- rant jelly in each. Pom- over them a light batterCrumpet and Muffin Pudding, cover the mould closely, and boil or steam for an hour and a half. Probable cost, 8d. Sufficient for five persons. Crust, Butter, for Boiled Puddings.