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The Cook County cook book

1912

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Presented as published in 1912. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
COMBINATION GAME PIE.— Wild pigeons and quails, rice birds, snipe, woodcock — in fact any small edible birds — may be blended in this. Clean the birds, and. if tough, stew them in weak stock. If they are too large for a whole bird to be served for one portion — cut them in halve? through the breastbone. If the birds are young and tender they may be browned in hot but- ter; first dredging them with flour instead of parboiling. Ar- range them in a deep, round baking-dish with the breasts up and the feet pointing toward the center. Make a gravy of the stock in which they were parboiled, season well with salt, pepper, onion juice, and the juice of half a lemon; thicken with butter and browned flour. Fill in the central SDace left by the feet of the game with mushrooms, a cup of small, drained oysters. 2 kidneys, cut into quarters, "Yl a cup of pimolas, or with plain olives, stoned, and 3 hard-boiled eggs, minced fine, with 1 doz. button onions, parboiledCombination Game Pie. Pour the rich gravy over all. Cover with a good puff- paste; make a slit in the middle, and bake, covered, 5^ an hr., then brown. — Mrs. W. Williams, 4548 Prairie Ave., Chicago, 111. PIE OF SMALL BIRDS.— Clean and stew blackbirds, rice- birds or snipe, etc., for Y^ hr. in we'ak stock. Let them get per- fectly cold in this gravy; take out, put an oyster in the body of each. Arrange around the inside of the bake-dish, the necks all against the rim, the tails pointin gtoward the center. Put a bit 296 FOWL of butter upon each breast and sprinkle very finely minced salt pork over all. Thicken the gravy with browned flour, season wellPie of Small Birds, and pour upon the birds. Cover with a good crust, cut a slit in the middle and bake, covered, Y-z an hr., then brown. — Mrs. Roger Rawlings, Chicago Heights, 111. TO ROAST ANY SMALL BIRDS.— Stuff the birds with any forcemeat, or put 1 large oyster in each bird, place some bacon in an earthen dish, upon this lay the birds. If the forcemeat is used add 1 pt. of rich stock; if oysters, the oyster liquor. Add butter, pepper and saltTo Roast Any Small Birds, and roast in a quick oven. — Mrs. E. D. Kellej', Winnetka, 111. SMALL BIRDS ROASTED IN POTATOES— Halve sweet potatoes lengthwise and scrape out the inside, making a place large enough in each half to hold Y^ bird. Clean and draw the birds, and cut off heads and legs. Place a piece of butter in each bird, season with salt and pepperSmall Birds Roasted in Potatoes, spread them with butter and place them in the potato shells, tying a string around each potato to hold the pieces together^ Roast in a baking-pan, and serve in the potatoes. — ^^Mrs. C J. Canthorn, Wilmette, 111.