Mode. — Cut from the head every piece of flesh ; cut the eye,
which is pretty and marbled-looking, into tidy slices ; butter a
small basin or jam pot ; place the nicest-looking pieces at the
bottom and sides ; put in the rest with pepper, salt, and plenty of
grated nutmeg ; pour over it gently some gravy from the calf's
head ; put a weight upon it ; bake it one hour in a slow oven ;
when quite cold turn it out, and it m.akes an exceedingly nice and
pretty supper or breakfast dish.
Thursday.
Breakfast.
3 fried eggs and bacon. Tea. Bread.
Dinnej'.
Stewed beef kidney, i;^ lbs. Potatoes. Greens (from garden).
Buttered apples.
Mode of Dressijig Kidney. — Slice some onions and fry in butter
a nice brown ; place the kidney whole, after slightly iry'xng it, in a
large earthenware jar, with the onions, 2 sliced carrots, 2 sliced
potatoes, I slice lean bacon, i pint of stock or water. Stew gently
in a slow oven for 3 hours.
Supper.
^d. worth of squins, sometimes called scollops, cooked in the
same way as scalloped O) sters in their shells, with breadcrumbs
and butter. Coffee.
522 HOMEL Y FARE.
Friday.
Bf eakfast.
Potatoes and greens fried in bacon fat. Tea. Bread.
Dinner.
5^ lbs. best end of neck of mutton; the fattest half roasted.
Potatoes. Bread sauce. Parsnips (from garden). Lemon tart.
Mode. — Prepare 2 lemons in the same way as for lemon pud-
ding, and make with pastry an open tart.
Supper.
Cocoa. Rice pudding. Sardines.
Saturday.
Breakfast.
Savoury omelette. Tea. Bread.
Dinner.
Stewed cutlets from the remaining half of Friday's mutton.
Potatoes. Brussels sprouts (from garden). Boiled macaroni pud-
ding. Jam. Milk.
Mode of Stewing Cutlets. — Cut the cutlets into tidy shapes, re-
moving all superfluous fat. Fry in a stewpan several small onions
in butter, chopped fine ; then put in the cutlets, and pour over
them about a pint of bone stock ; let them come gradually to boil-
ing point, and then simmer on the side of the stove for two hours ;
if there is a great deal of gravy, tiny dumplings may be dropped
in just as the stew is arriving at boiling point.
The macaroni is simply boiled tender and served as it is ; a
little milk and jam may be added to taste.
Supper.
Cafe au lait. Welsh rarebit.
HOMELY FARE. 523
THIRD WEEK.
Sunday.
Bf-eakfast.
A I -lb. tin of Australian meat. Fried potatoes and greens.
Tea. Bread.
Dinner.
4 lbs. best end of the loin of pork, roasted. Potatoes. Apple
sauce. Baroness pudding.
Mode of latter. — f lb. of suet or dripping, f lb. of flour, f lb. of
pudding plums and sultanas mixed. Stir into the mixture \ pint
of milk, and boil for i\\ hour✪ Baroness Puddings. The goodness of the pudding en-
tirely depends upon its boiling the proper time. (Mrs. Beeton's
recipe.)
Supper.
Cold Australian meat (that which was left from breakfast).
Sliced beetroot. Cold rice pudding.
Monday.
Breakfast.
4 boiled eggs. Sardines. Tea. Bread.
Dinner.
\ shoulder of mutton, roasted (fat end, 3 lbs.) Onion sauce.
Bread-and butter pudding. ✪ Bread-and-Butter Pudding
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Mode. — Cut from the head every piece of flesh ; cut the eye, which is pretty and marbled-looking, into tidy slices ; butter a small basin or jam pot ; place the nicest-looking pieces at the bottom and sides ; put in the rest with pepper, salt, and plenty of grated nutmeg ; pour over it gently some gravy from the calf's head ; put a weight upon it ; bake it one hour in a slow oven ; when quite cold turn it out, and it makes an exceedingly nice and pretty supper or breakfast dish.
Thursday. Breakfast. 3 fried eggs and bacon. Tea. Bread.
Dinner.
Stewed beef kidney, i;^ lbs. Potatoes. Greens (from garden). Buttered apples.
Mode of Dressijig Kidney. — Slice some onions and fry in butter a nice brown ; place the kidney whole, after slightly frying it, in a large earthenware jar, with the onions, 2 sliced carrots, 2 sliced potatoes, I slice lean bacon, i pint of stock or water. Stew gently in a slow oven for 3 hours.
Supper.
^d. worth of squins, sometimes called scollops, cooked in the same way as scalloped O) sters in their shells, with breadcrumbs and butter. Coffee.
Friday. Breakfast. Potatoes and greens fried in bacon fat. Tea. Bread.
Dinner.
5^ lbs. best end of neck of mutton; the fattest half roasted. Potatoes. Bread sauce. Parsnips (from garden). Lemon tart.
Mode. — Prepare 2 lemons in the same way as for lemon pudding, and make with pastry an open tart.
Supper. Cocoa. Rice pudding. Sardines.
Saturday. Breakfast. Savoury omelette. Tea. Bread.
Dinner.
Stewed cutlets from the remaining half of Friday's mutton. Potatoes. Brussels sprouts (from garden). Boiled macaroni pudding. Jam. Milk.
Mode of Stewing Cutlets. — Cut the cutlets into tidy shapes, removing all superfluous fat. Fry in a stewpan several small onions in butter, chopped fine ; then put in the cutlets, and pour over them about a pint of bone stock ; let them come gradually to boiling point, and then simmer on the side of the stove for two hours ; if there is a great deal of gravy, tiny dumplings may be dropped in just as the stew is arriving at boiling point.
The macaroni is simply boiled tender and served as it is ; a little milk and jam may be added to taste.
Supper. Cafe au lait. Welsh rarebit.
THIRD WEEK.
Sunday. Breakfast.
A I -lb. tin of Australian meat. Fried potatoes and greens. Tea. Bread.
Dinner.
4 lbs. best end of the loin of pork, roasted. Potatoes. Apple sauce. Baroness pudding.
Mode of latter. — f lb. of suet or dripping, f lb. of flour, f lb. of pudding plums and sultanas mixed. Stir into the mixture \ pint of milk, and boil for i\\ hours. The goodness of the pudding entirely depends upon its boiling the proper time. (Mrs. Beeton's recipe.)
Supper.
Cold Australian meat (that which was left from breakfast). Sliced beetroot. Cold rice pudding.
Monday. Breakfast. 4 boiled eggs. Sardines. Tea. Bread.
Dinner.
\ shoulder of mutton, roasted (fat end, 3 lbs.) Onion sauce. Bread-and butter pudding.
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