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Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant

1907

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Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Cut venison into medium thick slices, hack it criss-cross with a butcher's knife on both sides, roll in flour, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and fry in hot drippings until evenly browned on both sides. Put the steak on a warm platter and add V2 cup milk and cream mixed tFried Venison with Gravyo the gravy in the frying pan and a very little flour to thicken slightly. Let boil up once, and then pour over the steak, and serve at once. — [Mrs. B. H., Ore. Bread Dressing To 1 qt bread crumbs add 1 onion, chopped fine, salt, pepper and sage to taste, 1 or 2 beaten eggs, and fatty meat liquor to moisten. — [Mrs. W. H. B., Cal. Oyster Dressing Mix together 1 qt stale bread crumbs, 1 pt finely chopped oysters, 1 beaten egg, 2 tablesp melted butter, 1 teasp herbs, and milk enough to moisten. — [Mrs. J. C. R., Ind. When roasting beef or pork, add some thick slices of raw carrot. They impart a delicious fiavor to the meat and gravy. — [Mrs. B. L. G.. Ore. 174 FARM AND HOME COOK BOOK Sauces for Me&t^ Poultry &nd Game Some Appropriate Combinations Roast pork with apple sauce. Roast lamb with mint sauce. Roast beef with horseradish, piquant or Flemish sauce. Roast mutton Vv'ith stewed gooseberries. Roast chicken with currant jelly. Roast goose with apple sauce. Roast turkey with cranberry, chestnut, grape or plum sauce. Roast duck with olive sauce. Roast venison with currant jelly. Boiled mutton with caper, or horseradish sauce. Boiled turkey v/ith oyster, celery or mushroom sauce. Boiled venison with currant-bread sauce. Broiled steak with mushroom, or hot horseradish sauce. Broiled mackerel with stewed gooseberries. Codfish balls with apple sauce. Sweetbreads, tenderloins or pigeon pie with mushroom. Game with currant-bread sauce. Chops, cutlets, or croquettes with tomato sauce. Baked or boiled fish with Qg^, parsley, oyster or tartare. Drawn Butter Sauce Melt 1/4 cup butter in a saucepan, add 2 tablesp flour, ^ teasp salt, a pinch of pepper, and when well blended, 1 pt hot water or hot clear soup stock. Stir rapidly until it thickens; then add another scant % cup butter, a little at a time, and continue stirring and cooking until the butter is all absorbed. This sauce can be made the basis of parsley, e^^, caper, lemon, celery, shrimp, mustard, oyster, lobster and other sauces. White Sauce Melt 2 rounding tablesp butter in a saucepan, adding the same quantity flour, and stirring until free from lumps. Then add 1 pt hot milk, pouring in less than half at first, and when it thickens rubbing and beating until entirely free from lumps. Then add the remainder of the milk, a very little pepper and y^ teasp salt, and let it boil up again. Half the milk may be replaced by clear soup stock, or cream may be used instead of milk, if a cream sauce is desired. White sauce may be used instead of drawn butter sauce, in any of the variations of drawn butter sauce, if a less rich sauce is desired. SAUCES FOR POULTRY AND GAME 17; Brown Sauce Bread Dressing