Asparagus (2). — Wash the asparagus, tie the stalks of the same
size together, and put them on to boil in hot water, in which a little
salt has been sprinkled. They will cook in about fifteen minutes.
When soft, take them up carefully into the dish in which they will
be served ; cut the strings, and draw them out so as not to break the
asparagus. Butter, salt and pepper it.
Macaroni. — Boil the macaroni in water enough to cover it
until it is tender, then drain off the water. Put a layer of macaroni
in a dish, then a layer of grated cheese, three layers of macaroni and
two of cheese ; for the top beat the yolks of two eggs with a little
milk✪ Macaroni, and pour over the macaroni; bake until nicely browned.
There are many ways of cooking macaroni besides the above way
of boiling it in water and baking it afterward with grated cheese,
bread-crumbs, butter and seasoning of salt and pepper. This is very
nice, but if the cheese chosen was always Parmesan it vvould be
much more palatable.
The Italians cook macaroni and serve it with a tomato sauce
which is very excellent, and is sold now in Italian groceries in cans,
already prepared to pour over the boiled macaroni. Macaroni
stewed in milk is a good and wholesome dish for children, especially
in summer.
An excellent way to serve macaroni is the following : Fill a china
460 THE hearthstone; or, life at home.
baking-dish with alternate layers of oysters and boiled macaroni ;
season each layer with salt, pepper and butter. When the dish is
full cover with cracker-crumbs. Pour over all a cup of oyster juice,
and bake in a quick oven till brown.
Macaroni and kidneys are thus prepared : Scald two veal kidneys
which have been skinned and freed from fat ; cut them in slices and
fry brown ; then place them in a baking-dish, season with salt and
pepper, cover them with macaroni and cracker-crumbs, and pour
over the whole a gravy made with tomatoes. Bake in a quick oven
till brown. Vermicelli and Italian paste should always be boiled
separately, and added to the soup just before it is served.
How to Peel Onions. — In peeling onions put a large needle in
the mouth, half in and half out. The needle attracts the juice of the
bulb, and any number may be peeled without affecting the eyes.
Cauliflower should be wrapped in cloth when boiled ; serve with
melted butter.
Fried Oyster-plant. — Scrape the roots as you would parsnips ;
boil them tender; then mash them, and add an egg and some rolled
soda-cracker. Make into cakes and fry in butter✪ Fried Oyster-plant. Serve hot.
To Cook Hominy. — Corn hulled by machinery, leaving the grain
nearly whole, makes the best hominy, and in the Southern States it
is as much the standard breakfast and dinner dish as potatoes are in
the North, and it is far more nutritive and wholesome. It is cooked
as follows : Put your hominy in soak over-night in tepid water. Boil
it gently in a porcelain or tinned kettle✪ To Cook Hominy at least two hours, in the
same water, adding more if necessary, and taking care not to let it
scorch, and that the water is absorbed when taken off Keep it in the
same vessel, warming it over from time to time until consumed.
Neither salt nor butter should be added while cooking.
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Asparagus (2). — Wash the asparagus, tie the stalks of the same size together, and put them on to boil in hot water, in which a little salt has been sprinkled. They will cook in about fifteen minutes. When soft, take them up carefully into the dish in which they will be served ; cut the strings, and draw them out so as not to break the asparagus. Butter, salt and pepper it.
Macaroni. — Boil the macaroni in water enough to cover it until it is tender, then drain off the water. Put a layer of macaroni in a dish, then a layer of grated cheese, three layers of macaroni and two of cheese ; for the top beat the yolks of two eggs with a little milk, and pour over the macaroni; bake until nicely browned.
There are many ways of cooking macaroni besides the above way of boiling it in water and baking it afterward with grated cheese, bread-crumbs, butter and seasoning of salt and pepper. This is very nice, but if the cheese chosen was always Parmesan it would be much more palatable.
The Italians cook macaroni and serve it with a tomato sauce which is very excellent, and is sold now in Italian groceries in cans, already prepared to pour over the boiled macaroni. Macaroni stewed in milk is a good and wholesome dish for children, especially in summer.
An excellent way to serve macaroni is the following : Fill a china
460 THE hearthstone; or, life at home.
baking-dish with alternate layers of oysters and boiled macaroni ; season each layer with salt, pepper and butter. When the dish is full cover with cracker-crumbs. Pour over all a cup of oyster juice, and bake in a quick oven till brown.
Macaroni and kidneys are thus prepared : Scald two veal kidneys which have been skinned and freed from fat ; cut them in slices and fry brown ; then place them in a baking-dish, season with salt and pepper, cover them with macaroni and cracker-crumbs, and pour over the whole a gravy made with tomatoes. Bake in a quick oven till brown. Vermicelli and Italian paste should always be boiled separately, and added to the soup just before it is served.
How to Peel Onions. — In peeling onions put a large needle in the mouth, half in and half out. The needle attracts the juice of the bulb, and any number may be peeled without affecting the eyes.
Cauliflower should be wrapped in cloth when boiled ; serve with melted butter.
Fried Oyster-plant. — Scrape the roots as you would parsnips ; boil them tender; then mash them, and add an egg and some rolled soda-cracker. Make into cakes and fry in butter. Serve hot.
To Cook Hominy. — Corn hulled by machinery, leaving the grain nearly whole, makes the best hominy, and in the Southern States it is as much the standard breakfast and dinner dish as potatoes are in the North, and it is far more nutritive and wholesome. It is cooked as follows : Put your hominy in soak over-night in tepid water. Boil it gently in a porcelain or tinned kettle at least two hours, in the same water, adding more if necessary, and taking care not to let it scorch, and that the water is absorbed when taken off Keep it in the same vessel, warming it over from time to time until consumed. Neither salt nor butter should be added while cooking.
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MacaroniFried Oyster-plantTo Cook Hominy