Mrs. Seely's Cook Book: A Manual of French and American Cookery : with ..

Soak sweetbreads in cold water, remove the pipes and membranes. Cook eighteen minutes in boiling salted water with one tablespoonful of lemon juice. Then plunge in cold water to harden. When cold, cut them in small pieces, beat with a neh cream sauce, and serve in pastry shells or in biscuit boxes. Soalloped Sweetbreads Soak four sweetbreads in cold water for two hours. Parboil them. When cold, trim and cut in slices. Stew them for six minutes with one ounce of butter, one-half wine-glassful of white wine, one scant tablespoonful of salt, and one teaspoonful of white pepper, and a little grated nutmeg if desired. Then stir in one gill of thick white sauce, two sliced truffles, and four sliced mushrooms. Fill some scallop shells with this mixture, sprinkle with fine bread crumbs and a few bits of butter. Put in a brisk oven. When slightly brown, remove and serye. Sweetbread Timbale Place one pair of large cooked sweetbreads and three pounds of raw white meat of chicken in a mortar with the whites of two eggs. Pound to a fine pulp. Then press through a puree sieve. Moisten with one-half cup of Béchamel sauce and one-half cup of cream. Beat all together until very light. Season to taste with salt, white pepper, a dash of cayenne, and a little grated nutmeg. Mix thoroughly. Set away on ice until it is thoroughly chilled. Then take a small portion, place in a buttered timbale dish, and poach for about ten minutes. At the end of that time if not firm to the touch, mix the beaten white of one egg to the raw mixture. If toc firm to the touch, add more cream to the raw mixture. Then place in buttered moulds, cover with buttered paper, and poach in oven until firm to the touch. Serve with Princess sauce or any other to suit the taste. Veal Kidney Pie Select three nice veal kidneys, wash, and soak them in salted water, then in fresh water. Chop very fine, also chop the fat and mix with the following : The chopped yolks of four hardboiled eggs, a few finely chopped herbs and pieces of celery, a dash of grated nutmeg, ground mace, cloves, and white pepper, and salt to taste. Line a deep-buttered dish with puff pastry. Mix the kidneys thoroughly with the seasoning and fill the baking dish. Moisten with three tablespoonfuls of Sherry, CG^er with a layer of pastry. Trim the edges evenly, moisten and press them together. Cut a small opening in the top of the pie and bake. Serve while hot. Stewed Oalf' b Liver Have a piece of liver weighing one and one-half or two pounds cut into small pieces. Cook for five minutes with one finely chopped onion, one bruised clove of garlic, and one ounce of butter. Season with pinch of salt and one-half pinch of pepper. Shake the pan all the time. Then add one wine-glass of white wine, and one gill of Espagnole sauce, and seven or eight chopped mushrooms. Cook ali for three minutes. Stir in a teaspoonful of finely chopped parsley and serve at once. Baked Oalf' b Liver with Glazed Onions