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1890

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Presented as published in 1890. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
then cover with warm water, add a bunch parsley, two button onions and Bimmer until meat is done ; skim on fat, take out onions and parslev, mince the latter finely, return it to the gravy with a pint of of boiled asparagus tops, add salt and pepper, simmer a few minutes longer and serve. Canned asparagus may be used. A plain stew of lamb is nice, first fried as aoove, cooked without vegetables, and served with its own gravy poured over, flavored with four tablespoons tomato catsup, or servea with mint sauce. When the leg or shoul- der is stewed the bone may be removed and the cavity stuffed with any force-meat preferred. The loin may be stewea whole or in steaks ; when stewed whole secure the flap with a skewer. Stewed Mutton is prepared in any of above ways. Lamb Chops. — ^Trim off the fat from a loin of lamb, cut into chops tibout three-fouiths inch in thickness, and for Broiled Lainb Chops proceed as directed in. Broiled Meats, remembering that they require little cooking and must be done very quickly. Season with pepper and saltStewed Lamb with Tomatoes and serve immediately, very hot, garnished with crisped parsley ; or dish them in a circle round green pease or a mound ojt mashed po- tatoes. Asparagus, spinach, cauliflower and beans are also served with lamb or mutton chops, and stuffed baked tomatoes are nice with them. When chops are cut from the loin as above,8ome like to have tne kidney LanbCtaoiM. retained in its place. When chops are made fipom breast the red bone at the edge should be cut off, and the breast parboiled in water or broth, with a sliced carrot and two or three onions, before it is divided into cutlets, which is done by cutting between every second or third bone. Many prefer to single-bread lamb chops before broiling, and after dipping in egg some season with pepper, salt, nutmeg, grated lemon-peel, and chopped parsley. For Fried Lamb ChopSy choose cutlets or chops about naif an inch thick and fry in a mixture of butter and currant jelly, half and half — two tablespoons of each to four cutlets — ^turning to brown both sides. Season highly with salt and pepperFried Lamb Chops ^nd serve on hot platter with the gravy from pan poured over. Or fry plainly by putting in hot frying-pan, turning quickly to brown both sides and Keep in the juices, then fr^ until done. Season just before taking up and serve on hot dish with a gravv made in pan, flavored with mushroom or tomato catsup, poured over. Or double-bread them and fry, though some only single-bread cutlets, adding to the sifted crumbs a seasoning of pepper and salt and a little chopped parsley or onion and grated lemon peel and pounded mace, if liked. Or first sear them quickly on each side in frying-pan, then single-bread and fry or broil. They maybe fried in little butter or drippings, but are much nicer if dropped into hot fat. Some do not use egg in Dreading cut- lets but dip them into melted butter or kettle of fat, and roll in crumbs, then fry as Fritters. Dish as Broiled Chops, and serve with clear red currant jelly or mushroom, onion or tomato sauce. Fried toma- MEATS. 423