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The thorough good cook

1895

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Presented as published in 1895. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Bone a shoulder of mutton with a sharp knife, and till the space with the following stuffing : — Grated bread, minced suet, parsley, pepper, salt, and nutmeg ; bind with the yolks of two well-beaten eggs : sew or fasten with small skewers ; brown in a frying-pan, with a bit of butter. Break the boiM?, put it into a saucepan \\At\\ some water, an onion, pepper, salt, and a bunch of parsley : let it stew till the strength be extracted ; strain and thicken with butter rolled in flour : put this with the mutton, and a glass of port wine, into the saucepan, Avhich cover closely, and let stew gently for two hours. Before serving, add two tablespoon- fuls of mushroom catsuTo Stew a Shoulder of Muttonp. Garnish with pickles. 67. To Kebob a Loin of Mutton. Bone a good-sized loin of mutton, and take off all the fat : cut or draw off the inside skin nearly to the bottom. With grated bread mix parsley, thyme, and shallot, iinely minced ; season with pepper and salt, pounded mace, grated lemon-peel and nutmeg: rub the beaten yolk of an eggTo Kebob a Loin of Mutton- over the nmtton and the skin : put a layer of the stuffing, turn the skin over, and sew it at the sides and top : rub more es""", and strew some of the stuffinof over the outside. Baste it with butter while roasting, and dredge it three or four times with the stuffing. Serve it with a rich gravy, to which add a glass of port wine and some catsup. 68. Skewer Kebob. Cut five pounds of loin or leg of nmtton in pieces the size of an egg : then chop four middle-sized onions, and sprinkle ENTBEMETS. 311 them over with sufficient salt, pepper, and cinnamon; rub these in well Avith the hands, and let the meat remain covered for two or three hours. If in season, squeeze half a dozen tomatoes, and pass the juice through a sieve into a basin ; if not, mix four or five tablespoonfuls of preserved tomato- sauce in three-quarters of a pint of waterSkewer Kebob. Then pass the pieces of meat one by one on the skewers, place them in front of the fire, and gradually turn them ; as soon as the meat begins to brown, baste it now and then with the tomato juice. When nicely cooked, dish up, and serve hot. 69. Milk Kebob. Cut a sufficient cpiantity of a leg or loin of mutton or lamb in pieces the size of an egg ; sprinkle with your fingers sufficient salt, pepper, and cinnamonMilk Kebob over, and let them re- main for an hour or so ; then place them in a stew-pan and cover them with milk ; set them on the fire till the milk begins to boil, then take it off, skim it w^ell, and take out the pieces of meat. When cold, pass them on skewers one by one, put them before a moderate fire, and turn them gently ; at the same time get ready some fresh milk, and keep it hot by the side of the fire. As soon as the meat commences to brown, baste it now and then Avith the hot milk Avith ii quill ; and Avhen the gravy drops freel}^, sprinkle a small cpiantity of flour over the meat ; continue this until it is nicely cooked, then dish it up tastefully, sprinkle a little cinnamon over, and serve hot. 70. Baked Mincemeat Eebob. Mince three or four pounds of a leg of mutton, or any other part of raAv mutton ; then put three chopped onions 312 THE THOEOUGII GOOD COOK. Baked Mincemeat Kebob