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The Twin-city housewife

1920

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Presented as published in 1920. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Creamed Brains Cook two sets of brains in cold salted water until tender, then plunge into cold water to harden; cut into small pieces and mix with cream sauce. Place in ramekins, sprinkle with cracker crumbsCreamed Brains, brown in oven and serve hot.—Mrs. G. W. Hinshaw. Deviled Brains Let brains stand a while in cold salt water, after which remove every particle of membrane and blood. Mix together two eggs, one-half teaspoon each of salt and mustard, a little red pepper, and butter the size of an egg. Cook a few minutes, and add the brains which have been chopped fine, and three hard boiled eggsDeviled Brains, also chopped fine. Put in ramekins, cover with cracker crumbs and bits of butter, put in a hot oven until brown.—Miss Jennie Bingham, Statesville. Beef Loaf Two pounds round steak chopped fine, three-fourths cup of bread crumbs, one egg, one-half cup milk, butter size of a guinea egg. Season highly with pepper and saltBeef Loaf. Work well together, make into a roll and bake about one hour. Sauce For Beef Loaf: One-fourth can of tomatoes cut fine; piece of butter the size of a walnut, one pint water. Pour in pan around the loaf. When nearly ready to take from oven, thicken sauce with a little flour—Miss Jennie Bingham, Statesville. THE TWIN-CITY HOUSEWIFE thirty-seven Cannelon of Beef One pound round steak chopped fine, one egg, one tablespoon each of butter and parsley, two tablespoons of bread crumbs, two teaspoons of lemon juice, salt and pepper to tasteCannelon of Beef. Mix well, form into an oblong roll, wrap in brown paper which has been well buttered. Bake in a quick oven for thirty minutes. Baste twice while baking. When done remove the paper, put on a hot dish and serve with the following sauce: Sauce: One tablespoon each of butter and flour rubbed together until smooth. To this add one teacup of boiling water, one teaspoon each of grated onion and carrot, one bay leaf, three pieces of mace, and three sprigs of parsley. Let this mixture come to a boil, take from the fire and add one tablespoon each of mushroom sauce and Worcestershire sauce, two tablespoons sherry, salt and pepper to taste. —Mrs. O. C. Smith, Martinsville, Va. Corned Beef Rub the beef with a little salt and molasses and let stand two or three days. Make a brine that will bear an egg. To ten gallons of brine add three pounds of brown sugar, two ounces of saltpetre, six pods of red pepper and the unbeaten whites of four eggsCorned Beef. Stir into cold brine, boil and skim. When cold pour over the beef, which has been packed in a tight barrel.—Miss Augusta Watkins. Creamed Dried Beef Over sliced dried beef pour boiling water and let stand five min- utes. Make a cream sauceCreamed Dried Beef. Add the beef to it and when hot through turn into a hot dish and serve. Escalloped Beef On the bottom of a shallow bake-pan put a layer of cold, thin- sliced potato, one layer deep, and line the sides of the pan with same. Into this pour one pint of finely-chopped cooked beef, in which has been mixed one tablespoonful of butter, one tablespoonful of cream, one scant teaspoonful of salt, a dash of pepper and one tablespoon- ful of watEscalloped Beefer. Cover with a close lid and set in a hot oven until boiling hot, turn upside down on a platter and send to the table at once. Frizzled Chipped Beef Place in a skillet two tablespoons butter, melt over moderately hot fire and when hot add one-half pound chipped dried beef pulled into small pieces. When hot stir into it two tablespoons flour, and a pint of sweet milk, stirring constantly until it boils. Add pepper and if you have it, a teaspoon of kitchen bouquet. Add the beaten yolk of an eggFrizzled Chipped Beef just as you take it from fire. Serve on toast.—Mrs. C. L. Carroll. Roast Beef, No. 1 Roast Beef, No. 1