Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-05
WHAT'S IN A NAME.
Delicious OIdtime Dishes With Unap'
petizng Titles.

petizng Titles.
From time immemorial there has
been tendency to give eccentric
names to some of the most popular
culinary triumphs. Some Of these
names are pretty, some quite the re
verse "Cupid'S wells" for instance,
the name OF dainty sweetmeat, is a
charming appcllation; but what pre-
verse fancy fastened the phrase toad
in a hole" upon a time-hOnored English
recipe for a savOry meat pie? But pref
" or ugly, many of these names have
become classics, as much a part of the
dishes to which they are attached as
are the ingredients
The famous Dr. Kitchener, who wrote
a classic" cookbook years ago. must
be awarded the palm for cleverness in
collecting recipes with quaint names.
cat in gely' is one of them, and 9TH
ers are "roeboat," "wowwow sauce
and 'dogsup." which is a very strong
catsuD. 1t would be interesting to
know what 'cat in gely" is, but Dr..
Kitchener does not give the recipe.
merely stating that it was a faVOrite
medieval dish.
Devils fairly swarm in DR.. I<itch-
ener's book, but most of them differ
little from the devilled dishes of today
Here is his recipe for "broiled devils:
Take the hump. legs, giZzard. etc,
Of a dressed turkey. capon or goose. or
the kidneys of mutton or veal. Score
the meat, and season lightly With salt
and pepper. BrOil over very hot fire,
and send to the table with rich sauce
favored with curry or wine
All sorts of quaint names have been
bestowed upon cakes. fancy breads and
SwaetmcatS "BroWnicS,' ''love cakes"
"uomnos," "hermits.' kisses" ''snow-
balls "wasps' nests" 'pinWheel,' no
settes," ''love knots "bachelars' but
tons" and"uueen tidbits'' are some of
them. "Wasps nests" is the old Ger
man name for the dainties known to
New Workers as "pnwheels'' and some
times cinnamon buns" To make these
a coffee cake dough is rolled very thin
and sprinllled with raisins, currants,
cinnamon and sugar Then it is rolled
up like round Jelly cake and cut into
slices. and the slices sprinkled with
minced almonds rubbed with plenty of
butter and baked.
NlDS I1eIlH = SllDeStTinSS IL me
queer name of a delicious sweetmeat-
lemon cakes. filled with minced al
monGs busted with powdered sugar and
cut in strips.
Devils grub" and 'demon cake are
old names for black cake with chocolate
in it, 50 called. probably, because AN
gels food has always been the name
for certain kinds of white cake.
Maids of honor are English cheese
cakeS-the recipe said to have been in
vented by one Of Queen F,liZabeth'S
maids of honor. Some writer's even say
that the great Queen herself originat
ed it. However it may be. these dainty
caEs are still made and eaten in Ger
tain towns of England. Nuns" are a
sort of sweet cake made out Of huff
paste and Jam or it, cover it with an
other round of paste. mOiSten the edges
and pinch them together, and fry in
deep fat. Drain and roll in powdered
sugar "Cuoid's Wells swretmeat
inverted by Francatell. Queen Vivtor-
las famous old pastry cook, are some
what like nuns only they are baked.
Inventors of dishes seem to have a
fondnesS for the word Snow" which
has been bestowed upon every imagin-
able kind of white dessert Snow
eggs" is another name for floating is
land Alpine baskets are a Swiss
dainty, easily made-just a shell or a
little cake followed out, filled with
whipped cream, with a strawberry on
top.
Queer names for sweetmeats are
birds nests .'porcupines" hedge
hogs" wind bags" monkey pudding
dog in the blanket" Monkey pudding
is nothing more nor less than bread
pudding Favored with cinnamon and
raisins. Dog in the blanket" is a fruit
rolypoly. steamed
angels on horseback is a famous
old recipe. some authorities say it is of
English. others Of German origin. The
angels are like pigs in blankets.
oysters wrapped in thin slices of bacon
and served on toast, garnished with
lemon.
In the lire Of stews and other meat
dishes are several famous old classics
with funny names. "Star-gaZy pie" is
one of Cromwells old recipes. The in
gradients are a fresh mackerel. some
| thin slices OF bacon, some parsley.
thyme, tarraSon vinegar sweet mar
Joran. bay leaves, bread crumbs and
the yolks of four eggs. Clean the fish.
flake it. season with the herbs and
place IN a outtercd dish in layers with
the breadcrumbs Moisten with the
i egg yolks and two tabltspoonfuls of the
vinegar, cover with layer of bacon.
spread thin layer Of piecrust over nj,
and bake two hours.