Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-02-08
Recipes.
BANANA COCKTAIL.

Cut four pounds of beef shin (hind
quarter) into small pieces. Remove the
marrow from the bone and put 1t into Q
frying pan; when melted, brown In 1t
part OF tho meat. Put the bone and rest
of the meat into soup kettle with five
pints of cold water. When the meat Is
we'll Drowned, add 1t to the soup kettle.
Rinse out the frying pan with some
of the cold water In the kettle and 70
turn 1t to the soup kettle. Heat slowly
to the boiling point, then let simmer two
hours; add fowl, carefully cleaned and
trussed for roasting, and let sirnmSr
until the fowl is tender. Remove the
fowl, rub it over with bacon fat or drip
ping, dredge with salt and -four and let
cook in the oven until nicely Drowned.
Serve hot. To the soup kettle add half
a cup, each, of sliced onion and carrot, .
stalk of celery, two sprigs of parsley and
a soup bag, and let cook half an hour;
strain off the broth and set 1t aside;
When cold remove the fat, reheat the
soup, add slices or strips of cooked car
rot and celery and q few fageolet, also
salt and pepper as needed. Pass at the
same time rolls, cut in halves, spread
with butter and Drowned in the oven.
There should be five pints of soup; II
less add water to give that quantity.
coRNED GOLDFISH soUFFLE.
Melt two tablespoonful Of butter; in
it cook two tablespoonfuls of flour, one
fourth a teaspoonful of salt and half a
teaspoonful of pepper; add two cups OF
milk and stir until boiling; add half a
cup of soft, fine bread crumbs, two cups
of corned Goldfish, and the beaten yolks
Of three eggs, mix thoroughly, then fold
in the whites Of three eggs beaten dry
Set the blazer into the hot water pan,
put the cover in place and let cook until
the mixture is "set" and firm. Or,
bake in dish of hot water In the oven
In the oven do not cover the dish. Serve
with or without sauce. Other fish, az
finnan haddie, salt mackerel or salmon,
may be used In the same way. Peas,
string beans, creamed potatoes or ho'
biscuit accompany this dish. Also soul
pickles, a green salad or olives.
CHINE OF FRESH PORK ROASTED WIFE
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Peel and core three or four apples
cut these into thick slices and dispose
them on the rack of the roasting pan
and dredge lightly with sugar. Set the
chine of pork, bone side up, on the ap
pies. Let the meat cook twenty-five
minutes to the pound in moderate
oven, basting frequently with the drip
ping in the pan. Remove the meat to
second pan, putting the bone side down
sprinkle with soft bread crumbs, mixed
with butter, salt and pepper, and lei
cook until the crumbs are Drowned. liz
the meantime pour the fat from the
dripping, press the apples and dripping
through sieve, and use this with watel
and two tablespoonfuls of -four in max
ing cup of sauce for the meat.
IRISH SWEET BREAD.
Soften a cake of compressed yeast
(one.half a cup of homemade or brew
er's yeast may be substituted) in one
fourth cup of scalded and cooled milk
and add to one cup of scalded milk, cool
ed to a lukewarm temperature; stir In
nearly two cups of bread -four, beat unit
very smooth, cover and set aside to be
come very light and puffy. Add one
fourth cup of melted shortening, half
teaspoonful of salt, half cup of cleaned
currants, two eggs additional color II
often added by means of saffron) or, Il
convenient, four yolks are preferable
and enough -four to make a soft dough
that may be kneaded. Knead until yer!
smooth, cover and set aside to become
light. Shape into two loaves and, wher
again light, bake in two rather small
brick loaf bread pans. Glaze with white
of egg just before removing from tn
oven.
CHEESE cUsTARD.
Cut the crusts from enough slices o
stale bread to make two cups when Gu
in inch squares. Butter the bread be
fore cutting into the squares. Put tn,
bread into baking dish suitable to senC
to the table, and alternate the layers o.
bread with thin shavings of cheese.
the cheese be dry, 1t may be grated
Beat two eggs; add half teaspoonful o
salt, dash of paprika and three cups o
milk and pour over the bread and cheese
in the dish. Let bake In very moderate
oven until the mixture Is firm in th'
center and the bread is slightly Drowned
Serve hot at luncheon or supper.
FROZEN TOMATO CREAM.
Cook one can of tomatoes, a slice o
onion, stalk of celery, branch of parsley
and half q soup bag forty minutes o.
until the water is we'll evaporated. Press
through a sieve; there should be cur
of thick PURGE. Add half teaspoonfu
of salt and half a teaspoonful Of papriki
and let become cold, then fold in one cuI
of cream, beaten solid. Turn into
mold or empty baking powder box, par
TALLY lined with strips Of waxed paper
cover securely and let stand in equa
measures of salt and crushed Ice fol
three hours or longer. Serve, cut In
slices, on lettuce hearts, with French
dressing.
PLAIN WHITE CAKE.
Beat half cup of butter to cream
gradually beat In one cup Of sugar, then
alternately, half a cup of milk and two
cups of pastry -four, sifted with three
level teaspoonfuls OF baking powder
Lastly, beat In teaspoonful of vanills
and the whites Of three eggs beaten dry.
Tins the equivalent OF 10 IL 6 IL
inches will give the right thickness.
BOILED FRosTING.
Boil one cup of sugar and one-fourtf
cup of water to 240 degrees Fair. Stir
until the sugar boils, cover and let steam
two or three minutes; uncover, set In
the thermometer, II 1t can be used, and
let boil undisturbed. A long hair-like
thread will hang from spoon, dipped
into the syrup and lifted, when the sugar
Is Of the right degree. Pour the syrup
in fine stream upon the whites of two
eggs, beaten dry. Set the dish into cold
water and beat the frosting until COO
enough to use. Cooked to 240 degrees
Fair. 1t will not run from the cake.
BOILED CHOCOLATE FRosTING.
Melt one cup of sugar, two squares OF
chocolate and one-third of cup of thin
cream over boiling water, beating mean.
while. Let boil, stirring occasionally,
to 240 Fahr. Pour in fine stream upon
the whites of two eggs, beating con.
stantly meanwhile.
BANANA PIE.
Pass enough peeled bananas through a
vegetable rioer to fill q cup. To this add
half cup of sugar, two tablespoonful
of molasses, or the grated rind and juice
of half q lemon, half teaspoonful Of
salt, one beaten egg, one-third tea
spoonful of cinnamon, half q cup OF
milk, and one-third q cup of cream.
Mix all together, thoroughly, and bake
until firm in a pie plata lined with pas.