The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-23

to roast suckling pig, it has no su.
perior. unless it may be yellow yams.
PAPER 7AGGiNG THE SCRAPS
Beware the fast after : day of out.
extraordinary feasting. Abrupt tran
sitions are bad alike for body and
mind.
Is 1t traditional in your family to
have a lordly roast turkey on family
feast days, If they were in the turkey
season? Then the remains of tho
bird. either In patties or croquets will
help you keep from fasting after the
first dinner of the new Jear. But
there Is another shape for the re.
mains-one which l have not so far
seen in print Pick up the meat. fres
it OF skin, bone and gristle. cut in
bits, not too fine. and pack a layer o!
1t neatly at the bottom of butterec
paper bag mould Dot with bits Of
stutfing if any remains, also gravy
from the dish-made. gravy is TOO
heavy. Cover the meat layer with 8
layer Of cranberry sauce and put meat
on that, also seasoning. Repeat till
all the meat and sauce are used. II
the bulk is scant, put in middle
layer of toasted bread crumbs. Cover
the top layer of cranberries with
crumbs rather thickly. Slip the mould
inside another bag and cook about
min mt ~i%
cold. Excellent for luncheon or tea
Most likely the baron of beef was
but half eaten. Cut the best of it
into neat slices half an inch thick,
two inches wide and four inches long.
Dip them in melted butter, roll in
little sailed -four, sprinkle lightly
with vinegar or lemon juice and let
them stand an hour t.: warm place,
keeping them We'll covered. Make
good crust, shortening it with suet
or drippings Il possible, and putting
in little more salt than for pastry.
Roll it quarter-inch thick and line
with 1t a mould, either tin or paper
bag, Of sufficient size. The mould
must be well-greased, and If made
from sag, clipped extra-tight at the
corners. Lay upon the bottom slicee
Of meat, letting them lap a little,
shingle-wise. Cover this layer with
thin sliced onions, sliced and peeled
white potatoes and the sliced yolk OF
very bard-boiled egg. Season very
lightly with salt and PEE 2er, then
put on another layer CT mesl. Bread
crumbs or Slips If crust MAJ alternate
with the vegetables o; lake their
place. Whatever Is used do not over.
fill the mould. Put a la-er of crust
in strips on top, or else thick coat
ing of crumbs. Pour over irelted but
ter, enough to season we'll, and an
equal quantity o. tomato Iatsup or
tomatoes stewed &C. pulp. II you
like lattice crust or sc:td one.
put in the butter a1d tomatoes before
adding it. Pour IN tablespoonful
OF boiling water also, pu' on the top,
set the mould in a very well-grecsed
bag and cook thirty-tve to fifty min.
utes. according to Size.
The snippets and trimmings Of
the roast, minced fine or ground,
mixed we'll through mashed potato
and cooked in creased bag, either
in one big cake or many smaller ones,
provide excellent supper fare. Ten
minutes of baking is enough.
If the rice and meat pudding is for
children, leave out the pepper and
h.
sitter, leaving out part Of the milk
and adding a little -four. you can
shape it into balls, dip them in egs
and bread crumbs and bake inside
a thickly-greased bag to light brown.
Shredded wheat biscuit, crumbled
fine, make the basis of a very good
nursery pudding. Take two cups OF
crumbs, two cups finely chopped ap-
pie. half cup of butter creamed with
one cup Of sugar. half a cup of raj
sins well-houred. half cup of -four
sifted with one teaspoonful baking
powder, and one cup sweet milk add
ed to two well-beaten eggs. Put in
a pinch Of salt, beat all we'll together.
pour into a mould which is very we'll
creased, set the mould inside a bag
and bake very slowly for an hour and
half
Here is sort Of rice pudding with
out eggs, entirely possible to the
paper bag. Wash very we'll a scant
half-cup Of rice, mix it with a cup
of seeded raisins cut in half. a cup
Of sugar, teaspoonful of butter and
large cup of milk Put all In a very
well-buttered bag, seal and cook
slowly for an hour and half.
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