The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-04
JOHN BULLS COOKING OFFERS
MUCH WORTH TRYING.
eeefsteak Pudding Is Dish That
Would Go Well With the Growing
Schoolboy or the Athlete
Potato Soup.

While the solid, savory platters be
loved of our cousins over the sea COM
bine badly with the dyspepsia-ridden
stomachs that accompany American
nervous systems, there are others for
much the better.
Even the heavier combinations, as of
meat and pastry, would be useful at
times if prepared as they are in the
best English kitchens. The golfer, the
baseball player and the growing school
boy for instance, would welcome Eng
lish beefsteak pudding and would have
no cause to regret the solidity of 1t aft
erward.
This pudding requires q rich boiling.
pastry made Of five or six ounces of
suet and half pint of water or milk;
or use one and half pounds of flour,
butter and water Roll 1t out about
quarter of an inch thick and have the
pudding dish we'll creased before lin
ing it with the paste. The beefsteak
must be good an tender. Cut it into
slices about four inches long Season
these, -four them and roll tightly. Fill
the pudding dish with them, leaving,
however, enough space for the water
which is to form the gravy.
Cover the tip with pastry, of course.
and be careful to have the edges care
fully secured.
It is steamed for four or five hours.
and is served in the bowl, folded about
with a napkin.
A variant of this dish is beefsteak
and kidney pudding, fine specimen of
steak and two kidneys. Season the
meats to your taste, using salt and
black pepper.
Cut the steak into pieces about an
inch square and cut the kidneys into
eishths. Line the dish as above and
fill with the meats.
Now pour on the water. Some cooks
sprinkle in little -four to thicken the
gravy. but unless it is liked quite thick
this is not necessary. Let the water
come to within two inches of the rim
Of TIE bowl
Moisten the edges of the crust, Gov
er the top, press two crusts together
that the gravy may be imprisoned
safely and turn up the oyerhanging
PASTE
Wiring out a cloth in hot water, flour
ii and tie up the pudding. Have the
watr boiling into which 1t goes, and
boil steadily for four hours. If water
h. I - . !,
must be added from a boiling kettle
also, as it is of the utmost importance
rot TO reduce the temperature of the
pudding.
When the cloth is finally removed
cut round piece in the top of the
crust to prevent the pudding bursting.
and send it to the table either with a
napkin pinned around or in second
more ornamental dish.
Readers and admirers of Mrs. Brown
will remember that If there was one
dish more than another that Brown"
was "partia! to" i was a veal and
am pie" Nor is Brown alone In this.
His prediction for the said pastry
dainty is shared by many Englishmen
Of hearty appetiteS.
Here is the rule for making II: A
pound and a half of filet of veal cut
into squares, a quarter-pound of lean
ham also cut into small pieces, with a
tablespoon or thereabout of butter
Cover with water in a deep pie dish
and stew well. When 1t is tender add
two hard-boiJcd eggs cut into slices,
small quantity of minced parsley and
a suspicion of thyme. Cover the dish
with thin pastry and bake.
English potato soup is both econom-
ioal and savory. For 1t they boil mar.
row bones and strain off the stock
To this is added a plate of cut-up veg
etables, consisting of the following
mixture: Three onions cut fine, some
potatoes sliced thin and one large car
rot grated. Add seasoning as for any
soup and simmer an hour or more.
Stra'n and serve. Some add a stalk OF
eate1y and a bit of cooked lean ham
= tie original stock pot to give addi-
ior2l flavor.
For breakfast dish a rAnglase try
dreaded sausages, Wipe the saucis.
acs5 very dry, dip in beaten egg and
bread crumbs, put them in the fry.
ing basket and plunge into smoking
hot fat. They require about ten min
utes cooking, the heat being reduced
after the initial plunge Serve with a
garnish OF little squares of toast and
fresh sprays of watercress.
Veal cake is a good dish for an gu.
tomobile excursion or picnic. For
this there are needed some slices of
cold roast veal, some cold ham, two
hard-boiled eggs, two tablespooufu's
of minced parsley, a little pepper.
some good gravy or stock. Trim the
veal carefully and cut the eggs into
slices. Procure pretty mold. Ar
range the veal, ham, paisley and eggs
in layers with a little seasoning be
tween each layer. When the mold is
full, fill up the shape with strong
stock or gravy. Bake for half an hour,
and when cold unmold.