Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesLeslie, Eliza
General
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Leslie, Eliza
Cooking, American
Take large ripe tomatas; wipe them, and split them in half. Broil them
on a gridiron till brown, turning them when half done. Have ready in a
dish some butter seasoned with a little pepper. When the tomatas are
well broiled, put them into the dish, and press each a little with the
back of a spoon, so that the juice may run into the butter and mix with
it. This is to make the gravy. Send them to table hot.
Tomatas are very good sliced, and fried in butter.
PRESERVED TOMATAS.
Take large fine tomatas, (not too ripe,) and scald them to make the
skins come off easily. Weigh them, and to each pound allow a pound of
the best brown sugar, and the grated peel of a large lemon. Put all
together into a preserving kettle, and having boiled it slowly for
three hours, (skimming it carefully,) add the juice of the lemons, and
boil it an hour longer. Then put the whole into jars, and when cool
cover and tie them up closely. This is a cheap and excellent sweetmeat;
but the lemon must on no account be omitted. It may be improved by
boiling a little ginger with the other ingredients.
TOMATA HONEY.
To each pound of tomatas, allow the grated peel of a lemon and six
fresh peach-leaves. Boil them slowly till they are all to pieces; then
squeeze and strain them through a bag. To each pint of liquid allow a
pound of loaf-sugar, and the juice of one lemon. Boil them together
half an hour, or till they become a thick jelly. Then put it into
glasses, and lay double tissue paper closely over the top. It will be
scarcely distinguishable from real honey.
PRESERVED CUCUMBERS.
Your cucumbers should be well shaped, and all of the same size. Spread
the bottom and sides of a preserving kettle with a thick layer of vine
leaves. Then put in the cucumbers—with a little alum broken small.
Cover them thickly with vine leaves, and then with a dish. Fill up the
kettle with water, and let them hang over a slow fire till nest
morning, but do not allow the water to boil. Next day, take them out,
cool them, and repeat the process with fresh vine leaves, till the
cucumbers are a fine green. When cold drain them, cut a small piece out
of the flat side, and extract the seeds. Wipe the cucumbers in a dry
cloth, and season the inside with a mixture of bruised mace and grated
lemon-peel. Tie on with a packthread the bit that was cut out.
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