Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesLeslie, Eliza
General
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Leslie, Eliza
Cooking, American
Nearly fill a wide-mouthed bottle with the fresh green leaves of
burnet, cover them with vinegar, and let them steep two weeks. Then
strain off the vinegar, wash the bottle, put in a fresh supply of
burnet leaves, pour the same vinegar over them, and let it infuse a
fortnight longer. Then strain it again and it will be fit for use. The
flavour will exactly resemble that of cucumbers.
HORSERADISH VINEGAR.
Make a quart of the best vinegar boiling hot, and pour it on four
ounces of scraped horseradish. Let it stand a week, then strain it off,
renew the horseradish, adding the same vinegar cold, and let it infuse
a week longer, straining it again at the last.
SHALOT VINEGAR.
Peel and chop fine four ounces of shalots, or small button onions. Pour
on them a quart of the best vinegar, and let them steep a fortnight;
then strain and bottle it.
Make garlic vinegar in the same manner; using but two ounces of garlic
to a quart of vinegar. Two or three drops will be sufficient to impart
a garlic taste to a pint of gravy or sauce. More will be offensive. The
cook should be cautioned to use it very sparingly, as to many persons
it is extremely disagreeable.
CHILLI VINEGAR.
Take a hundred red chillies or capsicums, fresh gathered; cut them into
small pieces and infuse them for a fortnight in a quart of the best
vinegar, shaking the bottle every day. Then strain it.
RASPBERRY VINEGAR.
Put two quarts of ripe fresh-gathered raspberries into a stone or china
vessel, and pour on them a quart of vinegar. Let it stand twenty-four
hours, and then strain it through a sieve. Pour the liquid over two
quarts of fresh raspberries, and let it again infuse for a day and a
night. Then strain it a second time. Allow a pound of loaf sugar to
every pint of juice. Break up the sugar, and let it melt in the liquor.
Then put the whole into a stone jar, cover it closely, and set it in a
kettle of boiling water, which must be kept on a quick boil for an
hour. Take off all the scum and when cold, bottle the vinegar for use.
Raspberry vinegar mixed with water is a pleasant and cooling beverage
in warm weather; also in fevers.
MUSTARD AND PEPPER.
COMMON MUSTARD
Is best when fresh made. Take good flour of mustard; put it in a plate,
add to it a little salt, and mix it by degrees with boiling water to
the usual consistence, rubbing it for a long time with a broad-bladed
knife or a wooden spoon. It should be perfectly smooth. The less that
is made at a time the better it will be. If you wish it very mild, use
sugar instead of salt, and boiling milk instead of water.
KEEPING MUSTARD.
Dissolve three ounces of salt in a quart of boiling vinegar, and pour
it hot upon two ounces of scraped horseradish. Cover the jar closely
and let it stand twenty-four hours. Strain it and then mix it by
degrees with the best flour of mustard. Make it of the usual thickness,
and beat it till quite smooth. Then put it into wide-mouthed bottles
and stop it closely.
FRENCH MUSTARD.
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