Throw in salt, pepper, minced onion, parsley, and thyme; take the meat
and bones out. Beat up two eggs until light, add two tablespoonfuls
cold water, then the liquor from the boiler. Stir all together, boil
up and strain on the meat from the head, which must first be cut up or
picked fine and chopped with six hard-boiled eggs, and seasoned to the
taste with the juice of one lemon and wineglass of jelly. This is set
aside in a mould or bowl and eaten cold with garnish of scraped
horseradish and parsley. The calves' feet make another good dish by
drying first, then dipping in batter made of an egg, one spoonful of
flour, one small teacupful milk, with a little salt, and
frying.--_Mrs. S. T._
MUTTON AND LAMB.
When the weather will admit of it, mutton is better for being kept a
few days before cooking. The saddle, which is considered the finest
piece, consists of the back or loin and upper part of the hind legs.
In getting this nice roast, however, you spoil the hind quarter, as
the saddle takes some of the nicest parts of this and leaves it too
dry to cook by itself. The hind quarter and loin together make a very
nice dish--the latter being fat and juicy.
The fore quarter is sometimes cut by taking off the shoulder and
taking the rib-piece, making a piece called the brisket or breast, and
many persons esteem this the choicest part of the mutton. The ribs cut
next to the back are used for mutton chops.
When you have a large supply of mutton on hand, it is well to put the
hind quarters in brine, as you can thus corn them as nicely as beef.
As mutton spoils easily, this plan is very advisable.
Whilst boiled mutton is very nice, lamb is spoiled by this mode of
cooking. If lamb is to be roasted, it should be covered with the caul,
as the fat, dripping from this, will preserve the moisture of the
meat.
In carving the fore quarter of lamb, first take off the shoulder and
then cut the ribs in strips.
Lamb is seldom cut except in quarters, and when nicely cooked there is
nothing better. It should be four months old before being eaten. The
season for lamb is from May to August, whilst that for mutton is from
August to Christmas.
TO ROAST MUTTON.
The hind quarter is the nicest part of the mutton to roast, and
requires longer to cook than lamb. Put it in a pot of boiling water
and let it simmer one hour. Lift it into a baking-pan, rub with salt
and pepper (too much salt makes the meat tough). Rub over it a little
lard and then dredge with flour: skim off the top of the water and
pour over it. Set it in a hot oven, basting frequently to prevent it
from being hard and dry; roast till thoroughly done. This is nice to
set aside for a cold dish, garnished with horseradish and eaten with
currant jelly.--_Mrs. P. W._
ROAST LEG OF MUTTON.
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