Fried salt pork and apples is a favorite dish in the country; but it
is seldom seen in the city. After the pork is fried, some of the
fat should be taken out, lest the apples should be oily. Acid apples
should be chosen, because they cook more easily; they should be cut in
slices, across the whole apple, about twice or three times as thick as
a new dollar. Fried till tender, and brown on both sides--laid around
the pork. If you have cold potatoes, slice them and brown them in the
same way.
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PUDDINGS.
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING.
Indian pudding is good baked. Scald a quart of milk (skimmed milk
will do,) and stir in seven table spoonfuls of sifted Indian meal, a
tea-spoonful of salt, a tea-cupful of molasses, and a great spoonful
of ginger, or sifted cinnamon. Baked three or four hours. If you want
whey, you must be sure and pour in a little cold milk, after it is all
mixed.
BOILED INDIAN PUDDING.
Indian pudding should be boiled four or five hours. Sifted Indian meal
and warm milk should be stirred together pretty stiff. A little salt,
and two or three great spoonfuls of molasses, added; a spoonful of
ginger, if you like that spice. Boil it in a tight covered pan, or a
very thick cloth; if the water gets in, it will ruin it. Leave plenty
of room; for Indian swells very much. The milk with which you mix it
should be merely warm; if it be scalding, the pudding will break to
pieces. Some people chop sweet suet fine, and warm in the milk; others
warm thin slices of sweet apple to be stirred into the pudding. Water
will answer instead of milk.
FLOUR OR BATTER PUDDING.
Common flour pudding, or batter pudding, is easily made. Those who
live in the country can beat up five or six eggs with a quart of milk,
and a little salt, with flour enough to make it just thick enough to
pour without difficulty. Those who live in the city, and are obliged
to buy eggs, can do with three eggs to a quart, and more flour in
proportion. Boil about three quarters of an hour.
BREAD PUDDING.
A nice pudding may be made of bits of bread. They should be crumbled
and soaked in milk over night. In the morning, beat up three eggs
with it, add a little salt, tie it up in a bag, or in a pan that will
exclude every drop of water, and boil it little more than an hour.
No puddings should be put into the pot, till the water boils. Bread
prepared in the same way makes good plum-puddings. Milk enough to make
it quite soft; four eggs; a little cinnamon; a spoonful of rose-water,
or lemon-brandy, if you have it; a tea-cupful of molasses, or sugar to
your taste, if you prefer it; a few dry, clean raisins, sprinkled in,
and stirred up thoroughly, is all that is necessary. It should bake or
boil two hours.
RENNET PUDDING.
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