The Business of Being a Housewife: A Manual to Promote Household Efficiency and EconomyMalek, Leona A. (Leona Alford)
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The Business of Being a Housewife: A Manual to Promote Household Efficiency and Economy
Malek, Leona A. (Leona Alford)
Cooking, American; Home economics
Cut the suet and bacon fine and fry. Add the onion, garlic and green
pepper chopped quite fine and fry. When beginning to brown, add the
meat, turning it so that it will be well browned on all sides. Then
add the hot water, tomatoes and the seasoning. Simmer gently for three
hours, add 2 tsp. salt and a quarter tsp. pepper at the end of an
hour and a half. Half an hour before the meat is finished, boil the
spaghetti till tender, drain it and put it into the sauce surrounding
the meat. Let cook 10 minutes. For serving, put the meat on a platter
and the sauce in a dish, grating American cheese thickly over the top.
ROLLED FLANK STEAK
Serves 5. Preparation 1 hour.
1 flank steak (2 pounds)
1 cup bread dressing
Wipe steak. Score across grain with sharp knife. Rub with flour and
brown; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spread one side with bread
dressing, well seasoned. Roll up and fasten with skewers or tie with a
cord. Place in a casserole, add one-fourth cup boiling water and let
bake slowly until tender. Slice and serve with the gravy.
ROAST SHOULDER OF MUTTON
Serves 5. Preparation 3 hours.
Five-pound shoulder roast
Salt, garlic, pepper and flour
Wipe meat. Sear quickly to seal in juices. Sprinkle with salt and
pepper. Cut garlic in two pieces and place on meat. Dredge both meat
and bottom of pan with flour. Place roast on rack in roasting pan,
and add hot water. Place in hot oven and baste every fifteen minutes.
Lower gas after the first twenty minutes’ cooking, and cook slowly
until tender. Keep meat covered and about three-fourths pint of water
in the pan, as the steaming will help make the meat tender. Cook at low
temperature.
BAKED HAM
Serves 20. Preparation 6-7 hours. (12 pounds.)
Set ham on a rack in a baking pan and bake one-half hour in a hot oven,
turning after the first fifteen minutes. Lower heat. Pour a cupful of
cider over ham and let bake five hours, basting often with the liquid
in the pan. Remove from the oven and skin. Insert cloves in the fat
of the ham, from which the skin has been taken; press these into the
ham in a symmetrical manner. Mix half a cupful of brown sugar with
half a teaspoon of pepper and half a cupful of fine cracker crumbs and
sprinkle over the portion containing the cloves; return the ham to the
oven for one hour.
_The cheaper cuts of meat are nutritious and can be
made as tasty as the expensive cuts_
HUNGARIAN GOULASH
Serves 5. Preparation 2½ hours.
2 lbs. beef (shoulder clod)
Salt
Flour
¼ lb. fat salt pork
Boiling water
2 cups tomatoes
1 sliced onion
1 stalk celery
Bit of bay leaf
4 cloves
2 cups sliced potatoes
1½ cups carrots
1 green pepper
Parsley
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