The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private FamiliesEaton, Mary, active 1823-1849
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The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families
Eaton, Mary, active 1823-1849
Cooking, English; Formulas, recipes, etc.; Home economics
Butter gives a bad
colour, oil is the best, if the expense be no objection. Garnish with a
fringe of fresh curled parsley. If fried parsley be used, it must be
washed and picked, and thrown into fresh water; when the lard or
dripping boils, throw the parsley into it immediately from the water,
and instantly it will be green and crisp, and must be taken up with a
slice.--If fish is to be broiled, it must be seasoned, floured, and laid
on a very clean gridiron, which when hot, should be rubbed with a bit of
suet, to prevent the fish from sticking. It must be broiled over a very
clear fire, that it may not taste smoky; and not too near, that it may
not be scorched.
FISH GRAVY. Skin two or three eels, or some flounders; gut and wash them
very clean, cut them into small pieces, and put them into a saucepan.
Cover them with water, and add a little crust of toasted bread, two
blades of mace, some whole pepper, sweet herbs, a piece of lemon peel,
an anchovy or two, and a tea-spoonful of horse-radish. Cover the
saucepan close, and let it simmer; then add a little butter and flour,
and boil with the above.
FISH PIE. To make a fine fish pie, boil two pounds of small eels. Cut
the fins quite close, pick off the flesh, and return the bones into the
liquor, with a little mace, pepper, salt, and a slice of onion. Then
boil it till it is quite rich, and strain it. Make forcemeat of the
flesh, with an anchovy, a little parsley, lemon peel, salt, pepper, and
crumbs, and four ounces of butter warmed. Lay it at the bottom of the
dish: then take the flesh of soles, small cod, or dressed turbot, and
rub it with salt and pepper. Lay this on the forcemeat, pour on the
gravy, and bake it. If cod or soles are used, the skin and fins must be
taken off.
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