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
KITCHEN ECONOMY. Many articles thrown away, or suffered to be wasted in
the kitchen, might by proper management be turned to a good account. The
shank bones of mutton, so little esteemed in general, would be found to
give richness to soups or gravies, if well soaked and brushed, before
they are added to the boiling. They are also particularly nourishing for
sick persons. Roast beef-bones, or shank bones of ham, make fine
peas-soup; and should be boiled with the peas the day before the soup
is to be eaten, that the fat may be taken off. The liquor in which meat
has been boiled makes an excellent soup for the poor, by adding to it
vegetables, oatmeal, or peas. When whites of eggs are used for jelly, or
other purposes, a pudding or a custard should be made to employ the
yolks. If not immediately wanted, they should be beat up with a little
water, and put in a cool place, or they will soon harden, and become
useless. It is a great mistake to imagine that the whites of eggs make
cakes and puddings heavy: on the contrary, if beaten long and
separately, they contribute greatly to give lightness. They are also an
advantage to paste, and make a pretty dish beaten with fruit, to set in
cream. All things likely to be wanted should be in readiness; sugars of
different sorts, currants washed, picked, and perfectly dry; spices
pounded, and kept in very small bottles closely corked, but not more
than are likely to be used in the course of a month. Much waste may be
prevented by keeping every article in the place best suited to it.
Vegetables will keep best on a stone floor, if the air be excluded. Meat
in a cold dry place. Salt, sugar, and sweetmeats require to be kept dry;
candles cold, but not damp. Dried meats and hams the same. Rice, and all
sorts of seeds for puddings and saloops, should be close covered to
preserve from insects; but that will not prevent it, if long kept.
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