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
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LOIN OF MUTTON. If roasted, it is better to cut it lengthways as a
saddle; or if for steaks, pies, or broth. If there be more fat on the
loin than is agreeable, take off a part of it before it is dressed; it
will make an excellent suet pudding, or crust for a meat pie, if cut
very fine.
LONDON BREAD. According to the method practised by the London bakers, a
sack of flour is sifted into the kneading trough, to make it lie loose.
Six pounds of salt, and two pounds of alum, are separately dissolved in
hot water; and the whole being cooled to about ninety degrees, is mixed
with two quarts of yeast. When this mixture has been well stirred, it is
strained through a cloth or sieve, and is then poured into a cavity made
in the flour. The whole is now mixed up into a dough, and a small
quantity of flour being sprinkled over it, it is covered up with cloths,
and the lid of the trough is shut down, the better to retain the heat.
The fermentation now goes on, and the mass becomes enlarged in bulk. In
the course of two or three hours, another pailful of warm water is well
mixed with the sponge, and it is again covered up for about four hours.
At the end of this time, it is to be kneaded for more than an hour, with
three pailfuls of warm water. It is now returned to the trough in
pieces, sprinkled with dry flour, and at the end of four hours more, it
is again kneaded for half an hour, and divided into quartern and
half-quartern loaves. The weight of a quartern loaf, before baking,
should be four pounds fifteen ounces; after baking, four pounds six
ounces, avoirdupois. When the dough has received its proper shape for
loaves, it is put into the oven, at a heat that will scorch flour
without burning, where it is baked two hours and a half, or three hours.
LONDON PORTER. A late writer has given considerable information
respecting the brewing of porter. His intention being to exhibit the
advantages derived from domestic brewing, he has annexed the price of
each article of the composition, though it will be seen that the expense
on some of the principal articles has been considerably reduced since
that estimate was given.
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