The International Jewish Cook Book: 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering;; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc.Greenbaum, Florence Kreisler
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The International Jewish Cook Book: 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering;; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc.
Greenbaum, Florence Kreisler
Jewish cooking
Brown a small onion minced in one tablespoon of chicken fat, add a small
liver chopped fine, chopped parsley, two tablespoons of flour. Season
with nutmeg, red and white pepper, and add two eggs. Drop with teaspoon
in the boiling soup, let cook ten minutes--serve.
FRITTER BEANS
Beat one egg until light, add three-fourths teaspoon of salt, one-half
cup of flour and two tablespoons of water. Put through colander into
deep hot fat and fry until brown. Drain and pour hot broth over them.
SPONGE DUMPLINGS
Separate three eggs, beat the yolks, and add one cup of soup stock,
one-fourth teaspoon of salt, then add the beaten whites. Pour into a
greased cup and place in pan of hot water and steam until firm; cool,
remove from cup and cut into small dumplings with a teaspoon; pour the
boiling soup over and just before serving add chopped parsley.
*FISH*
Fish that is not fresh is a very dangerous food and great care should be
taken in selecting only fish fit to eat. If the fish is hard in body and
the eyes are clear and bright, the gills a bright red and slimy, the
flesh so firm that when pressed the marks of the fingers do not remain,
the scales not dry or easy to loosen, then the fish is fresh.
In the refrigerator fish will taint butter and other foods if placed in
the same compartment, so that in most cases it is better to lay it on a
plate on a pan of ice, or wrap it in parchment or waxed paper and put it
in the ice box.
Pickerel weighing more than five pounds should not be bought. If belly
is thick it is likely that there is another fish inside. This smaller
fish or any found in any other fish may not be used as food.
Salt fish should be soaked in fresh water, skin side up, to draw out the
salt.
Each fish is at its best in its season, for instance:--
Bluefish, Butterfish, Sea, Striped Bass, Porgies, Sea-trout or Weakfish
are best from April to September.
Fluke and Flounders are good all year round, but the fluke is better
than the flounder in summer. Carp may be had all year, but care must be
taken that it has not been in polluted water.
Cod, Haddock, Halibut, Mackerel, Redsnapper, Salmon, Whitefish are good
all year.
In the different states of the United States there are laws governing
the fishing for trout, so the season for that fish differs in the
various states.
Black Bass, Perch, Pickerel and Pike are in season from June 1st to
December 1st.
Shad, April to June.
Smelts, November 10th to April.
TO CLEAN FISH
The fish may be cleaned at the market, but needs to be looked over
carefully before cooking.
To remove the scales hold the fish by the tail and scrape firmly toward
the head with a small sharp knife, held with the blade slanting toward
the tail. Scrape slowly so that the scales will not fly, and rinse the
knife frequently in cold water. If the fish is to be served whole, leave
the head and tail on and trim the fins; otherwise remove them.
TO OPEN FISH
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