How to Cook Potatoes, Apples, Eggs and Fish; Four Hundred Different Ways (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1869 Excerpt: ... Cockles should be cleaned, put into a saucepan, and kept by the side of the fire for them to render all their liquor; take the latter, add to it a clove of garlic, some sherry, white pepper, nutmeg, and mace, give it a boil up, let it become cold, and put it by in bottles. FISH ESSENCE. 460. Anchovies, Shrimps Or PftATHTS. Take half a hundred Gorgona anchovies, add to them a good pint of water, and simmer until the fish falls to pieces. When cold, run it through a sieve and bottle for use. Shrimps or prawns should be picked from the shells, and the latter be slowly baked until they are crisp, pound them in a mortar, then put them with the meat of the fish, and boil down with a sufficiency of beef brine; when thick enough, strain and bottle it in the usual way. Some lobster coral added is a great improvement. 461. Oyster Powder. Open some largo oysters, pound them in a mortar until they are a paste, add half an ounce of salt to each quarter of a hundred oysters, press them through a sieve, and mix with them sufficient dried flour to stiffen them. Roll the paste thin, and dry in a slow oven, then beat it to a powder and sift it. Keep it in bottles well fastened, and employ it as wanted for flavorings and sauces. FISH SAUCES. 462. Anchovy Sauce. There is a variety of ways practised in the preparation of anchovy sauce; the most usually followed method is to mince a sufficient quantity of boned pickled anchovies, and add them to some well-made white sauco. Another plan is to season some good melted butter with the requi proportion of essence of anchovy, or place somo anchovy butter in a saucepan with a little water or gravy, add cayenne pepper and lemon-juice, and dredge in enough flour to thicken. Beaten or chopped hard-boiled eggs may replace the flour to give...