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Veal Imitation of Mock Turtle

Put three or four pounds of knuckle of veal into an earthenware pan with two calf's feet, two onions, each one stuck with two cloves, a bunch of sweet herbs, a blade a mace, half a dozen allspice, and half a tea-spoonful of peppercorns. Cover the ingredients with cold water, tie several folds of paper over the jar, put it in a well-heated oven, and let it remain until the meat is quite tender. Take it up, and let it get cold. Remove the cake of fat from the top of the jelly, and cut the meat into pieces convenient for serving, free from bone or skin. Put these into a stewpan with the jellied stock, a large spoonful of ketchup, and whatever seasoning is required. Let the preparation become quite hot, then add a dessert-spoonful of lemon-juice, and serve with forcemeat balls and hard-boiled eggs. If more convenient, cow-heels may be used instead of calf's feet. Time to bake the meat, three to four hours. Probable cost, 4s. Sufficient for eight or nine persons.