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CHAPTER XLIV: Liver

Stewed Calf's Liver. 1 calf's liver, 1 turnip, 1 carrot, 1 stalk celery, 1 onion, 1 tablespoonful butter, 1 tablespoonful browned flour.

Wash and cut the liver in slices.

In a saucepan put the turnip, carrot, celery, and onion (all sliced); lay the liver on top of the vegetables; sprinkle salt and pepper over it, and pour on a pint boiling water; cover, and let stew until the liver is tender.

When done, take out the liver and put on a hot platter; thicken the gravy with butter and flour; strain, and pour over the meat.

Broiled Liver.

Cut calf's liver into half inch slices, cover with boiling water, let stand five or six minutes, drain, and wipe dry. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and broil in a greased broiler five minutes. Put on a hot platter and spread with bits of butter. Serve very hot.

Braised Calf's Liver, 1 calf's liver, onion, ounces bacon, 3 tablespoonfuls flour, 1 sliced carrot, bay leaf, 1 teaspoonful salt, 1 cupful stock, cupful strained tomatoes In the liver make many small slits with a paring knife and insert slices of onion and bits of sliced bacon.

Heat in a spider 3 tablespoonfuls bacon drippings and add flour to the fat. Brown the flour in the fat, then add the liver, and roll it on all sides until it is seared in the fat and covered with fat and flour. Place the liver in the heated casserole, add cartoes. Bake two hours and a half. Calf's Liver and Bacon.

Sauté calf's liver in bacon fat, and when done, make a gravy from it with flour and hot water. Heat a pan, and drop in slices of bacon. If the pan is very hot, they will curl into rolls and brown in a few minutes. Arrange the liver, and garnish with parsley.

Veal Kidney Omelet. 1 veal kidney, 1 tablespoonful butter, teaspoonful salt, Dash pepper, 4 eggs, 1 tablespoonful warm water.

Remove the fat and tubes from a kidney and chop fine. Place in a frying pan with butter, salt, and pepper, and shake over a hot fire until the meat is golden brown. Beat the eggs without separating; add the warm water. Heat the butter in a spider, pour in the eggs, and shake over the fire till the mixture begins to set.

Draw back-so the omelet may set without burning; turn the cooked kidney over the center, fold up, and serve on a hot platter.

Veal Kidneys Deviled.

Split in half 3 veal kidneys and take out the fibrous parts. Spread both sides with a mayonnaise, season highly, roll in bread crumbs, dip in melted butter, and broil over a hot fire. Serve at once.

Fried Sweetbreads. 1 pair sweetbreads, 1 tablespoonful butter, 1 tablespoonful flour, 1 cupful milk, Salt and pepper.