Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book

Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book, (c)1914 — the great household encyclopedia: cleaning, curing, building, baby care, and a whole cookbook bound in.

Meats

11 pages in this part of Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book.

Meats

In regard to meat more than any other food, it pays the housewife to do her own marketing. A study of the cuts laid out on a butcher's…

Meats: Hamburg

Now we come to the forequarter, which begins at the five prime ribs for roasting. Close to them lie the five chuck ribs, excellent cuts for…

Meats: Pour

Pour out the largest part of the fat, set the pan on top of the stove, add cupful flour, and stir it through the dripping until well…

Meats: Turn

Have the coals glowing hot, without flame or smoke. Grease a broiler with beef fat, place the steak in it, and hold it over the fire while…

Meats: Beef

Braised Beef. 3 pounds beef, 2 ounces fat salt pork, 2 tablespoonfuls flour, 3 teaspoonfuls salt, teaspoonful pepper, 1½ pints water, 2…

Meats: Cook

Cover the pan and set in a very moderate oven. Cook for five hours, basting every half hour with the gravy in the pan. The oven must never…

Meats: Beefsteak

Wash and, if very salt, soak in cold water for an hour a piece of corned beef weighing 5 or 6 pounds.

Meats: Steak

Hamburg Steak. a Two pounds round beef chopped fine; press it into a flat steak, sprinkle with salt and pepper and a little onion juice…

Meats: Cover

Cover and simmer gently for an hour, then strain. Add salt, pepper, catsup, and mushrooms, and keep hot at the side of the fire. Broil a…

Meats: English

London Meat Pie (English recipe). 1 pound steak, + pound kidney, 2 cupfuls flour, 6 tablespoonfuls butter, 2 teaspoonfuls Calumet baking…

Meats: Tripe

Tripe à la Creole (Southern recipe). 2 tablespoonfuls butter, 12 peppercorns, 2 cloves, 1 blade mace, 1 onion chopped fine, 2…

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