Mackenzie's Ten Thousand Receipts

Ten thousand receipts from the great Victorian household compendium — cookery, brewing, dyeing, gilding, fireworks, medicine, farriery and the rest of the useful arts, in one volume.

Cookery

21 receipts in this part of Mackenzie's Ten Thousand Receipts.

Cookery (It was the intention in our)

It was the intention in our article on Cookery to divide it into two parts, separating fine from plain, every-day receipts; but this was…

Meats (Slips of larding moisten)

slips of larding, moisten the whole with bouillon, and let it simmer five hours. To make an Excellent Ragout of Cold Veal.

Braized Ham, Etc

iron skewers, which should be run through the shoulders and hips to secure it tightly, so that it may on no account slip round when down to…

Meats (Cut the chops about an inch)

Cut the chops about an inch thick from the end of the haunch or the best end of the neck, flatten them a little with a cutlet-bat, trim…

Note (Truffles cut into scallops)

Truffles cut into scallops, or shaped in artichoke-bottoms cut into small pointed quarters, may also be served with a fricassee of…

Meat Pies

giblets; cut the leg in 2, the wing and neck into 3, and the gizzard into 4 pieces. Preserve the liquor, and set the giblets by till cold…

Sauces

together, and finish the omelet as previously into triangles, and garnish the dish with slices of directed. Eggs a la Dauphine.

Sauces, Etc

salt. This sauce is in great request for German dishes; | tablespoonful of capers, with a little pepper and it improves the flavor of…

Hotch-Potch

(Meg Dod's Recipe.) Make the stock of sweet fresh mutton. Grate the zest of 2 or 3 large carrots, slice down also young turnips, young…

Soups (Take carrots and as many)

Take 4 carrots and as many turnips, scraped and washed; scoop them into the form of small olives or peas, with a vegetable scoop of either…

Soups, Etc

the horny part, which cut into two-inch square pieces; clean and dry them well in a cloth, and put them into a stew-pan, with 4 quarts of…

Cookery (Cut some recently boiled new)

Cut some recently boiled new potatoes in slices, put them into a stewpan with a gill of cream, 4 ounces of fresh butter, a very little…

Salad and Mince-Meat

boiled must be stamped out with a small vegetable cutter), a pint of green peas and 3 artichokebottoms, also cut up in small fancy shapes…

Note (Brioches may be varied)

Brioches may be varied in their form when intended to be served as fancy bread for breakfast, etc.; in which case they should be moulded in…

Cakes (Done shake some fine sifted)

done shake some fine sifted sugar over them, set | taking particular care that they do not acquire them back again in the oven until the…

Note (Meringues may be made of all)

Meringues may be made of all sizes, and may also be shaped in the form of small bunches of grapes; for this purpose it is necessary to use…

Pastry, Etc

1. Shrewsbury Cake. Sift 1 pound of sugar, some pounded cinnamon, and a nutmeg grated, into 3 pounds of flour. Add a little rose-water to 3…

Original Receipts

Four calves'-feet well boiled, pound of sugar, 1 pint of wine, 2 lemons, the whites of 4 eggs, and shells; boil all together about five…

Sauce for the above

1 cup of brown sugar, 2 tablespoonfuls of cream, 1 ounce of butter. Stir the butter and sugar thoroughly, then add a little of the cream at…

Confectionery (Pare the peaches carefully)

Pare the peaches, carefully removing all decay. Lay in a shallow dish and cover with white sugar.

Confectionery (To prepare Sugar for Candying)

To prepare Sugar for Candying. The first process is clarifying, which is done thus: Break the white of an egg into a preserving pan; put to…

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