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Fruit (Apricots cherries currants) (II)
Apricots, cherries, currants, gooseberries, melons, pears, pineapples raspberries, rhubarb, strawberries. "Kickshaws and dainties fit for kings Upon the table spread." -OLD BALLAD, KALE BROSE.
ALE (A Scotch Recipe.)- INGREDIENTS for soup for 10 persons.-Half an ox-head or cow- BROSE. heel, a teacupful of toasted oatmeal, salt to taste, 2 handfuls of greens, 3 quarts of water. AVERAGE Cost, 8d. per quart.
Make a broth of the ox-head or cow-heel, and boil it till oil , floats on the top of the liquor, then boil the greens, shred, in it. Put the oatmeal, with a little salt, into a basin and mix with it quickly a teacupful of the fat broth: it should not run into one doughy mass, but form knots. Stir it into the whole, give one boil and serve very hot.
TIME.-4 hours.
SEASONABLE all the year, but more suitable in winter. Kegeree. INGREDIENTS. Any cold fish, 1 teacupful of boiled rice, 1 oz. of butter, 1 teaspoonful of mustard, 2 hard-boiled eggs, salt and cayenne to taste. AVERAGE COST, 4d.
Pick the fish carefully from the bones, flake it, chop the eggs, mix with the other ingredients and serve very hot. The quantities may be varied according to the amount of fish used.
KIDNEYS, BROILED.
TIME. hour after the rice is boiled.
SEASONABLE at any time.
Kidneys, Broiled. (A Breakfast or Supper Dish). - INGREDIENTS.-Sheep kidneys, pepper and salt to taste. AVERAGE CosT, 3d. each.
Ascertain that the kidneys are fresh and cut them open, very evenly, lengthwise, down to the root, for should one half be thicker than the other, one would be underdone whilst the other would be dried, but do not separate them; skin them and pass. a skewer under the white part of each half to keep them flat and broil over a nice clear fire, placing the inside downwards; turn KIDNEYS. them when done enough on one side and cook them on the other. Remove the skewers, place the kidneys on a very hot dish, season with pepper and salt and put a tiny piece of butter in the middle of each; put them on buttered toast, serve very hot and quickly and send very hot plates to table.
TIME.- 6 to 8 minutes.
SEASONABLE at any time.
KIDNEYS, FRIED.