Mrs. Beeton's All About Cookery

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28 recipes in this part of Mrs. Beeton's All About Cookery.

Devonshire Way

INGREDIENTS. - Το every 14 lbs. of meat allow 2 oz. of saltpetre, 2 oz. of salt prunella, 1 lb. of common salt. For the pickle, 3 gallons…

Dried or Fresh Fruit

INGREDIENTS for a large pudding.-1 pint of milk, 4 tablespoonfuls of flour, 3 eggs, 2 oz. of finelyshredded suet, 1/4 lb. of currants, a…

Damson Cheese

INGREDIENTS, 1½ pint of damsons to each pot. -Damsons to every lb. of fruit pulp allow 1/24 lb. of loaf sugar. AVERAGE COST, 10d. per small…

Damson Jam

INGREDIENTS, 14 pint of damsons to each lb. pot. -Damsons ; to every lb. of fruit allow lb. of loaf sugar. AVERAGE COST, 6d. per pot.

Damson Pudding

INGREDIENTS for pudding for 6 persons.-1 pint of damsons, 1/4 lb. of moist sugar, 3/4 lb. of suet or butter crust. AVERAGE COST, 10d. Make…

Damson Tart

INGREDIENTS for small tart. 1 pint of damsons, lb. of moist sugar, 1/24 lb. of short or puff crust. AVERAGE COST, 10d.

Damsons, Preserved

INGREDI- ENTS.-To every quart of damsons allow 1/2 lb. of loaf sugar. AVERAGE COST, 6d. per quart. Put the damsons (which should be picked…

Darioles of Eggs

INGREDIENTS for 6 darioles -5 eggs, 4 oz. of bread-crumbs, a tomato, a little chopped parsley, 3 tablespoonfuls of white sauce, seasoning…

Darioles of Oysters

INGRE- DIENTS for sufficient to fill 3 or 4 dariole moulds.-2 oz. of flour, 2 eggs, 1 oz. of butter, 1/24 pint of milk, 1 dozen oysters…

Dessert Dishes

The usual dishes for fruit are compôtes of various heights, and the fruit can be arranged and shown to better advantage on these dishes…

Dish of Nuts

These are merely arranged piled high in the centre of the dish, as shown in the engraving, with or without leaves round the edge. Filberts…

Devilled Oysters

INGREDIENTS for dish for 4 persons.-2 dozen oysters, cayenne, salt, 2 oz. of butter. AVERAGE CosT, 3s. 3d. Open the oysters without…

Devonshire Junket

INGREDI- ENTS for dish for 6 persons.-1 pint of new milk, 2 dessertspoonfuls of brandy, 1 dessertout. A small melon should be placed stalk…

Devilled Biscuits

INGREDIENTS for dish for 6 persons.-8 milk biscuits, 1½ oz. of butter, cayenne and salt. AVERAGE COST, 3d. Butter the biscuits well on both…

Devilled Lobster

INGREDIENTS for dish for 4 or 5 persons. -A large lobster, some salad dressing, cayenne and finelygrated bread-crumbs. AVERAGE COST, 2s…

Draught for Summer

INGREDI ENTS. - The juice of 1 lemon, a tumblerful of cold water, pounded sugar to taste, small teaspoonful of carbonate of soda. Squeeze…

Drink, Pleasant, for Warm Weather

INGREDIENTS. - To every pint of good ale allow 1 bottle of ginger beer. For this beverage the ginger beer must be in an effervescing state…

Dripping, To Clarify

Good and fresh dripping answers very well for basting everything except game and poultry, and, when well clarified, serves for frying…

Drop Cakes

INGREDIENTS for 12 cakes.-2 cupfuls of sugar, pounded, 2 oz. of flour, 1 oz. of butter, 2 eggs, salt. AVER- AGE COST, 18. Beat the butter…

Ducks, Roast

INGREDIENTS.---A couple of ducks; sage-and-onion stuffing; a little flour. AVERAGE COST, 5s. to 7s. per pair.

Duck, Roast, To Carve

No dishes require so much knowledge and skill in their carving as do game and poultry; for it is necessary to be well acquainted with the…

Duck, To Ragout a Whole

INGREDIENTS for dish sufficient for 4 persons.-1 large duck, pepper and salt to taste, good beef gravy, 2 onions sliced, 4 sage-leaves, a…

Duck, Wild, Hashed

INGREDI- ENTS for dish sufficient for 4 persons. The remains of cold roast wild duck, 1 pint of good brown gravy, 2 tablespoonfuls of…

Duck, Wild, Ragout of

INGRE- DIENTS for dish sufficient for 6 persons.-2 wild ducks, 4 shalots, 1 pint of stock (see STOCK), 1 glass of port wine, 1 oz. of…

Duck, Wild, Roast

INGREDI- ENTS. - Wild duck, flour, butter. AVERAGE COST, 4s. to 5s. a brace. Carefully pluck and draw them; cut off the heads close to the…

Duck, Wild, To Carve

As game is almost universally served as a dainty, and not as a dish to stand the assaults of an altogether fresh appetite, these dishes are…

Dutch Sauce, Green, or Hol- landaise Verte

INGREDIENTS. -6 tablespoonfuls of Béchamel, seasoning to taste of salt and cayenne, a little parsley-green to colour, the juice of 1/2 a…

Dishes

INGREDIENTS for salad for 6 persons. The yolks of 2 eggs, 6 tablespoonfuls of salad oil, 3 tablespoonfuls of vinegar, salt and white pepper…

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