Mrs. Beeton's All About Cookery

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

Hashed beef, fried potatoes

Baked rice pudding. Saturday. Soup from beef bones, with vegetables. - Steak pie, potatoes. - Rhubarb fool.

Hashed fowl and celery sauce, potatoes

Cheese salad. Saturday. Stewed steak with vegetables, potatoes. Baked jam tart.

Haddock, Boiled

INGREDIENTS. -Sufficient water to cover the fish; 1/4 lb. of salt to each gallon of water. AVERAGE Cost, 6d. each. Scrape the fish, take…

Haddock, Dried (Should be gradually warmed)

Dried haddock should be gradually warmed through either before or ove, a nice clear fire. Rub a little piece of butter over, just before…

Haddock, Dried (INGREDIENTS for breakfast dish)

INGREDIENTS for breakfast dish for 4 persons.-1 large thick haddock, 2 bay-leaves, 1 small bunch of savoury herbs, not forgetting parsley…

Half-Pay Pudding

INGREDI- ENTS for pudding sufficient for 6 persons. lb. of suet, lb. of currants, lb. of raisins, lb. of bread-crumbs, 2 tablespoonfuls of…

Ham, To Bake

INGREDIENTS.- Ham; a common crust. AVERAGE COST of York ham, 10d . to 1s. per lb. As a ham for baking should be well soaked, let it remain…

Ham, To Boil

INGREDIENTS.- COST, for York ham, 10 to 1s. per lb. perfectly sweet, by running a sharp knife In choosing a ham, ascertain that it is…

Ham, To Carve

In cutting a ham, the carver must be guided according as he desires to practise economy or have at once fine slices out of the prime part…

Hams, To Cure Sweet in the Westmoreland way

INGREDIENTS. 3. lbs of common salt, 3 lbs. of coarse sugar, 1 lb. of bay-salt, 3 quarts of strong beer. Before the hams are put into…

Hams, To Smoke at Home

Take an old hogshead, stop up all the crevices, and fix a place to put a cross-stick near the bottom, to hang the articles to be smoked on…

Hare, Roast

INGREDIENTS.-Hare, forcemeat, a little milk, butter. Choose a young hare; which may be known by its smooth and sharp claws, and by the…

Hare Soup (INGREDIENTS for quarts of soup)

INGREDIENTS for 3 quarts of soup. -A hare fresh-killed, 1 lb. of lean gravy beef, a slice of ham, 1 carrot, 2 ontons onions, a faggot of…

Hare Soup (Proceed as above but instead)

Proceed as above; but, instead of putting the joints of the hare in the soup, pick the meat from the bones, pound it in a mortar, and add…

Hare, Trussing of

To skin a hare, first cut off the fore feet at the first joint, and the belly open lengthwise. Raise the skin of the back, and draw it over…

Herrings, Red

May be cooked in in the same way as bloaters, but, as they are very salt, they should be soaked some time in cold water first.

Hessian Soup

INGREDIENTS for 5 quarts of soup. - Half an ox's head, 1 pint of split peas, 8 carrots, 6 turnips, 8 potatoes, 6 onions, 1 head of celery…

Hodge - Podge

INGREDIENTS for soup for 12 persons.-2 lbs. of shin of beef, 3 quarts of water, 1 pint of table-beer, 2 HONEY CAKE. onions, 2 carrots, 2…

Honey Cake

INGREDIENTS for cake sufficient for 4 or 5 persons. breakfast-cupful of sugar, 1 breakfast-cupful of rich sour cream, 2 breakfast-cupfuls…

Horseradish

AVERAGE COST, 2d. per stick. This root, scraped, is always served with hot roast beef, and is used for garnishing many kinds of boiled…

Horseradish Sauce (to serve with Roast Beef)

INGREDIENTS for sufficient for a joint.-4 tablespoonfuls of grated horseradish, 1 teaspoonful of pounded sugar, 1 teaspoonful of salt, ½…

Horseradish Vinegar

INGREDI- ENTS. lb. of scraped horseradish, 1 oz. of minced shalot, 1 drachm of cayenne, 1 quart of vinegar. Put all the ingredients into a…

Haricot mutton, potatoes

Russian salad. Friday. Stewed eels. Pie made from cold beef, potatoes. - Cheese, celery.

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