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Oatmeal Porridge
ENTS.-To each ounce of oatmeal allow 1 INGREDIpint of water. AVERAGE COST, 4d. per quart. Oatmeal porridge is made in several ways. The…
Oatmeal Scones
INGREDIENTS. -Cold porridge, flour. A good way of using up cold porridge is to make it into scones. Knead as much flour into it as will…
Olives, Stuffed
INGREDIENTS for savoury for 4 persons.--1 doz. Spanish olives, forcemeat made from tinned tunny, sardines or anchovies, a little lobster…
Omelette, Bachelor's
INGREDI- ENTS for dish for 2 persons.-2 or 3 eggs, 2 oz. of butter, 1 teaspoonful of flour, teacupful of milk. AVERAGE COST, 5d. Make a…
Omelette, Plain
INGREDIENTS for dish for 4 or 5 persons. -6 eggs, 1 saltspoonful of salt, 1/2 saltspoonful of pepper, 3 oz. of butter. AVERAGE COST, 9d…
Omelette, Plain Sweet
INGRE- DIENTS for dish for 4 or 5 persons.-6 eggs, 3 oz. of butter, 2 oz. of sifted sugar. AVER- AGE COST, 10d. Break the eggs into a…
Omelette aux Confitures, or Jam Omelette
INGREDIENTS for dish for 4 or 5 persons.-6 eggs, 3 oz. of butter, 3 tablespoonfuls of apricot, strawberry, or any jam that may be…
Onion Sauce, French, or Sou- bise
INGREDIENTS. pint of Béchamel, 1 bay-leaf, seasoning to taste of pounded mace and cayenne, 6 onions, a small piece of ham. AVERAGE COST…
Onion Sauce, Brown
INGRE- DIENTS for large tureen.-6 large onions, rather more than 1/2 pint of good gravy, 2oz. of butter, salt and pepper to taste. AVERAGE…
Onion Soup
INGREDIENTS for soup for 6 persons.-6 large onions, 2 oz. of butter, salt and pepper to taste, 1/2 pint of cream, 1 quart of stock. AVERAGE…
Onion Soup, Cheap
INGREDI- ENTS for soup for 8 persons.-8 middlingsized onions, 3 oz. of butter, a tablespoonful of rice-flour, salt and pepper to taste, 1…
Onions, Burnt (for Gravies)
IN- GREDIENTS.-lb. of onions, pint of water, lb. of moist sugar, pint of vinegar. AVERAGE COST, 4d.
Onions, Pickled
INGREDIENTS. -1 gallon of pickling onions, salt and water, milk; to each 1/2 gallon of vinegar, 1 oz. of bruised ginger, 1/4 tablespoonful…
Onions, Spanish, Baked
IN- GREDIENTS for dish for 8 persons.-4 or 5 Spanish onions, salt and water. AVERAGE COST, 8d. Put the onions, with their skins on, into a…
Onions, Spanish, Pickled
IN- GREDIENTS. - Onions, vinegar; salt and cayenne to taste. Cut the onions in thin slices; put a layer of them in the bottom of a jar…
Onions, Spanish, Stewed
INGREDIENTS for dish for 8 persons.-5 or 6 Spanish onions, 1 pint of good broth or gravy. AVERAGE COST, 1s.
Orange Cream
INGREDIENTS for a quart mould.-1 oz. of isinglass, 6 large oranges, 1 lemon, sugar to taste, water, pint of good cream. AVERAGE COST, 2s…
Orange Creams
INGREDIENTS for 8 creams.-1 Seville orange, 1 tablespoonful of brandy, lb. of loaf sugar, the yolks of 4 eggs, 1 pint of cream. AVERAGE…
Orange Fritters
INGREDIENTS for dish for 6 persons. For the batter, lb. of flour, 1/2 oz. of butter, 1/2 saltspoonful of salt, ORANGE GRAVY. 2 eggs, milk…
Orange Jelly
INGREDIENTS for a quart mould.--1 pint of water, 1½ to 2 oz. of isinglass or gelatine, lb. of loaf sugar, 1 Seville orange, 1 lemon, about…
Orange Pudding, Baked
IN- GREDIENTS for pudding for 4 persons. -6 oz. of stale sponge-cake or bruised ratafias, 6 oranges, 1 pint of milk, 5 eggs, 1/2 lb. of…
Orange Pudding, Seville
INoranges, 4 oz. of fresh butter, 12 almonds, 1/2 lb. of sifted sugar, the juice of 1 lemon, 6 eggs. AVERAGE COST, 18. 9d. Boil the oranges…
Orange Salad
INGREDIENTS for dish for 6 persons.-6 oranges, 1/4 lb. of muscatel raisins, 2 oz. of pounded sugar, 4 tablespoonfuls of brandy. AVERAGE…
Oranges, Compote of
INGRE- DIENTS for dish for 6 persons.-1 pint of syrup, 6 oranges. AVERAGE COST, 9d. Peel the oranges, remove as much of the white pith as…
Oranges, A Pretty Dish of
INGREDIENTS for quart mould.-6 large oranges, 1/2 lb. of loaf sugar, 1/4 pint of water, 1/2 pint of cream, 2 tablespoonfuls of any kind of…
Oranges, Iced
INGREDIENTS.- Oranges; to every lb. of pounded loaf sugar allow the whites of 2 eggs. Whisk the whites of the eggs well, stir in the sugar…
Oranges, Preserved
INGREDI- ENTS.-Oranges; to every lb. of juice and pulp allow 2 lbs. of loaf sugar; to every pint of water lb. of loaf sugar. Wholly grate…
Ortolans, Roast
INGREDIENTS for dish for 4 persons. birds, 4 vineleaves, 2 rounds of toast, 1/4 lb. of butter. AVERAGE COST, 6s. Keep the birds till…
Ox-Cheek Soup
INGREDIENTS for soup for 10 persons. An ox-cheek, 2 oz. of butter, 3 or 4 slices of lean ham or bacon, 1 parsnip, 3 carrots, 2 onions, 2…
Ox-Cheek, Stewed
INGREDI- ENTS for dish for 6 persons.-- cheek, salt and water, 4 or 5 onions, butter and flour, 6 cloves, 3 turnips, 2 carrots, 1 bay-leaf…
Ox-Tail Soup
INGREDIENTS for soup for 10 or 12 persons.-2 ox-tails, 2 slices of ham, 1 oz. of butter, 2 carrots, 2 turnips, 3 onions, 1 leek, 1 head of…
Ox-Tails, Stewed
INGREDIENTS for dish for 8 persons.-2 ox-tails, 1 onion, 3 cloves, 1 blade of mace, 1/4 teaspoonful of whole black pepper, teaspoonful of…
Oyster Forcemeat (for Roast or Boiled Turkey)
INGREDIENTS for sufficient for a turkey. pint of bread-crumbs, 1 oz. of chopped suet or some butter, 1 faggot of savoury herbs, 1/4…
Oyster Ketchup
INGREDIENTS. -Sufficient oysters to fill a pint measure, 1 pint of sherry, 3 oz. of salt, 1 drachm of cayenne, 2 drachms of pounded mace…
Oyster Patties
INGREDIENTS for 10 or 12 patties.-2 dozen oysters, 2 oz. of butter, 3 tablespoonfuls of cream, a little lemon-juice, 1 blade of pounded…
Oyster Soup
INGREDIENTS for soup for 12 persons.-3 quarts of good mutton broth, 6 dozen oysters, 2 oz. of butter, 1 oz. of flour. AVERAGE COST, 7s…
Oysters, Fried
INGREDIENTS for dish for 4 persons.-3 dozen oysters, 2 oz. of butter, 1 tablespoonful of ketchup, a little chopped lemon-peel, teaspoonful…
Oysters Fried in Batter
IN- GREDIENTS for dish for 4 persons. dozen oysters, 2 eggs, 1/2 pint of milk, sufficient flour to make the batter; pepper and salt to…
Oysters, To Keep
Put them in a tub and cover them with salt and water. Let them remain for 12 hours, when they are to be taken out and allowed to stand for…
Oysters, Pickled
INGREDIENTS. -100 oysters, to each 1/2 pint of vinegar, 1 blade of pounded mace, 1 strip of lemonpeel, 12 black peppercorns. Get the…
Oysters, Sausages of
INGREDI- ENTS for sausages for 6 persons.-2 dozen oysters, 1 lb. of veal, lb. o suet, 1 egg, 1 slice of bread, some butter, seasoning…
Oysters, Scalloped (INGREDI- ENTS for dish)
INGREDI- ENTS for dish for 4 or 5 persons. -3 dozen oysters, 1 oz. of butter, flour, 2 tablespoonfuls of white stock, 2 tablespoonfuls of…
Oysters, Scalloped (Prepare the oysters)
Prepare the oysters as in the preceding recipe, and put them in a scallop-shell or saucer, and between each layer sprinkle over a few…
Oysters (Tinned), Scalloped
INGREDIENTS for dish for 2 persons.-1 tin of oysters, 1 oz. of butter, 1/4 lb. of breadcrumbs, cayenne, salt. AVERAGE COST, 8d. Butter a…
Oysters, Stewed
INGREDIENTS for dish for 4 or 5 persons.-3 dozen oysters, 1 oz. of butter, flour, pint of cream; cayenne and salt to taste; 1 blade of…