Turkish Sweetmeat
INGREDI- ENTS.-2 lbs. of sugar, 2 eggs, 1 lemon, lb. of finest wheat starch, 2 pints of water, flavouring of rose.
Make a syrup with a quart of water and the sugar, and clear it with the juice of the lemon and the whites of the eggs. Dissolve the starch in 1/2 pint of cold water, strain, and add it to the syrup when boiling, and continue to boil until the mixture is stringy and thick, then add the flavouring. Have ready two large dishes, one oiled, the other SEASONABLE. In full season from June covered with sifted sugar, pour the mixture to October.
Turkey Soup. (A Seasonable dish at Christmas.) - INGREDIENTS for soup for 8 or 10 persons.-2 quarts of medium stock, the remains of a cold roast turkey, 2 oz. of rice-flour or arrowroot, salt and pepper to taste, 1 tablespoonful of Harvey's sauce or mushroom ketchup. AVERAGE COST, Id. per quart.
Cut up the turkey in small pieces, and put it in the stock; let it simmer slowly until the bones are quite clean. Take the bones out, and work the soup through a sieve; when cool, skim well. Mix the rice-flour or arrowroot to a batter with a little of the soup; add it with the seasoning and sauce, or ketchup. Give one boil , and serve.
TIME.-4 hours.
SEASONABLE. - At Christmas.
Note. Instead of thickening this soup, vermicelli or macaroni may be served in it. Turkey Stew. INGREDIENTS for plain supper dish for 6 persons. The carcass and inferior parts of a cold turkey, 3/4 lb. of macaroni, salt and pepper, water. AVER- AGE COST, exclusive of the cold turkey, 5d.
Chop up the carcass of the turkey, and put it with plenty of water to cover itand the macaroni in a stewpan. Add the seasoning and a little pounded mace, if liked, and stew all gently for an hour, adding more water if the macaroni absorbs it. Shake the pan occasionally to prevent it sticking to the bottom of the stewpan.
Before serving take out the turkey bones, cut off any meat upon them, and put it back in small pieces to the stew to get hot. through.
TIME.-1 to 1 hour.
SEASONABLE in winter.
Note.
This is a cheap and nice dish for a supper in winter, and if liked, grated cheese may on the oiled one, and let it stand for a minute or two to cool, then turn on to the sugared one, soak up any oil that remains, cut into squares, and cover with sugar, so that, in putting away, the squares do not stick together.