Way of Making
INGREDIENTS for dish for 3 persons.-3 eggs, 3 sardines, 3 slices of buttered toast, pint of milk, salt, cayenne.
AVERAGE COST, 9d.
Bone the sardines, pound them in a mortar with a seasoning of cayenne. Make 3 slices of toast, well butter them, spread them with the sardine paste and put them to keep hot while the sauce is being made.
Make this as in preceding recipe, using, however, the whole eggs and substituting milk for the cream. Pour the sauce over the sardine toast, and serve as quickly as possible.
TIME.-5 or 6 minutes to make the sauce.
SEASONABLE at any time.
Woodcock, Scotch. (Tappit Hen.) - INGREDIENTS for dish for 4 persons. lb. of some good toasting cheese, 4 eggs, 4 slices of bread, butter, seasoning of pepper and salt. AVERAGE COST, 18.
Toast the bread, cut off the crust, and butter well. Melt the cheese cut in very thin slices in a saucepan in which a piece of butter has been oiled, with a good seasoning of pepper and salt, and at the same time poach the eggs. Pour the cheese over the toast, and on each slice lay a poached egg. The excellence of this dish depends upon its being quickly prepared and sent to table very hot. The toast should not be allowed to get dry in the oven, but it must be kept hot while the other ingredients are being prepared.
TIME.-5 minutes to melt the cheese, or more if not a rich one.
SEASONABLE for a winter supper dish.
THE WOODCOCK. "Yet we must eat and drink, as you say."
CLOUGH.
YEAST-CAKE.
EAST-CAKE.
INGREDIENTS for 2 moderate - sized cakes. lb. of flour, lb. of butter, pint of milk, 1 tablespoonful of good yeast, 3 eggs, lb. of currants, lb. of white moist sugar, 2 oz. of candied-peel. AVER- AGE COST, 1s. 9d.
Put the milk and butter into a saucepan, and shake it round over a fire until the butter is melted, but do not allow the milk to get very hot. Put the flour into a basin, stir to it the milk and butter, the yeast and, eggs, which should be well beaten, and form the whole into a smooth dough. Let it stand in a warm place, covered with a cloth, to rise, and, when ufficiently risen, add the currants, sugar and candied-peel cut into thin slices. When all the ingredients are thoroughly mixed, line 2 moderate-sized cake-tins with buttered paper, which should be about six inches higher than the tin; pour in the mixture, let it stand to rise again for another 1/2 hour, and then bake the cakes in a brisk oven for about 1 hour. If the tops of them become too brown, cover them with paper until they are done through. A few drops of YEAST-DUMPLINGS. essence of lemon, or a little grated nutmeg may be added when the flavour is liked.
TIME. From 1 to 1½ hour.
SEASONABLE at any time.
Yeast-Cake. (From Bakers' Dough.) INGREDIENTS for 2-quartern cakes.1 quartern of bakers' dough, 1 lb. of sultanas, lb. of sugar (more if the cake is liked very sweet), lb. of butter or dripping, a flavouring of spice. AVERAGE COST, 2s. Have the other ingredients ready before the dough arrives; well work them in, then put the cake into well-buttered tins or tins lined with buttered paper, and bake the cakes in a quick oven from 1 to 10 hour.
Cakes made in this way, though plain, are nice for children, and may be baked in small tins as buns.
TIME.-1 to 1 hour to bake the cake.
SEASONABLE at any time.
