Meats
Pot Roast
3 pounds beef round. 2 slices suet or 2 spoons butter. 1 carrot, diced. 1 onion. 1/2 cup celery and turnips or tomatoes. Fry out suet. Wipe…
Beef a La Mode
4 lbs. round beef. 2 carrots. 1 turnip. 1/2 onion. 2 pieces celery. 1 cup vinegar. 2 tomatoes or 1/4 cup juice. 1/2 pod garlic. 1 teaspoon…
Veal Loaf with Creole Sauce
3 lbs. veal. 3/4 lb. fat pork. 1 onion. Put the veal, pork and onion together through the meat grinder. With these mix two cups of fine…
Roast Leg of Pork
1 leg pork 2 teaspoons salt. 2 tablespoons vinegar. 1 tablespoon butter or olive oil. 1/2 teaspoon cayenne. 2 tablespoons ground sage. Rub…
Roasted Capon
1 capon. 1/2 teaspoon salt. 1 can button mushrooms. 1/4 teaspoon cayenne. 1 slice pork. 1 sweetbread. Fry sweetbread and mushrooms in fat…
Capon
Take a capon, split through the back, put in baking pan, season with 2 tablespoons butter, pepper and salt to taste, 2 tablespoons of…
To Boil Chicken
Boil only a well grown chicken. If tough it can be made tender by adding 1 tablespoon vinegar to the water. Sometimes steaming old chickens…
To Stew Chicken
Cut into pieces, place in stew pan with giblets. Pour 1 pint boiling water over it, cover and cook 15 minutes. Put a tablespoon butter and…
Creole Chicken
1 chicken. 1 onion. 1 can tomatoes. 1 can mushrooms. 1 pepper. Seasonings. Boil one hen until tender, then tear to pieces. Sauce for…
Roast Goose with Apple Dressing
1 goose. 1 tablespoon browned flour. 1 tablespoon butter. 1/2 doz. apples. 1/2 cup sugar. Rub goose with salt, pepper, butter and flour…
Leg of Veal Stuffed with Mushrooms
1 leg veal. 2 tablespoons butter. 1 can button mushrooms. 1 teaspoon minced onion. 1 1/2 cups fresh bread crumbs. 1/2 cup minced ham. Salt…
Creamed Chicken
One chicken steamed or boiled tender. Cut into pieces as for salad, using the whole chicken. Make a white sauce of one pint of milk, add…
Broiled Quail
Dress quail, split down back. Place the quail in hot spider, oiled with a little fat. Put flat tin over quail and press down with weight…
To Broil Chicken
Choose young chickens. Split down back, sprinkle with pepper and salt. Dredge with flour. Put a piece of breakfast bacon under each wing…
To Saute Chicken
Cut in pieces ready for serving, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and dredge with flour. Put one tablespoon fat in spider and let it get…
To Fry Chicken
Cut as for sauteing, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and dip in finely ground crumbs, then in egg, then again in crumbs. Use a frying…
Duck Stuffed with Chestnuts
1 large duck. 1 tablespoon butter. 1/2 teaspoon salt. 1/4 teaspoon cayenne. 1 lb. chestnuts. 2 tablespoons cream. 1 tablespoon sugar. Boil…
Mixed Hash (Pt hashed turkey chicken)
1 pt. hashed turkey chicken or beef. 3 small potatoes. 1 tablespoon browned flour. 1/2 pt. stock. 1 tablespoon butter. Heat butter, add…
Beef Hash with Spaghetti (Lb spaghetti lb cheese cup)
1 lb. spaghetti. 1/4 lb. cheese. 1/2 cup milk. 1 tablespoon butter. Make beef hash, when spaghetti has cooked wash and drain, put in layers…
Croquettes, Sauces, Etc. Sauce
1 tablespoon butter. 2 tablespoons flour. 1 pint milk. Yolks of 2 eggs or whole egg. A little grated onion adds to this mixture. 2 cups of…
Chicken Jambalya
Cut into pieces 1 chicken and two slices of raw ham. Fry the whole in hot fat and set aside. In same fat fry one onion and tomato, when…
Roast Turkey No. 1
Use young fowl, when dressed. Wash several times and dry with cloth. Rub well with salt and brush with butter. Turning breast down. Put…
Roast Turkey No. 2
Select a fat, medium sized turkey. Put in a roasting pan and cook until half done. Then stuff the turkey with a dressing made of equal…
Boned Chicken
Boned chicken must be stuffed in shape. With a highly seasoned force meat made of chicken or veal. Sew or tie in shape. Put in pan, cover…
Molded Chicken
Boil chicken until tender, season water highly. When cold cut into pieces or strips as nearly one size as possible to look nice. Ornament…
Roast Goose
Be sure and select a tender goose. When ready to roast, take a lemon and rub the goose well, inside and out. Put in the roasting pan, and…
Chestnut Balls Nice to Serve with Roast Turkey
Boil, hull and blanch enough Spanish chestnuts to measure a cupful when mashed smooth or run through the ricer. Put into double boiler one…
Oyster Stuffing
Mix equal parts of bread crumbs and oysters, seasoned with butter, pepper and salt.
Stuffing for Fowls
Season ground stale bread crumbs with chopped or grated onion, salt and pepper. Add a little melted butter to moisten, or fat from the…
To Broil Ham
Cut slices thin. Let stand in cold water for an hour. Wipe dry, place in broiler and broil over coals, charcoal best. A very hot spider…
Broiled Beef Steak
The best steaks are cut thick. Have broiler very het. Brush with butter or fat from steak. Put on steak, turn over and sear on both sides…
Hamburg Steak
Grind lean beef, season with grated onion, pepper and salt. Make into small mounds an inch thick, put in hot spider, turn several times…
Planked Steak
Planking means to cook food on a plank, in the oven or in front of the fire. Planks are made especially for this purpose, about 2 inches…
Boiled Tongue
Soak beef tongue over night in cold water. Cook in boiling water with one tablespoon lemon juice and one spoon vinegar, 5 cloves, 6 pepper…
To Bake Ham
Soak over night, wipe, place in turkey pan with a little water or sherry wine. Cover tightly so as to keep the steam in pan. Cook from 3 to…