Meat
Brisket with Onion Sauce
3 pounds beef brisket Soup greens Cloves Peppercorns Salt I egg Crums 1/2 cup green onions 2 tablespoons fat 2 tablespoons flour 1 1/2 cups…
Old-Fashioned Boiled Dinner
6 pounds corned-beef brisket I cabbage 3 white turnips 4 carrots 6 potatoes 6 beets Vinegar Put the meat into the pot over a brisk fire…
Savory Beef
2 pounds beef, plate, shank, rump or round 3 large onions, sliced 3 tablespoons fat 3 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black…
Pot Roast
3 to 4 pounds chuck, round, rump or brisket Flour 3 tablespoons fat, preferably from salt pork 1 cup sliced carrots 1 cup sliced onions 1…
Beefsteak Pie
2 pounds rump, flank or chuck steak Pie paste Chopped onion Salt and pepper Sliced potatoes Butter Flour Egg Cut the meat into strips two…
Beefsteak with Oysters
1 steak 1 quart oysters 1 tablespoon sifted flour 3 tablespoons butter Set the oysters, with a very little of their juice, over the fire…
Planked Steak
1 steak 2 inches thick Duchess potatoes Various kinds of cooked vegetables Butter Chopped parsley Salt Paprika Trim the fat and make…
Baked Hamburg Steak
1 1/2 pounds beef round 2 cups bread soaked in milk 1 small onion 1 tablespoon butter 2 eggs 4 hard-cooked eggs 1 cup tomatoes 1/2 cup…
Beef Loaf
1 1/2-pounds round steak 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups bread-crums 2 tablespoons chopped parsley 1/2 teaspoon pepper 2 teaspoons salt Chop the steak…
Scalloped Corned Beef
2 cups cooked corned beef cut into cubes 1 cup medium white sauce Butter 1 stalk celery 2 slices onion Bread-crums Cook chopped celery and…
Corned-Beef Hash
2 cups chopped corned beef 2 cups cooked potatoes Salt and pepper 1/2 cup milk or water 2 tablespoons butter, or savory fat Mix beef and…
Veal Cutlets with Cream Gravy
2 pounds veal cutlets Salt and pepper Egg Bread or cracker-crums Drippings 1 cup milk or cream 1 tablespoon flour Wipe the cutlets…
Veal Collops
2 pounds veal Egg Cracker-crums Salt and pepper Cut the veal in pieces the size of an oyster, dip in beaten egg, roll in cracker-crums and…
Stuffed Breast of Veal
4 pounds breast of veal 1 cup bread-crums 2 slices fat salt pork 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon sweet marjoram 1 teaspoon thyme 1 teaspoon…
Mutton Stew
2 pounds neck, plate or shoulder of mutton 2 pounds potatoes 6 onions Salt and pepper 3 to 4 cups hot water Cut the mutton into small…
Roast Leg of Mutton
1 leg of mutton Flour Salt and pepper Wipe the mutton with a damp cloth, remove the outside skin and excess of fat, sprinkle it with salt…
Roast Spareribs
Pork spareribs Salt and pepper Flour Bread-crums Powdered sage (may be omitted) Minced onion Butter, fat or cooking oil Trim the ends of…
Crown Roast of Pork
1 crown of pork Cubes of salt pork Mashed potatoes Steamed apples Salt and pepper Cranberries Select ribs of a young pig and have the…
Fresh Pork with Vegetables
1 pound pork butt 4 large carrots 4 large parsnips 1 small red cabbage Seasoning Boil the piece of pork one and one-half hours. Cook the…
Baked Ham
1 ham Brown sugar Soft bread-crums 1 teaspoon mustard Whole cloves Boil the ham whole, and skin it. Cut off some of the superfluous fat…
Preparing Sweetbreads
Sweetbreads should be plunged into cold water as soon as they are received, and soaked for one hour, then they should be parboiled in…
Fried Sweetbreads
2 pairs sweetbreads 2 tablespoons flour 1 cup milk Salt and pepper Egg Bread or cracker-crums Prepare as directed and cut in even-sized…
Creamed Sweetbreads (Pairs sweetbreads tablespoons)
2 pairs sweetbreads 4 tablespoons butter or other fat 4 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon minced parsley 2 cups milk or cream Salt and pepper…
Virginia Beef Tongue
1 beef tongue, fresh 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup stewed cranberries 1/4 cup butter or fat 1 tablespoon whole cloves 1/2 lemon Scrub the tongue…
Broiled Kidneys
6 lamb's or 4 calf's kidneys Cooking oil Salt and pepper Butter Lemon Parsley Cut the kidneys into halves, remove the white tubes and fat…
Using Left-Overs of Meat
Almost any left-over meat or fish may be made into a palatable dish. In general, these are the rules to follow: 1. Trim off carefully all…