The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps

The pattern people's household book, 1927 — five hundred recipes, then how to lay a table, take out a stain and stock a first-aid cabinet.

Meat

26 recipes in this part of The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps.

Brisket with Onion Sauce

Wipe the meat with a damp cloth, and tie it into a compact shape with strips of cloth. Place it in a deep kettle with boiling water (or…

Boiled Dinner

Put the meat into the pot over a brisk fire with enough cold water to cover it. Bring it rapidly just to the boiling-point, then remove the…

Savory Beef

¼ teaspoon ground cloves and rump or round thyme or Summer savory 1 pint brown stock or boiling

Pot Roast

3 to 4 pounds chuck, round, I cup sliced carrots rump or brisket 1 cup sliced turnips from salt pork

Beefsteak Pie

2 pounds rump, flank or chuck Sliced potatoes steak Cut the meat into strips two inches long by one inch wide. Put them with the bone, just…

Beefsteak with Oysters

Set the oysters, with a very little of their juice, over the fire; when they come to a boil, remove any scum and stir in the butter, in…

Planked Steak

Various kinds of cooked vege- Salt tables Trim the fat and make outline of the stean even. Sear it on both sides on a hot griddle or pan…

Baked Hamburg Steak

2 cups bread soaked in milk Chop the meat fine. Add the bread, one minced onion, seasonings to taste and the two uncooked eggs, well…

Beef Loaf

Chop the steak. Mix it thoroughly with the unbeaten eggs, bread-crums, chopped parsley , pepper and salt. Place in a breadpan and press…

Scalloped Corned Beef

2 cups cooked corned beef cut I stalk celery into cubes Cook chopped celery and onions in the sauce. Put the cornedbeef in a shallow…

Corned-Beef Hash

Mix beef and potatoes together lightly and season. Pour the and, when this is warm, milk into a frying-pan with half the fat and, when this…

Veal Cutlets with Cream Gravy

Wipe the cutlets, sprinkle with salt and pepper, dip them first or cracker-crums, and sauté in beaten egg and then in fine bread or…

Veal Collops

Cut the veal in pieces the size of an oyster, dip in beaten egg, salt and pepper. Fry in roll in cracker-crums and season with salt and…

Stuffed Breast of Veal

The butcher will prepare the veal for stuffing, if requested to do So. If he has not done so, make an incision between the ribs and the…

Mutton Stew

2 pounds neck, plate or shoul- 6 onions der of mutton 3 to 4 cups hot water

Roast Leg of Mutton

Wipe the mutton with a damp cloth, remove the outside skin and excess of fat, sprinkle it with salt, pepper and flour, and place on a rack…

Roast Spareribs

Trim the ends of the ribs neatly, crack them across the middle, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover the meat with greased paper and…

Crown Roast of Pork

Select ribs of a young pig and have the butcher make a crown, like a crown roast of lamb or mutton. Cover the tip of each bone with salt…

Fresh Pork with Vegetables

Boil the piece of pork one and one-half hours. Cook the vegetables in the same kettle until they are soft, then remove them and finish…

Baked Ham

Boil the ham whole, and skin it. Cut off some of the superfluous fat. Mix brown sugar and soft bread-crums, in the proportion of four parts…

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

Prepare as directed and cut in even-sized slices. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, dip in beaten egg and crums and fry in deep fat. When well…

Creamed Sweetbreads

2 cups milk or cream fat Prepare as directed and cut into dice. Make a white sauce with the fat, flour and milk or cream, add the…

Virginia Beef Tongue

Scrub the tongue and simmer it until tender, in water to cover. Remove the skin and trim the root end. Take one cup of the liquor in which…

Broiled Kidneys

6 lamb's or 4 calf's kidneys Cut the kidneys into halves, remove the white tubes and fat and cover with cold water for thirty minutes…

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…

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