The complete Indian housekeeper & cook : giving the duties of mistress and servants, the general management of the house and practical recipes for cooking in all its branches / by F.A. Steel & G. Gardiner.

  • Flora Annie Steel
Date:
1902
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Credit: The complete Indian housekeeper & cook : giving the duties of mistress and servants, the general management of the house and practical recipes for cooking in all its branches / by F.A. Steel & G. Gardiner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fill up with the oyster cream. Or the oyster cream may he made without gelatine, and used to fill caiiap^e.s. /. Snipe Canap^es.—Cut rounds of fine grained bread with a paste-cuttei* about 1 inch thick, and butter well towards the edges. Remoye as much of the inside as you can, whilst leaying a firm bottom. Pound the trail of a snipe with stiff whipped cream, salt and pepper ; add the meat minced. Fill the canapees with the mix- ture, smooth eyen with the bread, and decorate round with shred olives and celery straws. These canape'es can he made Avith any kind of game, but snipe and woodcock are best. Celery or beetroot may be added. 8. Supper Dainties. —Excellent little mouthfuls for light refreshment suppers may be made by using pastry made as for bread-and-butter pastry, made into sandwiches with finely-shredded chicken, covered with mayonnaise or other sauces, or with slices of stiff’ aspics of game or pate d<; foie. Rounds of short crust can also he made the foundation for many appetising morsels, and round captains’ biscuits, daintily decorated with anchovy or maitre d’hotel butters, olives, &c., &c., are much liked. 9. Tomato Sandwiches.—Pulp three large tomatoes. Reduce by boiling. Add ^ unit onion juice and salad oil; some salt, ])epper, cayenne, and sugar. Pound 4 units of hard-boiled yolk of eggs with 2 units of butter and ^ of Harvey sauce. Mix with the tomatoes. Make into sandwiches. 10. Thunder-and-Lightning Sandwiches.—Take some thin slices of bread, dip on one side in golden syrup, letting it soak in well. Cover with thick Devonshire cream. Lay together lightly. 11. Valetta Sandwiches.—Take half a tin of black Leicester mushrooms, two small tomatoes, a little onion juice, 5 units of cream, salt and pepper to taste. Stew, and rub through a tai7iis. 'I'hen add gradually 2 units yolk of egg till the mixture is thick. M'^ell butter some slices of brown bread, spread the mixture over, sprinkle with chopped mustard and cress, and press two pieces together. Cut with a paste-cutter into neat shapes. General Remarks. Almost anything can be made into sandwiches, so it is unnecessary to give more recipes. It may be taken as an axiom, however, that, even for solid sandwiclies, the meat should be pounded and moistened with gravy and properly seasoned. What can be more appalling than a bite at the