The housekeeper's guide; or, A plain and practical system of domestic cookery / by Esther Copley, author of Cottage comforts &c.

  • Copley, Esther.
Date:
1845
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Credit: The housekeeper's guide; or, A plain and practical system of domestic cookery / by Esther Copley, author of Cottage comforts &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    . I spring. The heads should he gathered in November. These will take a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes fast boiling. The sprouts, which in spring are very abundant, will boil in ten minutes or less. LEEKS Are chiefly used for porridge, soup, or sauce, often as a substitute for onions. The porridge is made as follows. A dozen fine heads of leeks; stew till tender in three pints of liquor, in which fresh meat has been boiled; when quite tender, have ready four table-spoonsful of oat- 1, meal or flour rubbed perfectly smooth in a quart of new milk: stir it in, and keep stirring well till the mixture boils and thickens; then take it off the fire directly, and i season with pepper, salt, and nutmeg, and stir in two II ounces of butter. N.B. Porridge of onions or green peas j is made in the same manner. MUSHROOMS. The large flap mushrooms are excellent broiled. Have a very clear slow fire; make the bars of the gridiron very clean, and rub with mutton suet, to prevent sticking, a few minutes will broil the mushrooms: when they steam out, sprinkle with pepper and salt; have ready a very hot dish, and when taken up, lay a bit or two of fresh butter under and over each. To stew them, put them in a small saucepan with pepper and salt; a bit of butter, and a spoonful or two of gravy of roast meat or of cream ; shake them about, and when they boil they are done. TO STEW ONIONS. The large Portugal onions are best for this purpose. Take off the top coats of six or eight, put them in a broad stewpan or frying-pan with a lid, in which they may lie