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(.\refully scrape off all the hair. Many
tooks use scalding water only, but M.
Soyer (whose name is a perfect authority)
recommends the resin, and it certainly
facilitates the operation, though it is not
indispensable. Then take out the eyes,
saw (Jie head in halves lengthways through
the skull. Take the brain and tongue out.
Half a calf's head is generally enough to
ser\'e at one time, but a whole head is a very
handsome dish. Break the jawbone, re-
move the gums containing the teeth, and
then lay the head in a large panful of warm
water to disgorge.
Calf’s Head Boiled.
Time, to soak, one hour and a half; to
simmer, one hour and a half.
269. Half a calf's head | half a pint of
melted butter with -parsley ; one lemon ; a
pinch of pepper and salt.
Soak the half calf's head in cold water
for an hour and a half, then for ten minutes
in hot water before it is dressed.
Put it into a saucepan with plenty of cold
water (enough for the head to swim), and
let it boil gently. When the scum rises
skim it very carefully. After the head boils,
let it simmer gently an hour and a half.
Serve it wth melted butter and parsley
over it, and garnish with slices of lemon
and tiny heaps of fried parsley (see engrav-
ing). Ham shoula be served with calf's
head, or slices of bacon.
Calf’s Brains and Tongue.
Time, to boil ten or fifteen minutes.
270. A little parsley and thyme; one
bay-leaf; a little pepper and salt; two
tablespoonfuls of melted butter or cream ;
juice of a quarter of a lemon ; a pinch of
Cayenne.
Separate the two lobes of the brain with
H knife, soak them in cold water with a
little salt in it for an hour ; then pour away
the cold water and cover them with hot
water; clean and skin them. Boil them
then very gently in half a pint of water,
take off the scum carefully as it rises.
Take them up, drain and chop them, and
put them to warm in a stewpan with the
herbs chopped, the melted butter or cream,
and the seasoning. Squeeze a little lemon
vuice over them ; stir them well together.
Boil the tongue ; skin it ; take off the roots ;
lay it in the middle of the dish, and serve
the brains round it.
Hashed Calf’s Head.
Time, one hour and a half.
271. Cold calf’s head; a bunch of
savoury herbs ; two blades of mace ; a little
Cayenne ; pepper and salt ; one lemon ; a
gill and a half of slicrry, or any wliitc wine;
two dessertspoonfuls of mushroom ketchup ;
one onion ; one carrot; one quart of broth,
or the liquor in which it was boiled.
Cut the meat from the remains of a boiled
calf's head, into small round pieces of about
two inches across. Put a quart of broth or
the liquor in which the head was boiled into
a stewpan with a carrot, one small onion,
two blades of mace, and a bunch of savoury
herbs, and boil it until reduced to nearly
half the quantity ; then strain it through a
hair sieve, and add a glass and a half of
white wine, the juice of a lemon, two des-
sertspoonfuls of mushroom ketchup, and a
piece of butter rolled in flour. Lay in the
slices of head, and when gradually well
heated, let it just boil up. Then serve it on
a hot dish, with rolled bacon and forcemeat
balls as a garnish.
Boast Loin of Veal—Plain.
Time, three hours.
272. Take about seven pounds of the
kidney end of a loin of veal, fasten the flap
over the kidney with a small skewer, run
the spit through the thick end lengthways,
cover the veal with buttered paper, and
place it before a good fire to roast. Just
before serving, remove the paper, and froth
it up by dredging it with a little flour, and
basting it with butter. Pour melted butter
over it when placed on the dish, and serve.
The kidney and fat may be sent to table
separately on a toast if preferred, but it is
not very usual to do so.
To Boast a Breast of Veal.
Time, one hour and a quarter.
273. Take off the tendons from a breast
of veal, skewer the sweetbread to the joint,
and cover it with buttered paper, place it to
roast for an hour and a quarter, or accord-
ing to its weight. Serve it with melted
butter and gravy, and sliced lemon. It can
be roasted without the sweetbread, whicli
as well as fTie tendons will serve for an
entree.
Boast Shoulder of Veal.
Time, twenty minutes for each pound.
274. A shoulder of veal; some oyster or
mushroom sauce.
Remove the knuckle from a shoulder ot
veal for boiling, and roast what remains as
the fillet, either stuffed or not witli veal
stuffing. If not stuffed, serve it with oyster
or mushroom sauce, and garnish witli sliced
lemon.