The frugal housewife; or, experienced cook : wherein the art of dressing all sorts of viands with cleanliness, decency, and elegance is explained in five hundred approved receipts ... / originally written by Susanna Carter, but now improved by an experienced cook in one of the principal taverns in the city of London.

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To hash Mutton, Sfc. yolk of eggs, and then in crumbs of bread, with sweet herbs and shred lemon-peel in it; grate a little nutmeg over them, and fry them in fresh butter. The butter must be hot, just enough to fry them in: in the mean time, make gravy of the bone of the veal. When the meat is fried, take it out with a fork, and lay it in a dish before the fire ; then shake flour in the pan, and stir it round ; then putin a little gravy, squeeze in a little lemon, and pour it over the veal. Garnish with lemon. To toss up Cold Veal white. Cut the veal in little thin bits, put milk enough to it for sauce, grate in a little nutmeg, a little salt, a little piece of butter rolled in flour: to half a pint of milk, the yolks of two eggs well beat, a spoonful of mushroom pickle; stir all together till it is thick, then pour it in a dish, and garnish with lemon. Cold fowls skimmed, and done this way, eat well; or the best end of a cold breast of veal; first fry it, drain it from the fat, then pour this sauce to it. To hash Cold Mutton. Cut mutton with a very sharp knife in little bits, as thin as possible; then boil the bones with an onion, a few sweet herbs, a blade of mace, a very little whole pepper, a little salt, a piece of crust toasted crisp ; let it boil till there is enough for sauce, strain it, and put it in a saucepan with a piece of butter rolled in flour ; put in the meat; when it is very hot it is enough. Have ready thin bread, toasted brown, cut three-corner- ways, lay them round the dish, and pour in the hash. As to walnut pickle, and all sorts of pickles, you must put in according to your fancy. Garnish with pickles. Some love a small onion peeled, and cut very small, and done in the hash. To hash Mutton like Venison. Cut it thin as above ; boil the bones as above ; strain the liquor, where there is just enough for the hash ; to a quarter of a pint of gravy put a large spoonful of red wine, an onion peeled and chop- 1 ped fine, a little lemon-peel shred fine, a piece of butter as big as a small walnut, rolled in flour; put it in a sauce-