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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Shoulder of Mutton, Leg of Mutton, Boiled Tripe. there is any cabbage left from the last dinner it will an- swer the purpose ; it should be squeezed very dry, and then chopped very fine; put a little clean dripping into the frying-pan, and when hot put in the beef; sprinkle it with a very little pepper, and fry it of a nice brown ; season both sides ; when the beef is done, take it up and put it to keep hot while the cabbage is frying ; the cab- bage should be kept stirred about while over the fire; it should be fried until all the fat is dried up : put the cabbage in the middle of the dish and the heef round it. A Shoulder of Miction roasted, and Onions. A shoulder of mutton will take about an hour and a half to roast, supposing it to be about six pounds weight; peel about three dozen of small onions, and put them on to boil in a little gravy; when boiled sufficient (but be careful they do not break), put the onions round the dish, then the gravy, and then the mutton : at other times send onion sauce in a boat. A Leg of Mutton boiled, and turnips. A leg of mutton of about seven pounds will take about three hours boil- ing, as boiled meat should be well done : mash the tur- nips ; first squeeze them very dry ; then put them into a sauce-pan, with about an ounce of butter, and about half a gill of cream, a little white pepper, and salt; make them quite hot; put them round the dish, and the mutton in the middle ; garnish with carrot; send caper sauce iu a boat. Caper sauce is made as follows :—chop the capers, put them in a butter-boat, and put melted butter to them. N. B. A neck of mutton boiled, will take about an hour and a half; the chine bone should always be sawed off, to make it easy to carve. It should be the study ot live cook to make whatever joint goes to the table, easy tbr carving. Boiled Tripe and Onions. The tripe should be cut in pieces about two inches square; peel as many onions as are wanted, and put them and the tripe into a sauce-pan, with as much water as will cover the tripe; put in a