COOKERY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9256, 4 December 1891, Page 4

COOKERY.

Roasting in the Pot or Saucepan. — This way of roasting is especially .suitable for (small pieces of meat, aud is far more economical, because of the small quantity of fuel required. Melt aud'heat a tableBpbonful of dripping in a pot. Brown all sides of the meat hi this, "so as to harden the outside, and keep in the juices. Then draw the pot to tho side of the fire ; and let the meat cook slowly with the lid ou, basting it frequently. Pancakes.— Hub lib. flour, 2oz. dripping, -teaspoohful carbonate of soda, teaspoonful cream of tartar^ \\h. sugar, all well together. Add buttermilk to make a soft batter. Rub the -girdle over with dripping, and put a spoonful on for each paucakc. When one side is dono, turn. Can be flavoured with anything that is liked, or currants may be added. Baktcd Codling.— Flour the fish, salt and pepper it, and put in a baking di.sh with a little cold water, one onion, four cloves, and some sweet herbs ; put a piece of butter on" the top, and bako in a moderate oven for three-quarters of an hour. When sufficiently cooked, take out the fish, strain the gravy, thicken with flour, and add a teaspoonful of anchovy sauce, and two tablcspoonfuls of HSrvey's stiuco. Let it boil, pour it round the fish, end garnish with lemon. Saucer Pudding. — Take two saucers, put a piece of butter into each, and place in the oven to melt. Then take ono egg, two tablespoonfuls of flour, and two teaspoonfuls of white sugar, beat all up together, add enough milk to make a thin batter, pour haif in each saucer, and bake twenty minutes or half an hour. Turn out on a dish, put some jam over it, then turn the other on the top, and sprinkle with white sugar. To Boil Maccaroxi.— Have plenty ol water in the pot, as it absorbs a large quantity ; when the water boils, salt it, and do not put in the maccaroni until it boils violently. The time needed to cook it will depend on its freshness ; if homemade or quite fresh, twenty minutes will probably be enough ; if imported or stale, three-quarters of an hour will bo needed. American maccaroni takes longer to cook than Italian. Keep it boiling, well, and stir from time to time •, when ' it seems soft, pour in a small pitcherful of cold water, and let it stand on the stove till it begins to boil again.— this swells and whitens the maccaroni—- then drain in a , colander. : . ' Rissoles.— Take any remains of paste, roll it out thin, cut some rounds about 3in. across, put on the centre a forcemeat made of any kind of meat or poultry, with •or without mushrooms, double one aide of the paste over so as to make half-roufods, pinch the edges together sufficiently to keep the meat in, put in a frying- basket, then in sufficient boiling fat to cover them; when a pale brown drain and serve. Before being fried, they are sometimes dipped in egg, and bread crumbed or roll id in broken vermicelli. Rissoles are also filled with any mixture used for bouchces or croquets, but it must not be too moist for this purpose. Fried parsley i<3 put with rissoles to send to table. Ego Souffle. — Melt \\b, of butter in a stew-pan, heat the yolks of six eggs, add them to tho butter, stir a- few seconds over a moderate fire ; then take from the stove, and stir in little by little Mb. of grated cheese (£lb. Gruydre and £lb. of Parmesan mixed together), add a pinch of pepper and a pinch of pounded sugar ; put , on the fire again, make hot, stirring all the time ; when smooth, tako from the fire, and add tho white of an egg beaten to a froth. Twenty-five minutes before the souffle is wanted add five more whites of eggs beaten to a froth ; fill eight or nine small china or paper cases with the mixturo ; bake in a moderate, oven, arid serve as soon as done. These are par*--tfcularly good ; they do not rise much in baking.

, A curious Fact — In Hobayt next door, to ft burial-ground, there is a largo dyeing yard,This ought to be looked to. A City gontleman, the other day, put his head on fine side when in a thoughtful mood, and has not since been able to lay his fa&ndonit.' > ■ ;