Beef Tea, with Noodles.
3 lbs. of lean beef; 2 onions; 2 turnips; 2 carrots; 2 cloves; 2 quarts and 1 pint of water; a good handful of noodles (made according to receipt given on Wednesday, First Week in August).
Mince the vegetables. Put on in the water, and boil down to two quarts. Drain off, and pour upon the beef, minced very fine. Simmer one hour; strain, season, and put in the noodles. Cook gently twenty minutes.
Smothered Chickens.
Split a pair of tender chickens down the back, as for broiling. Lay in a dripping-pan; pour over them a cup of boiling water, in which has been dissolved a great spoonful of butter. Invert another pan over this one, to keep in the steam, and cook, basting often, until the chickens are russet-colored all over, and very tender. Baste twice with butter at the last. Dish the chickens; thicken, season, and boil up; then pour part over the chickens, the rest into a boat.
Salsify Sauté.
Scrape and cut the salsify-roots into pieces two inches long; cook tender in boiling water, slightly salt. Shake and drain in a colander, to get rid of all the water. Have in a frying- or saucepan two or three spoonfuls of butter, with a little pepper. When hot, put in the salsify. Heat and toss five minutes, but do not let it brown. Serve very hot. It is exceedingly nice.
Macaroni au Gratin.
Break half a pound of macaroni into inch lengths. Make a weak broth by diluting the remains of yesterday’s soup with hot water, and straining it. When it boils, season well, and put in the macaroni. Cook until tender, but not broken. Drain off the liquor; put the hot macaroni upon a stone-china dish; stir a good piece of butter through it; sift over it a mixture of grated cheese and fine bread-crumbs. Set upon the upper grating of the oven to brown.
Brussels Sprouts.
Cook about twenty-five minutes in boiling salt water. Drain; season with pepper, salt, and butter; stir these in well, and dish.
English Tapioca Pudding.
1 cup of tapioca, soaked two hours in a pint of the milk; 3 pints of milk; 5 eggs; 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; 1 cup of sugar; ½ lb. raisins, seeded, and cut in half; grated peel of half a lemon.
Put the soaked tapioca in a farina-kettle, and surround with lukewarm water. Bring to a boil, and, when soft all through, add the creamed butter and sugar; then the eggs; next, the tapioca; finally, the fruit. Bake one hour in a buttered dish. Eat hot, with sauce.