Marlowe Soup.
- 2 lbs. of lean veal and the same of lean beef.
- 1 lb. of lean ham.
- 2 onions.
- 1 carrot.
- 1 turnip.
- ¼ of a head of cabbage, chopped and parboiled.
- Bunch of sweet herbs.
- 6 tomatoes, peeled and sliced.
- ½ cup of rice.
- Pepper and salt.
- 5 quarts of cold water.
Cut up meat and vegetables fine, and put with the water into the soup-kettle. Cook slowly four hours. Strain the soup, rubbing the vegetables through the colander. Divide the liquor into two parts. Put with the meat—all highly seasoned—into a stoneware vessel and set by in the refrigerator. Let the other portion cool; take off the fat; season; put over the fire; boil and skim for a few minutes, and put in the rice. Simmer very gently half an hour, or until the rice is very soft.
Beef’s Tongue—(Langue du Bœuf).
Wash a large, perfectly fresh tongue in three waters. Then cover well with boiling water, a little salt—plenty of it—and cook about twelve minutes to the pound. Strip off the skin; dish, when you have trimmed away the root, and pour over it the following sauce: Strain a cup of the liquor in which the tongue was boiled; set over the fire, and stir in two tablespoonfuls of butter cut up in flour, pepper to taste; the juice of a lemon, and when this has thickened, two small pickled cucumbers, chopped. This is a dish whose merits deserve to be better known. (Save the liquor.)
Squeezed Potatoes.
Put on in cold water, and bring quickly to a boil. When soft enough to be pierced by a fork, turn off the water; throw in a little salt, and dry on the range. Tear off the skins quickly, and as soon as each is bare, envelop it in the corner of a dry, hot towel and twist the same tightly around it for a second, but not quite breaking it. Pile within a napkin-lined dish, and send up hot.
French Beans—Sautés.
Top, tail, and “string” with care. Cut into short pieces. Cook in boiling water, a little salt, until tender—say thirty minutes, if they are full-grown. Drain well; return to the saucepan with two great spoonfuls of butter, salt, pepper, and a teaspoonful of vinegar. Toss until very hot, and turn into a hot, deep dish.
Young Beets.
Boil in hot, salt water one hour. When done, rub off the skins; split the beets lengthwise and lay upon a hot dish. Have ready a great spoonful of melted butter, mixed with two of vinegar, a little salt and pepper, heated to boiling, and pour over the beets. Be careful not to break the skin of raw beets, or they will lose their color in the hot water while cooking.
Cherry Pie.
Line your pie-dish with a good paste; fill with a mixture of sour and sweet cherries; sweeten plentifully; cover with paste printed at the edge and slit in the middle, and bake until nicely colored. Eat fresh, but not warm, with white sugar sifted over the top.