Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1919 — Mother’s Cook Book [ARTICLE]

Mother’s Cook Book

It Is not the revolution that destroys machinery* but the friction.—H. W. Beecher. Some Main Dishes. With the main dish sufficiently filling and satisfying the dessert may he light and the meal will be well balanced. Baked Fish With Parsley Butter. Split open and bone a white fish, spread with soft butter and dredge with flour, salt and pepper. Bake in a hot oven from twenty to thirty minutes, according to the weight and thickness of the fish and serve promptly with lemon as a garnish.

Parsley Butter. CreanL four tablespoonsfuls of butter, add the juice of a small lemon very slowly, mixing well a teaspoonful of minced parsley salt and cayenne to taste. Heap in the shell of half a lemon and serve with the fish.. Supreme of Chicken. Run through a meat chopper the breast of a large chicken, beat into it, one at a time, three eggs; season well with salt and paprika, a speck of nutmeg and one and one-third cupfuls of thick cream. Place in buttered molds and steam for thirty minutes or until firip. Serve with a white sauce made with chicken stock and cream, adding two beaten egg yolks. Mock Duck. * Aninexpensive dish' (or less expensive) hf lamb can be made by buying the shoulder instead of the leg. Have the bone removed and make a mock duck of the meat. Cook in a moderate oven, basting occasionally. Serve garnished with parsley. Scalloped Meat. T.nnih, Tn Ilttf>n or chicken make nice, scalloped dishes. Chop fine, removing •all. gristle and bone; season to taste. Have ready as much bread crumbs as meat. Put into a buttered baking dish a layer of meat, then a layer of crumbs, bits of finely minced onion I and a few spoonfuls of gravy or stock ;to moisten. When the dish is full, sprinkle with milk and bake half an ; hour in a moderate oven. Serve with | a plain lettuce%alad with boiled or French dressing.