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A historical recipe

A new system of domestic cookery, by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell and University of Leeds. Library (1819).

United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. a slice of onion
  2. a pint of water

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Gravy for a Foivl xvlien there is no Meat to make it of.
  2. V^'aah the feet nicely, and cut them and the neck small ;
  3. simmer them with a little bread browned, a slice of onion, a bit of parsley and thyme, some pepper and salt, and the liver and gizzard, in a quarter of a pint of water, till half-wasted.
  4. Take out the liver, bruise it, and strain the liquor to it.
  5. Then thicken it with flour and butter, and add a tea-spoonful of mushroomketchup, and it will be very good.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Sieve
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Credit

From A new system of domestic cookery (1819), printed page 109, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b21526461

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.