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To Stew Sweet-breads

A historical recipe from The Philadelphia Housewife, by Hodgson, Mary, active 1855 (1855).

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A historical recipe

The Philadelphia Housewife; or, Family Receipt Book, by Hodgson, Mary, active 1855 (1855). Project Gutenberg eBook #52815.

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

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. a glass of wine

Cook safely

  • 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. Parboil them;
  2. then cut in small pieces;
  3. season with pepper, salt, and nutmeg;
  4. put them down to stew in some veal gravy, and just before you take them up, add some mushroom catsup and a glass of wine.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The Philadelphia Housewife, by Hodgson, Mary, active 1855 (1855). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #52815 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52815). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.