
Hand-Book of Practical Cookery, for Ladies and Professional Cooks / Containing the Whole Science and Art of Preparing Human Food
by Pierre Blot
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- HAND-BOOK
- OF
- PRACTICAL COOKERY,
- FOR
- LADIES AND PROFESSIONAL COOKS.
- CONTAINING
- THE WHOLE SCIENCE AND ART OF PREPARING HUMAN FOOD.
- PIERRE BLOT,
- PROFESSOR OF GASTRONOMY, AND FOUNDER OF THE NEW YORK COOKING ACADEMY.
- "If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land."
- NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1, 3, and 5 BOND STREET. 1884.
- Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by
- D. APPLETON & CO.,
- In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
- PREFACE.
- TO HOUSEKEEPERS AND COOKS.
- TO COOKS.
- CONTENTS.
- COOKING.
- DIRECTIONS, EXPLANATIONS, ETC.
- ANISE.
- APRICOT.
- BACON.
- BAIN-MARIE.
- BAKE-PANS.
- BAY-LEAF.
- BEETS.
- BRAISING.
- BUNCH OF SEASONINGS.
- BUTTERED PAPER.
- OILED PAPER.
- CATSUP.
- CAVIARE.
- CERVELAS, SAUCISSONS, ETC.
- CHEESE.
- COCHINEAL.
- CHERVIL.
- COLANDER.
- CURRY.
- DINING-ROOM.
- DISH.
- DRAINING.
- DUSTING.
- DRINKING.
- HOT WEATHER.
- COLD WEATHER.
- FOOD.
- ECONOMY.
- EGG-BEATER.
- ERRORS IN COOKING.
- FENNEL.
- FIG.
- FINES HERBES.
- FLOUR.
- FOIES GRAS.
- FRUIT-CORER.
- GALANTINE.
- GLAZING.
- INDIGESTION.
- ITALIAN PASTES.
- ISINGLASS.
- JELLY-BAG.
- KITCHEN UTENSILS.
- LAIT DE POULE.
- LARD.
- FAT FOR FRYING.
- TO CLARIFY FAT.
- GAME-FAT.
- BATTER FOR FRYING.
- LARDING.
- LARDING-NEEDLE.
- LEAVEN.
- MEAT.
- MOULDS.
- OLIVES.
- OSMAZOME.
- PARSLEY, CHERVIL, THYME, CELERY, SAGE, ETC.,—FOR WINTER USE.
- WHITE PEPPER.
- QUALITY OF MEAT, FISH, VEGETABLES, FRUIT, ETC.
- PASTRY-BAG.
- RAW MATERIALS.
- SCALLOPED KNIFE.
- SHALLOTS.
- SKEWERS.
- SPICES.
- STIRRING.
- STRAINING.
- SUGAR.
- TARRAGON.
- TIN TUBES.
- TRUFFLES.
- VANILLA.
- VEGETABLE SPOONS.
- WATER.
- WINES.
- MOTTO.
- DIVERS RECEIPTS.
- ALMONDS.
- LEMONADE OR ORANGEADE.
- LEMONADE WITH BARLEY.
- BARLEY SUGAR FOR CHILDREN.
- BAVAROISE WITH CHOCOLATE.
- BICHOF.
- TO PRESERVE BIRDS.
- BREAD-CRUMBS.
- BURNT SUGAR.
- COFFEE.
- TO ROAST.
- TO MAKE.
- CAFÉ AU LAIT.
- CAFÉ NOIR.
- CHOCOLATE.
- CHOCA.
- COCOA.
- ESSENCE OF SPINACH, OR GREEN ESSENCE.
- ESSENCE OF BEEF.
- ICING.
- MEAT JELLIES.
- MEAT GRAVY.
- MELONS.
- MEUNIÈRE.
- MINT.
- PANADE.
- PAP.
- RAISINS.
- SANDWICHES.
- SAUSAGE-MEAT.
- SOUSE.
- TEA.
- TOAST.
- WELSH RAREBIT.
- POTAGES OR SOUPS.
- POTAGES.
- SOUPS.
- SAUCES.
- HOW TO MAKE A SAUCE THICKER WHEN IT IS TOO THIN, AND THINNER WHEN TOO THICK.
- SAUCES FOR PUDDINGS.
- FARCES AND GARNITURES,
- CALLED ALSO GARNISH AND GARNISHING, USED TO DECORATE OR ORNAMENT DISHES.
- PURÉES.
- FISH.
- EEL, CONGER, AND LAMPREY.
- FROGS.
- LOBSTER.
- OYSTERS.
- CLAMS.
- BEEF.
- HOW TO SELECT.
- COW BEEF.
- BULL BEEF.
- A LA MODE.
- STEWED.
- ROASTED.
- TO DECORATE.
- BAKED.
- FILLET.
- RIBS.
- STEAKS.
- BOILED BEEF.
- a, skewer; b, carrot; c, turnip; d, beef; e, carrots and turnips.
- IN MIROTON.
- IN SALAD.
- CORNED BEEF.
- TONGUE.
- BRAIN.
- HEART.
- KIDNEYS.
- LIVER.
- TAIL.
- TRIPE.
- SMOKED BEEF'S TONGUE.
- MUTTON.
- HOW TO SELECT.
- ROASTED.
- BAKED.
- BREAST BOILED.
- NECK BROILED.
- CHOPS.
- LEG.
- SHOULDER.
- SADDLE.
- COLD MUTTON.
- A, two roses, one at each end; B, six radishes around; C, slices of meat; D, eggs; E, yolks of eggs; F, parsley. SHEEP'S BRAIN.
- FEET.
- SHEEP'S KIDNEYS, BROILED.
- SHEEP'S TAILS.
- SHEEP'S TONGUES.
- LAMB.
- KID.
- VEAL.
- ROASTED.
- BAKED.
- BLANQUETTE.—(Also called Poulette.)
- CROQUETTES.
- RAGOUT.
- BREAST, STEWED.
- CUTLETS.
- SHOULDER.
- LOIN OR LEG STEWED.
- COLD VEAL.
- BRAIN.
- EARS.
- FEET.
- CALF'S HEAD.
- HEART.
- KIDNEYS.
- LIGHTS.
- CALF'S LIVER.
- CALF'S PLUCK.
- CALF'S TAIL.
- TONGUE.
- SWEETBREADS.
- PORK.
- TO SELECT.
- CHINE AND FILLET.
- HOW TO IMPROVE THE CHINE OF PORK.
- CUTLETS.
- LEG, ROASTED.
- HAM.
- A, skewers; B, carrot; C, truffle or mushroom; D, jelly; E, frill.
- SALTED PORK.
- PIG'S EARS.
- PIG'S FEET.
- PIG'S HEAD.
- PIG'S KIDNEYS.
- PIG'S TAIL.
- PIG'S TONGUE.
- SUCKING-PIG.
- A, skewer; B, slices of truffles; C, mushrooms
- POULTRY.
- HOW TO PREPARE AND CLEAN.
- CHICKEN.
- CAPON.
- TURKEY.
- DUCKS.
- GEESE AND GOSLINGS—TAME OR WILD.
- GUINEA-FOWLS.
- PIGEONS.
- GIBLETS.
- ASPIC OF MEAT.
- GAME.
- OPOSSUM, OTTER, RACCOON, SKUNK, FOX, WOODCHUCK, AND OTHER LIKE ANIMALS.
- VENISON.
- SNAILS.
- VEGETABLES.
- EGGS, MACARONI, AND RICE.
- SWEET DISHES.
- PASTRY.
- MEAT-PIES.
- BREAD.
- BILLS OF FARE.
- INDEX.
- THE END.
- GASTRONOMY AND HOUSEKEEPING.
- New York: D. APPLETON & CO., 1, 3, & 5 Bond Street.
- BOOKS FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD.
- Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts
- The Chemistry of Common Life.
- D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers, 1, 3, & 5 Bond St., New York
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