Making Luncheon Or Supper - Friday - Lesson 144
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This section is from the book "Lessons In Cooking Through Preparation Of Meals", by Eva Robeeta Robinson. Also available from Amazon: Lessons in Cooking Through Preparation of Meals.
Making Luncheon Or Supper - Friday - Lesson 144
Mock Oysters Baked Onions
Whole Wheat Bread And Butter
Tea
Mock Oysters
Scrape I dozen oyster plants or salsify roots, cover with boiling salted water, cook slowly for 3/4 h, or until tender. Drain and press through a colander. Add 1 t salt, dash of pepper and 3 eggs well beaten. Cover the bottom of a frying pan with 1 T butter or suet, oil, etc., and when hot drop in the mixture by the spoonfuls, making each the shape of an oyster. Brown carefully on each side, then serve at once.
Baked Onions
Peel 6 medium sized onions carefully and cook in boiling salted water for 1/2 h, drain and place in a small baking dish. Add 1 T butter, 1/2 t salt, dash of pepper and 1/2 c water. Bake in a moderate oven 3/4 h, basting frequently. Serve at once with salt and butter.
Whole Wheat Bread
Scald 1 c milk and 1 c water; when lukewarm add I cake compressed yeast dissolved in 1/4 c lukewarm water, 1/2 t salt, and enough whole wheat flour, about 3 c, to make a stiff batter. Beat well for 5 m, lifting the dough high in the air and folding it over. Scrape down the dough from the sides of the bowl, cover with a clean cloth and place in a warm place, 80 to 90 Fahr., for 2 h. By this time the mixture will be light and spongy. Stir in slowly enough whole wheat flour to make a dough. Turn out onto a floured board and knead until soft and elastic and no longer sticky. Form into 2 or 3 loaves as desired, place in greased pans, cover and stand in a warm place until double in bulk, about 1 h. Bake in a moderate oven, 300 Fahr., 3/4 h. When done remove from the pans, place on a rack, resting the loaves so that there is free circulation of air. When perfectly cool place in the bread box.
Preparing The Meal
About 1 1/4 h before lunch peel and cook the onions, then scrape the salsify and put it on to cook. When the onions have cooked 1/2 h, drain and prepare for the oven. While baking finish the preparation of the Mock Oysters and saute carefully. Make the tea and serve the lunch. The whole wheat bread has been made and baked during the morning.
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