This section is from the book "The Institute Cook Book", by Helen Cramp. Also available from Amazon: The Institute Cook Book.
Put the oysters or clams into a buttered bag and cook for about fifteen minutes. Add butter and seasoning and serve.
Wash the oysters; dip them in beaten egg; roll in fine bread crumbs; put into a buttered bag with two tablespoons of melted butter; seal the bag and cook in a hot oven for about eight minutes.
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Clean the fish in the usual way; season and roll in flour or corn meal. Place in a well-buttered bag and bake in a hot oven for about fifteen minutes.
Haddock, cod or small fish are good cooked in this way. Serve with sauce like any other baked fish.
Clean and wash the smelts; season and roll in flour. Place in a buttered bag with a small onion, a little lemon juice and water and a tablespoon of butter. Cook for about fifteen minutes.
Take a choice fillet of mackerel; season and slip into a paper bag. Cover with fresh bread crumbs; pour drawn butter over the whole and cook for twenty minutes. When done, remove to platter; sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve.
Haddock, bluefish, shad and bass are excellent stuffed and baked in paper bags. Make the stuffing in the usual way; stuff the fish and bake in a buttered bag for twenty minutes or more according to the size of the fish.
Clean the quail thoroughly, cover with thin slices of bacon; season and put in a buttered bag, adding a little butter. Cook for eight minutes.
Prepare the chicken as usual; spread over the breast butter or drippings; put in a paper bag; fold in the end and fasten with clips. Cook on a grid shelf in a moderately hot oven for about forty minutes, with potatoes if desired. Serve with a brown sauce made from the juices in the bag.
Take the legs and wings of a chicken and season well; add two or three sprigs of parsley, broken into small pieces, and a small onion, chopped. Mix with a tablespoon of butter; put into a bag and cook for twenty-five minutes.
2 pounds neck of mutton 1 chopped onion 1 potato cut in cubes 1 carrot cut in cubes
1 tomato sliced Salt and pepper 1 tablespoon flour ¾ cup cold water
Cut the mutton into small pieces and mix thoroughly with the other ingredients. Pour into a greased paper bag and cook for about half an hour.
Cut the best end of a neck of mutton into cutlets; flatten and trim neatly. Season with salt and pepper and place in a well-buttered bag; fold in the ends; fasten with clips and cook in a moderate oven from twelve to fifteen minutes.
 
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