Joe Tilden's Recipes For Epicures
Major Joseph Tilden was in his time one of the most famous Bohemians and epicureans of the Pacific Coast. Ever since his death his many friends have been trying to learn the culinary secrets which made a repast of his devising go delicious. He had given his recipes to but few, and those few his most intimate friends and fellow spirits. One of the most favored of his old companions has given this complete collection of his recipes for publication.
| Title | Joe Tilden's Recipes For Epicures |
| Author | Joe Tilden |
| Publisher | A. M. Robertson |
| Year | 1907 |
| Copyright | 1907, A. M. Robertson |
| Amazon | Joe Tilden's Recipes for Epicures |
Soups- Onion Soup Place six ounces of butter in a large saucepan over the fire, and stir into it four large white onions cut up, not sliced. Stew this very slowly for one hour, stirring frequently to pr...
- Chowders
- Daniel Webster's Chowder Fry with some slices of pork, four tablespoon-fuls of sliced onions, to a light brown. Put them in a deep iron pot with six pounds of cod sliced, one quart of boiled mashed p...
- Oysters
- Oysters A La Marechale Stew very gently in four ounces of butter some thinly sliced truffles and mushrooms. After cooking ten minutes add salt, white pepper, cayenne and mace. Stir in four lar...
- Shrimp
- Shrimp Or Oyster Curry Melt four ounces of butter and fry in it four young onions and a clove of garlic chopped. Add the juice of two limes. Stir into this one teaspoonful of corn starch, two tablesp...
- Fish
- Scalloped Clams Wash clean one hundred clams. Use soft part whole and the tough part chopped fine. Put a layer on the bottom of a buttered baking dish. Season with salt, pepper, cayenne and a li...
- Fish. Continued
- Flounders A La Magouze Place several fish into a baking pan with a glass of white wine, salt, pepper, and an ounce of butter. While they are cooking break three eggs into half a pint of cream, and be...
- Entrees
- Sweetbreads With Mushrooms Lay half a dozen sweetbreads in cold water for twelve hours, changing the water several times. Then boil them five minutes, drop into cold water, remove the skin and l...
- Entrees. Continued
- Calves' Feet A La Marechale Boil four calves' feet until tender. Cut into inch pieces and fry in four ounces of butter, with two onions, a little garlic, two green peppers and some mushrooms, chopped...
- Chicken
- Chicken Portuguese Truss two young chickens as though for roasting. Lay on the bottom of a large stew pan the rind of a piece of pork, and on this, place the chicken. Add four ounces of butter, ...
- Game
- Quail With Celery Cut six quail in halves and cover them with water in a stewpan, adding strips of salt pork, some finely chopped celery, salt and pepper. Cook until done. Remove the birds and strain...
- Meats
- Yorkshire Steaks Fry in butter several small tenderloin steaks, with two onions sliced and one cucumber sliced. When well browned add a pint of stock, salt, pepper and cayenne and one teaspoonfu...
- Meats. Continued
- Lamb With Macaroni Cover the bottom of a baking pan with slices of bacon. Place on them a breast of young lamb and cover it with slices of bacon and thin slices of a peeled lemon. Season with salt an...
- Sauces
- Sauce For Canvas-Back Duck Melt together in a hot soup plate one ounce of butter, and an equal amount of currant jelly. Add the juice of a lime, a glass of sherry and a small cupful of finely ch...
- Vegetables
- Asparagus Aux Milanaise Boil large choice asparagus until tender. Put a layer of stalks upon the dish on which they are to be served. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, cayenne, and a little grated Par...
- Salads
- Club Salad Boil separately two carrots, two turnips, and four potatoes. When cold, cut the vegetables into dice and mix them together, adding three apples peeled and cut into small bits. Toss in...
- Desserts And Cakes
- Mince Meat Measure carefully and mix together the following ingredients: Two pounds of roast beef finely chopped, two pounds of chopped beef suet, two pounds of chopped peeled apples, two pounds...
- Desserts And Cakes. Continued
- Brown Betty Cover the bottom of a baking dish with bread crumbs, over which place a layer of thinly sliced tart apples. Sprinkle thickly with sugar and small pieces of butter, cinnamon and nutmeg, th...
- Wine Cups And Punches
- Hock Cup Pour over a block of ice in a punch bowl, a wine glass of Maraschino, two quarts of apollinaris, two quarts of sparkling hock and the juice of two lemons. Sweeten with two ounces of suga...
- Apple Toddy
- Apple Toddy I Bake slowly two dozen cored apples until done. Place in a large stone jar with eight pounds of sugar. Pour over them four gallons of boiling water and let stand for forty-eight hours. T...
- Champagne Cup
- Champagne Cup I Pour on a sliced cucumber one pint of sherry and one-half pint of brandy. Grate the rind of two lemons over a little sugar. Add it to the mixture with the juice of one lemon and the j...
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