This section is from the book "Capital City Recipes", by First Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.). Woman's Auxiliary. Also available from Amazon: Capital City Cook Book, A Collection Of Practical Tested Receipts By Many Of The Best Housekeepers.
Take two young chickens, frying size or a little larger; split down the backs; rub into them salt and pepper, and lay them in a small baking-pan. Put in water enough to cover, a heaping tablespoonful of butter, cut into bits; cover with another pan and put into the stove. Let them cook until done, turning occasionally; then take off the cover, set them on the upper grate of the stove (inside), cut up another spoonful of butter over them, and let them brown nicely. Serve with gravy poured over them.
Partridges, ................................ 5 or 6
Crumbs of 5 or 6 biscuit.
Broiled Ham, lean - Slices,.......... 1 or 2
Butter - Tablespoonfuls, ................ 1
Salt and Pepper to taste.
Butter - Pound, .............................. 1/4
Water - Pints, ............................... 1
Dress the birds as you would a chicken for baking and sprinkle with salt inside and out; stuff with a dressing made of the bread crumbs mixed with the ham, tablespoonful of butter and seasoning. Place the birds in a pan that will just hold them, rub over with butter and dredge lightly with flour. Cut into bits 1/4 pound of butter into the pint of water and pour over them. Set in a hot oven, baste well and brown nicely.
Anna Alexander Cameron
For broiled Partridges see Broiled Chicken.
Take the meat from 1 chicken and mince very fine; put into a sauce-pan with 1/4 pound butter and stir until hot through; add a pinch of celery seed. Season with salt and pepper and serve on toast cut in squares.
Mrs. Ashby Baker
Get a good tenderloin steak cut about 2 inches thick; lay on a hot griddle over a hot bed of coals; turn frequently until as done as desired; lay on a very hot dish; season with salt and pepper; cut over it large bits of butter; cover and set in stove a few minutes until the butter melts.
Have lean, fresh beefsteak chopped fine with a cleaver; take 1 ounce of chopped fat to 1 pound of meat; add a teaspoonful of salt, saltspoonful of pepper and a pinch of cayenne to each pound. Have the pan hot - not greased; brown quickly on each side, then cook more slowly for 2 minutes.
Dip the cutlet in egg, then in bread crumbs, well salted and peppered. Drop in hot lard until brown.
Mrs. Armistead Burwell
Have a nice, lean piece of round steak without bone; make a stuffing as for turkey, adding a little onion; spread the stuffing evenly on the meat, roll it and tie it; melt a piece of butter the size of a hickory-nut in a cup of hot water and dash over the roll. Bake as a fowl, basting frequently. MRS. DUNCAN.
Season a thick steak with pepper and salt, fry slowly in a little lard, when well browned add a small quantity of water, 1/2 sliced onion, some minced parsley and thyme, thicken with a spoonful of flour, closely cover and let simmer for an hour, add a pound can of tomatoes; let all cook until meat is ready to fall to pieces.
 
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