This section is from the book "Mary Jane's Cook Book", by Mary Jane. Also available from Amazon: Mary Jane's Cook Book.
Boil a knuckle of veal until tender. Pour off the water and chop veal fine. Boil down the liquid to 1 pint. Line a loaf-shaped mold with slices of hard boiled egg, put in meat lightly and pour over all the liquid. Set away to harden and chill.
Breast of lamb, 1 1/2 pounds. Lamb kidneys, 12. Black pepper. Lemon, 1.
Celery salt. Nutmeg. Onion, 1. Crust.
Stew the lamb and kidneys, split and cleansed, in boiling salted water to cover, until tender. When done cut the lamb in pieces the size of the kidney halves. Season the broth well. Fill a pie dish with the meat and kidneys, sprinkle over the finely grated onion and the juice and rind of a large lemon, and pour over broth, which should be thickened as for gravy. Cover pie with a good shortcake crust, cut hole in centre and fill up with more broth. Bake in a quick oven till well browned. Mrs. C. F. C.
Lean beef, 2 pounds. Fat salt pork, 1/2 pound. Onion, 1. Carrot, 1.
Turnip, 1. Water or stock. Salt and pepper. Short crust.
Cut beef and pork in pieces and put in kettle with chopped vegetables and water or stock to cover. Stew until tender, then sea-son and turn all into a deep baking dish. Roll out a good baking powder crust, quite thin, cover baking dish and make 2 or 3 holes in crust. Bake 30 minutes in hot oven.
Steak, 1 pound. Kidney, 1/4 pound. Flour, 2 cups.
Baking powder, 2 teaspoons.
Milk, 1 cup.
Butter, 6 tablespoons.
Pepper and salt.
Cut steak and kidney in thin slices, sprinkle with flour, pepper and salt. Put in deep pie dish with a little hot water. In another dish mix and sift the flour, baking powder and salt, rub in butter and add milk. Turn on a floured board and roll out 1/4 inch thick. Wet the edges of the dish and line them with strips of pastry, then cover, brush over with egg, make a hole in the, centre and bake 1 1/2 hours in a moderate oven. Mrs. H. B. C, East Boston.
Loin of pork, 2 pounds. Tart apples. Pepper and salt. Nutmeg.
Sugar, 2 tablespoons. White wine, 1/2 pint. Butter. Pastry.
Free pork from skin and fat and cut into thin steaks. Season with pepper, salt and nutmeg. Line a deep pie dish with good pastry, put in a layer of pork, then a layer of thinly sliced apples and the sugar. Place another layer of pork over this. Pour over all the wine, season again, dot with butter and cover with paste, cutting a hole for the steam to escape. Brush over with beaten egg and bake in a slow oven 1 hour. May be eaten hot or cold.
Mrs. C. F. C.
Veal, 1 leg. Chopped parsley. Salt.
Paprika. Bay leaf, 1. Eggs, 4.
Boil the veal till tender. Season the broth with the parsley, bay leaf, salt and pepper. Let veal cool. Cover sides of a deep baking dish with a rich paste. Put an inverted cup in the centre of dish and put in veal cut in good sized pieces. Hard 000k the eggs, cut them across in halves and put into the dish with veal. Pour over gravy and cover all with a rich crust. Bake till well browned. A Boston Girl.
 
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