one-third inch slices, remove the crusts. Spread
thinly with butter. Cut slices in one-third inch strips, put on a tin
sheet and bake until a delicate brown in a hot oven. Pile "log cabin"
fashion on a plate covered with a doily, or serve two sticks on plate by
the side of cup in which soup is served.
CRAB MEAT IN TIMBALE CASES
8 Timbale cases.
2 cups crab meat.
3 tablespoons butter.
3 tablespoons flour.
Yolks 2 eggs.
1 tablespoon onion finely chopped.
Salt, pepper, paprika.
Few grains each cayenne, mustard and nutmeg.
2 cups hot thin cream.
PROCESS: Melt butter in a sauce pan, add onion and cook five minutes
without browning, stirring constantly. Add flour and stir until well
blended. Add hot cream gradually, continue stirring, add seasoning to
taste. Remove from range and add egg yolks slightly beaten. Reheat crab
meat in sauce (over hot water). Serve in Swedish Timbales.
SWEDISH TIMBALES
1 cup flour.
1/2 teaspoon salt.
1 teaspoon sugar.
1 egg.
2/3 cup milk.
1 tablespoon olive oil.
PROCESS: Mix and sift flour, salt and sugar, add milk slowly, stirring
constantly, add well beaten egg and olive oil. Mixture should be very
smooth, strain and let stand over night. Heat a timbale iron in hot
Cottolene, drain and dip iron into batter, (having batter in a small
pitcher), place in hot Cottolene and fry until crisp and delicately
browned. Remove from iron and invert on brown paper. These dainty cases
are for all kinds of creamed mixtures. They are used instead of patty
shells or croustades.
ROAST GOOSE
PREPARING THE GOOSE FOR THE OVEN
Singe, and remove all pin feathers. Before drawing the bird give it a
thorough scrubbing with a brush, in a warm Fairy soap solution. This is
very necessary for it cleans off all dirt that becomes mixed with the
oily secretions, and opens and cleanses the pores that the oil may be
more readily extracted. Draw and remove everything that can be taken
out, then rinse thoroughly and wipe inside and out, with a clean crash
towel; sprinkle the inside lightly with salt, pepper, and powdered sage.
(The latter may be omitted.)
Stuff with the following mixture and truss as turkey.
POTATO AND NUT STUFFING
(FOR ROAST GOOSE OR DUCK)
4 cups hot mashed potatoes.
2-1/2 tablespoons finely chopped onio
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