half and the sausage cut in 1 inch pieces. Cook until potatoes are
almost done. Drop well-beaten dumpling dough into the boiling meat
mixture, cover and cook 10 minutes.
SAUERBRATEN
2 inch thick piece of chuck, pot roast or tender boiling beef. Place in
dish or bowl and cover with solution of half vinegar and half water, put
in two large onions sliced. Do this two or three days before the meat is
wanted. On the day before it is to be cooked cut 3 or 4 slices of bacon
into 1" pieces and chop fine 1 tablespoon of the onion which has been
soaking in the vinegar. Cut holes in the meat 1 or 2 inches apart and
stuff bits of the bacon and chopped onion into the holes. Put the meat
back into the solution, add 1 tablespoon whole cloves and 1 teaspoon
whole allspice. Bake the meat as a pot roast in part of the solution,
until tender. Use more of the solution, adding sugar to taste, in making
the gravy which will be almost black.
HORSERADISH SAUCE
For Boiled beef or Corned beef
2 tblsp. butter
2 tblsp. flour
1 cup milk
1/4 cup grated horseradish
1/4 tsp. dry mustard
salt and pepper
Melt butter, remove from heat and stir in flour. Add the milk gradually,
stirring constantly, until mixture boils and thickens. Add salt and
pepper and cook for 3 minutes more. Add the grated horseradish and dry
mustard and blend well. Keep hot in double boiler. Serve on slices of
boiled beef or corned beef.
SCHNITZEL MEAT
1-1/2 lbs. veal steak cut in cubes
2 tblsp. shortening
2 tblsp. flour
1 cup tomato juice
2 carrots, diced
1 small onion, chopped fine.
Salt and pepper
Flour
Dredge meat with flour and season. Melt shortening (preferably bacon
fat) and brown the meat in it. Remove meat from the pan, stir in the
flour and blend. Add the tomato juice and stir well until mixture
thickens. Add meat, carrots and onion. Cover closely and simmer for 45
minutes.
CHICKEN POT PIE
1 cup flour
1 egg
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 egg shell of water
small teaspoon salt
Mix the above ingredients, roll out and cut in two inch squares. Flour
chicken and fry in butter. Put layers of chicken, potato slices, sliced
onion and squares of pot-pie dough. Barely cover with boiling water and
cook for two hours.
HAM _and_ NOODLES IN CASSEROLE
1/2 lb. noodles
1-1/2 cups cooked ham, diced
2 eggs, beaten
1-1/2 cups milk
Cook noodles in salted boiling water until soft. Pour into col
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