This section is from the "The Fireless Cook Book" book, by Margaret J. Mitchell. Also see Amazon: The Fireless Cook Book.
5 lbs. minced veal
10 eggs
11/4 cups melted butter
5 cups soft breadcrumbs
3/4 teaspoon pepper
2 1/2 tablespoons salt
5/8 cup chopped parsley
5/8 cup chopped onion
1/4 lb. fat salt pork
2 1/2 teaspoons ground sage
Cook it as directed on page 117. Serves forty or fifty persons.
2 qts. macaroni, in one-inch pieces 4 qts. stewed and strained tomatoes 2 qts. stock or water 8 medium-sized onions
32 cloves
4 large bay leaves 3 tablespoons salt 1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon pepper
2 qts. grated or shaved cheese
Cook it as directed on page 143. Serves forty or fifty persons.
1 qt. rice
8 green sweet peppers (2 cups)
3 qts. tomatoes
2 1/2 tablespoons salt 2 tablespoons sugar 1 1/2 qts. water
1/2 cup butter
Cook it as directed on page 149, without the lower pail of water.
Serves forty-five or fifty persons.
2 qts. dried beans 1 tablespoon soda 9 qts. water
3 tablespoons salt
2 lbs. salt pork
1 cup molasses
1 tablespoon mustard
3/4 teaspoon pepper
Water to half cover
Soak the beans, drain them, cook them for seven hours or more, as directed on page 141, with the nine quarts of water, soda, and salt. Drain them, add the other ingredients, and bake them till browned.
Serves forty-five or fifty persons.
2 qts. rye meal 2 qts. granulated cornmeal 2 qts. graham flour 4 qts. thick, sour milk, or 3 1/2 qts
1/3 cup soda 1/4 cup salt 1 1/2 qts. molasses buttermilk
Mix and cook it as directed on page 155. Put it into seven or eight moulds. Serves fifty persons.
1 pk. sour apples
1 1/2 qts. water
3 lbs. sugar
Cook it as directed on page 168. Serves forty-five to fifty persons.
5 lbs clear meat 2 1/2 qts. potatoes, in dice 2 1/2 cups turnips, in dice 2 1/2 cups carrots, sliced 1 1/2 cups onions, sliced
2 1/2 cups celery, in pieces 3 tablespoons salt 1 teaspoon pepper 2 1/2 cups flour \ cup clear fat
4 1/2 qts. water
Cook it as directed on page 100. Serves forty or fifty persons.
10 lbs. beef brisket
Flour
1 cup rendered fat
1 1/2 cups sliced onion
1/3 cup salt
1 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon ground allspice 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg 1 teaspoon whole cloves 1 lemon, sliced
Water to cover
Buy twenty-five or thirty pounds of brisket to get ten pounds of clear, lean meat. Cook it as directed on page 97.
Serves forty or fifty persons.
6 lbs. clear, lean mutton 2/3 cup clear beef fat 1 1/2 cups flour 2 cups sliced onion
3 qts. tomatoes 3 qts. okra, in pieces 3 tablespoons salt 1 teaspoon pepper
3 qts. water
Cook it as directed on page 111. Serves forty or fifty persons.
15 qts. prepared apples 7 lbs. sugar
3/4 teaspoon whole cloves 2 lemons
1 1/2 qts. water
Cook them as directed on page 168. Serves thirty-five to forty-five persons.
5 lambs' livers 5 calves' hearts 5 knuckles of veal 10 qts. water 2 cups onions 2 cups turnip 2 cups celery
1 teaspoon cloves
1 1/2 tablespoons peppercorns
1/4 cup salt
5 bay leaves
1 1/2 doz. yolks of hard-cooked eggs 2 1/2 lemons
Madeira wine
Make it as directed on page 66. Serves forty-five or fifty persons.
6 qts. brown stock
3 qts. tomatoes
1 cup chopped green sweet pepper 3/4 cup chopped onion 1 1/2 cups butter
2 cups flour
1 1/2 tablespoons salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
3/4 cup grated horseradish
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 1/2 cups macaroni rings
Make it as directed on page 69. Serves forty or forty-five persons.
3 qts. white stock
4 1/2 qts. celery, cut small
1 1/2 qts. water
1 1/2 cups sliced onion
3/4 cup butter
1 cup flour
3 qts. hot milk 1 1/2 qts. hot cream
2 tablespoons salt 3/4 teaspoon pepper
Make it as directed on page 68. Serves forty-five or fifty persons.
5 qts. white stock, or 5 qts. water in which asparagus has cooked 7 cans asparagus, or 7 pts. of cooked asparagus
1 3/4 cups butter
1 3/4 cups flour
3 1/4 qts. hot milk
1 tablespoon salt
3/4 teaspoon white pepper
1 large onion
Make it as directed on page 68. Serves forty-five or fifty persons.
10 qts. brown stock
2 1/2 cups macaroni rings
Make it as directed on page 70. Serves forty-five or fifty persons.
10 qts. brown stock 2 1/2 cups turnip 2 1/2 cups carrot 2 1/2 cups celery
2 1/2 cups cabbage 1 1/4 cups onion 1 tablespoon salt 2/3 cup rice or barley
Make it as directed on page 67. Serves forty-five or fifty persons.
6 ox tails
9 qts. brown stock 2 teaspoons salt 1/4 teaspoon cayenne 1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups Madeira wine 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 2 tablespoons lemon juice Flour
Make it as directed on page 70. Serves forty or forty-five persons.
10 qts. brown stock 2 1/2 cups carrot 2 1/2 cups turnip
1 1/4 cups peas
1 1/4 cups string beans
1 teaspoon salt
Make it as directed on page 70. Serves forty-five or fifty persons.
5 qts. brown stock
5 cans or 5 qts. tomatoes
1 cup chopped onion
1 1/4 cups butter
1 2/3 cups flour
2 1/2 tablespoons salt
Make it as directed on page 69. Serves forty-five to fifty persons.
 
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