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English Housewifery - Exemplified in above Four Hundred and Fifty Receipts Giving Directions - for most Parts of Cookery by Elizabeth Moxon
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Cut off the roots of two tongues, take three ounces of saltpetre, a
little bay-salt and common salt, rub them very well, let them lie a
week or ten days to make them red, but not salt, so boil them tender as
they will blanch, strow over them a few bread crumbs, set them before
the fire to brown on every side.

_To make_ SAUCE _for the_ TONGUES.

Take a few bread crumbs, and as much water as will wet them, then put
in claret till they be red, and a little beat cinnamon, sweeten it to
your taste, put a little gravy on the dish with your tongues, and the
sweet sauce in two basons, set them on each side, so serve them up.


111. _To fry_ CALF'S FEET _in Eggs_.

Boil your calf's feet as you would do for eating, take out the long
bones and split them in two, when they are cold season 'em with a
little pepper, salt and nutmeg; take three eggs, put to them a spoonful
of flour, so dip the feet in it and fry them in butter; you must have a
little gravy and butter for sauce. Garnish with currans, so serve them
up.


112. _To make a_ MINC'D PIE _of Calf's Feet_.

Take two or three calf's feet, and boil them as you would do for
eating, take out the long bones, shred them very fine, put to them
double their weight of beef-suet shred fine, and about a pound of
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