Neat's Tongue

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
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The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
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Ingredients (14)
Instructions (7)
  1. Put the tongue into your stew-pan, with a sufficient quantity of water to cover it.
  2. When it has stewed about two hours, take it out, peel it, and put it in again.
  3. Add a pint of strong gravy, half a pint of white wine, a bunch of sweet-herbs, a little pepper and salt, some mace, cloves, and whole pepper, tied in a muslin rag.
  4. Add likewise a spoonful of capers chopped fine, some turnips and carrots sliced, and a piece of butter rolled in flour.
  5. Let the whole stew together very gently for two hours.
  6. Take out the spice and sweet herbs.
  7. Put the tongue into your dish, strain the sauce, pour it over, and serve it up.
Original Text
Neat's Tongue. PUT the tongue into your stew-pan, with a sufficient quantity of water to cover it. When it has stewed about two hours, take it out, peel it, and put it in again, with a pint of strong gravy, half a pint of white wine, a bunch of sweet-herbs, a little pepper and salt, some mace, cloves, and whole pepper, tied in a muslin rag; add likewise a spoonful of capers chopped fine, some turnips and carrots sliced, and a piece of butter rolled in flour. Let the whole stew together very gently for two hours; then take out the spice and sweet herbs, put the tongue into your dish, strain the sauce, pour it over, and serve it up.
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