Fried Ox-Feet, or Cow-Heel

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861

Source: The Book of Household Management
Time: Cook: 60 min Total: 60 min
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

Ox-feet ↝ Chicken feet [Chicken, whole pieces]
the yolk of 1 egg ↝ Egg, yolk only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
bread crumbs ↝ Bread, crumbs, dry, grated, seasoned [Baked Products]
parsley ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
cayenne ↝ Peppers, raw, NFS [Other vegetables and combinations]
boiling butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (5)

Wash, scald, and thoroughly clean the feet, and cut them into pieces about 2 inches long.
Have ready some fine bread crumbs mixed with a little minced parsley, cayenne, and salt.
Dip the pieces of heel into the yolk of egg.
Sprinkle them with the bread crumbs.
Fry them until of a nice brown in boiling butter.

Original Text

FRIED OX-FEET, or COW-HEEL.

639. INGREDIENTS.—Ox-feet, the yolk of 1 egg, bread crumbs, parsley, salt and cayenne to taste, boiling butter.

Mode.—Wash, scald, and thoroughly clean the feet, and cut them into pieces about 2 inches long; have ready some fine bread crumbs mixed with a little minced parsley, cayenne, and salt; dip the pieces of heel into the yolk of egg, sprinkle them with the bread crumbs, and fry them until of a nice brown in boiling butter.

Time.-1 hour. Average cost, 6d. each.

Seasonable at any time.

Note.—Ox-feet may be dressed in various ways, stowed in gravy or plainly boiled and served with melted butter. When plainly boiled, the liquor will answer for making sweet or relishing jellies, and also to give richness to soups or gravies.

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