After having simmered the whole for three hours, the fowl or fowls must be taken out of the kettle, and the rest is to be simmered for about three hours longer.
This usually consists of currant jelly warmed up; or it may be made of half a pint of port, and a quarter of a pound of sugar, simmered together over a clear fire for about five minutes.
Set the jar in a kettle or deep stewpan of water over the fire, as a water bath; and when it hassimmered five or six hours, force the juice through a sieve.
A gravy must be made of a pound and a half of a loin of old mutton, simmered in a pint of water to half the quantity, and no seasoning but salt.
Thicken it with butter rolled in flour: when these have simmered a quarter of an hour, dish them up, and garnish with slices of lemon.
The general rule for boiling is to allow a quarter of an hour to a pound of meat; but if it be boiled gently or simmered only, which is by far the superior way, twenty minutes to the pound will scarcely be found too much.
Barley Water is made of a handful of common barley well washed, and simmered in three pints of water, till of a proper thickness for use; but the longer the barley boils, the thinner the liquor will become.
The hash is only to besimmered till it is hot through, but not boiled: it is owing to the boiling of hashes and stews that they get hard.
If intended to be stewed, it should be simmered for two hours, and peeled.
When thoroughly incorporated, set it over a very gentle fire, and stir it with a wooden spoon till it hassimmered to the consistence of cream.
It must first be washed, and then simmered till all is tender.
Send plain butter in a bason, and shalots chopped fine, and simmered in vinegar in a boat.
Pour half the juice on two pounds and a half of Lisbon sugar; when melted and simmered a few minutes, skim it, and add the fruit.
We simmered down maple sap for brown sugar and chewed the sweet gum.
She had up pick up chips to burn when she simmered it down or made soap.
The lid was put on, and the soup simmered an hour and a half; then it was rubbed through a sieve, returned to the fire, brought to the boil, and thickened with an ounce of flour mixed with a little cold gravy.
At the end of four hours strain the soup, and add the finer parts of the turtle and the green fat, which has been simmered for one hour in two quarts of water.
When this has simmered long enough to extract all the flavor, and the parings are broken to pieces, strain off the water through a thick cloth.
But back of all her thoughts, beneath all her revery, simmered the idea of the Cake Shop.
For in spite of all the good times, the flattery, and the social pleasures, the great New Idea still simmered in her head.
One ounce of salad mustard must be simmered in a pint of soft water, till the liquor is reduced to half a pint; strain it through muslin, and add a pint of milk, fresh from the cow.
It must be fresh and new, not merely warmed or even brought to the boiling point, but slowly simmered till it attains a thick, creamy richness.
So you see, my dear Essie, that when it comes to the actual count your friends have simmered down to one.
And always her hopes simmered down to the one which centred in Symes's influence in Crowheart and his compulsory protection of herself.
Add the lemon-juice to this, and set aside until the turtle has simmered half an hour in the broth.
If you use the French champignons—canned—they should have simmered in the gravy fifteen minutes.
Then at other tables the old-young men who have shrugged their shoulders and simmered down like myself; lucky if they haven't taken to drink or drugs to drown regrets.
I have travelled the logical road and simmered down into my place.
This is best when made of slices cut from an underdone roast, and simmered in any liquor in which meat has been boiled, but if none is at hand, use water instead--just covering the beef.
The slices are always taken from a raw ham, but are most delicate when first simmered a short time: five minutes in a stewpan, dried with a clean cloth and put in a hot frying-pan, first removing the skin.
Drain and serve with a tomato sauce containing mushrooms[6], either fresh ones, or the dried mushrooms soaked and simmered until tender.
Add just enough water to keep them from burning until the beans have simmered tender.
When it has simmered well, and is just beginning to boil, take it off immediately and transfer it to a sauce-boat.
When it has simmered five hours, take up the whole, and strain the soup through a sieve into a deep pan.
When the sauce has simmered two or three minutes, add very gradually, half a pint of rich cream, and let it come almost to a boil, stirring all the time.
In very cold weather, what is left of this soup will keep till the second day; when it must be simmered again over the fire, till it just comes to a boil.
It must be fresh and new, not merely warmed or even brought to the boiling-point, but slowly simmered till it attains a thick, creamy richness.
After it has simmered steadily for half an hour, and been skimmed, have ready a quarter of a pound of fresh butter, mixed into a smooth paste with a heaped table-spoonful of flour.
When the sauce has simmered five minutes, add very gradually half a pint of rich cream, and let it come almost to a boil, stirring all the time.
Put them into a pint of boiling vinegar, in which half an ounce of bruised ginger and a quarter of an ounce of mace have been simmered for five minutes.
In the same way, when ingredients have to be simmered in the sauce--and this is very often the case--then a wineglassful or half one of broth or stock should be allowed for the wasting.
It will be observed that hard fruits such as apples are simmered in thin syrup to get tender, while rich soft fruits are dropped into syrup boiled to candy height.
Old Mahan, who in his youth had been a well-known duellist, had at this period simmered down to a fiery punter with a shiny forehead that extended to the nape of his neck, and a grizzly fringe in the vicinity of his ears.
When done put the fish on a platter, strain the broth into a pint of white wine sauce, add one chopped shallot, one tomato cut in squares, one red pepper, and two fresh mushrooms cut in squares and simmered in butter.
Put on a plate one slice of tomato fried in butter, on top of the tomato place six slices of cucumber simmered in butter and well seasoned, on top of that one poached egg, and cover with sauce Hollandaise.
When the steak had simmeredan hour and a half, it was taken up and put away.
The pieces already boiled in the soup made two small entrées for Wednesday and Thursday; the first was simply some pieces simmered half an hour in a very little of the soup, then taken up and a Hollandaise sauce poured over it.
Sometimes the heat over the grass simmered in misty waves, and the marching men clamped their unshaven jaws, and set their eyes eastward.
They had marched and slept in wet khaki when sudden rains drenched the land and the jungle simmered afterward.
The man was alone, squatting over the fire, warming his hands A black pot simmered on the ashes: as I entered, he raised the lid and peeped inside.
A huge black pot simmered over it, and beside one window lounged a country fellow talking with the goodwife.
Chopped onion may be simmered in the oil before adding flour.
Add the onion and yolks of eggs, then truffles and mushrooms which have been cut into small pieces and simmered (without browning) in butter, then the onion tops or shreds of lettuce and the celery salt.
Allow plenty of time as beans are richer in flavor if simmered or kept hot for some time after they are tender.
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