THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1987.
Steak and
Kidney Pudding
by the
HOME PAGE COOK
HE cold winds of January bring
warm thoughts of meat pud-
Tdings
dings.
Steaming puddings of suct crust enclosing steak and kidney, rabbit, bacon, mutton, game birds, or what you will.
Steak-and-kidney is the classic example, and should never be tampered with. It consists solely of steak, kidney, suet crust, pepper, salt, flour, and a little water.
When such things as oysters or mushrooms are added to it, the result may be delicious, but it has ceased to be strictly steak-and-kidney.
Buttock steak and ox kidney are its main ingredients, but their proportions must de- pend upon individual taste.
Choose your
own Proportions
MY
own vote would be for a pound and a half of stenk
and a half-pound of kidney,
but a good many people would prefer
less of the latter.
"Long cooking in boiling water
pudding."
is the secret of the perfect
The suct crust is made from half a pound of flour, a quarter of a pound of finely shredded suet and a pinch of salt mixed with just enough water to make it workable without being watery,
Roll some of this out and line a greaser! pudding basin with it, allowing a little to overlap the rim.
The sleak and kidney should be cut inio con- venient-sized, but not too small, pieces and rolled in flour before the basin is nearly titled with them.
Sprinkle each layer with a good seasoning pepper and salt. Cover the meat with cold water.
Cook it a
long Time
of
ROLL out the rest of the suet crust to make
round piece for the top, and use the over- lap of the basin's lining for pressing firmly together with the edge of the cap..
Vacuum Cleaner Efficiency
THE
HE autumn cleaning cam be examined fairly often, and if paign has started. Most of wom or frayed should be renewed. us use a vacuum cleaner in our Failure to do this is dangerous and war against dust.
Although there are many dif- ferent types on the market they are all much alike in principle, Maintenance hints that apply to one will suit practically all kinds, When buying a machine it is ob- viously essential to see that it suitable for working on the voltage of the house electricity supply.
Tic the pudding with a cloth, plunge the basin into boiling water which comes well up its sides with- out in any way threatening to swamp 11, and cook the pudding in boiling Water
for four hours.
A choice
of Delicacies
Long cooking in water which is never allowed to slow down is the may lead to shocks. In any case, secret of the perfect steak-and- there is a likelihood of a short-elrcuit, kidney pudding. Even if it is rather cousing the fuse to blow.
un open secret, a surprisingly lurge No difficulty will be found in de- number of people seem never to have taching the old wire from the switch heard of it. of the machine or in fitting the new, provided that it is dismantled care- fully and everything noted. The switch itself may
may need atten- tion after much use, and rather than usc, attempt to it new parts, you hud
for all kinds of meat pud- better put in an entirely new switch.
dings, of which I am now I must never be stored where
Leaks, of course, impair the ef- there is any dampness
specimens. must the cable be allowed to, or clency of a vacuum cleaner, and going to suggest a few outstanding
to get wel. any dents at the ends of tubes can
Pigeons, janted and laid in layers The ball bearings of the motor are be hammered out, Leaks in the flex- packed with special grease before ible Lubing
can in an emergency be with thinly sliced rump steak and
a little diced bacon, rubber tape. leaving the factory, and no lubrica bandaged with tion is needed for probably three or
A torn bag can be repaired by
Partridges, either jointed or halved, four years. To repack, the motor patching with some self-vulcanising with slices of veal and a few mush should be removed and fresh grense material which you get at n molor rooms, used a job that is usually done by accessory shop. This adheres by the exports.
THIS long cooking is necessary
Rabbit, with dice of pickled pork.
little onion is pressure of a hot iron.
The addition of The bag fabric must be well clean- optional. ed first, and if possible a patch should On the very rare occasions when be put inside as well as outside, if Add these motors give trouble, the cause Is the bag is very old It becomes too
porous, and you will need a new one. if you Like
generally a burnt-out armature, due
probably to using the machine on an unsuitable voilage.
This trouble is accompanied by
Never run the machine for long) total failure of the cleaner, and is a stretches when attacliments are Atted} job for an experienced electrician or with the bag out of use, otherwise the factory.
Ertaile running, excessive spark- the motor will race and overheat.
And don't in the kindness of your heart, lend the cleaner to a friend
ing, and a loss of speed mean that
of her house supply is approximately the same as your own.
a brush is not making proper con unless you are quite sure the voltage tact with the commutator, or is very much worn, or even broken,
This is very soon put right home.
at
-
MUTTON and kidney, and a little chopped onion with- out the option; but please see that the meat is real mutton, and not that anemic lamb which loses all its favour if it is stewed in any way.
Vcal, calf's Ilver, and diced bacon. Little additions of interest which can
be made to various puddings are hard-boiled egg. small sausages
A margin of about ten volts is safe, and forcement balls, if you must but anything over this should be re- further embellish the utterly ailur- The cable to the wall-plug must garded as unsafe.
ing.
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14 not dowing treely your food doc
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HEY often have this for high ten in. Yorkshire, or for cold supper. This is how you make it. You need a pound of silverside of beef, half a pound of ham, a quarter of a pound of breadcrumbs, one large egg or two small ones, pepper and salt, and a little milk, Mince the meat raw and mix everything together and put into a greased basin.
Steam for three hours, leave in the basin overnight, and then turn out. Melt three skoots of gelatine with a little water and stock or gravy-salt and pour evenly over, Then garnish with parsley and slices of hard-boiled egg. This meat mould is very moist and good to cat.
You can't have
TOO
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VERYBODY increases household possessions
with the years. And in proportion cupboards grow inadequate.
These cupboards have to be turned out every now and then, so why not reorganise them before putting everything back?
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NEATIME coming into its.
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Take the kitchen first. If there is too much chinn in the china cup- board we can begin by putting up many more hooks, and everything that has a handle can go on them.
Placing the Trays
RAYS are things that are Tdificult to place. No cup-
board seems to allow for them.
The shelves in any 'ordinary straight kitchen cupboard are usual- ly deeper than necessary. They can be moved up a little, and a special low tray-shelf can be added.
Extra shelves for the wall
Taranismis winter I decorative if they are made of glass am enjoying toasting brend over with-chromium-railing-to-prevent the fire into delicious golden things tumbling off and breaking. brownness, and then mounting Add to the Bath
it with all sorts of new joys.
Try these savoury teatime toasties, They are so interesting, yet so light and nourishing..
Prawh Toasties
Cut the bread to desired thickness. Toast it dark golden brown, leave it until cold, then butter and pepper and cut into six tiny squares and mount a naked prawn on each.
With Carrots
"UPBOARD · reform should
be done all bver the house. It is a good idea to have a cupboard bulit on the end of the. bath. The top is level with the top of the bath and 'covered with a strip of enamel.
Window sills can have narrow cup- boards built in underneath, useful for holding either glasses or lingerie. A piece of plywood the same tore will make the window-sill and the top of your cupboard appear as one.. Under the Bed
IN
a small bedroom a ward- robe is out of the question, and an ordinary chest of drawers also too bulky.
If you have a divan bed you can have a large drawer made for it to At underneath the whole length of the divan. The drawer can either be
The modest carrot has its pluce It you wash two medium-sized car- rots, boil till tender, cut crosswise, trim and scoop out the insides, you Juve the basis of delicious toastics,
You then make a mixture of finely chopped walnuts, radishes, parsley, another tiny carrot, bacon and seasoning. Moisten it with tomato juice, garnish with chopped nuts and mount on long, narrow thick. Snger clothes. of toasted white bread. (A dozen of
divided into partitions or else have a tray that you can lift out.
Any large garments that do not have to be hung up can be put into it. Or you can use it purely as a storehouse for your out-of-season
these a day would keep you extreme- for your divan that is also a shoc ly healthy, too.)
A Chinese Way
Chinese toastics arc lew. Cut some very thick slices of white bread and toast both sides dark golden, then eut into chunks about an inch square.
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Here is a good way of keeping the handa dry, warm and clean when gardening in winter. Rub the hands all over with grease, pulling a gener- Take a spanish onlon, toasted white ous amount round the finger nails and finger tips. Wear a pair of bread, mayonnaise and hard-boiled strong leather gloves, two or three eggs. Chop the onlen very finely sizes too big. Before putting on rub and do likewise with the hard-bolled the outside of the gloves all over with This keeps the eggs. Take one part of onion and yellow dubbin. two of egg, mix together and moisten leather waterproof and supple. Clean with mayonnaise. Spread on to the the gloves each time they are taken off and treat with dubbin again so foast" and garnish with a square of that they are ready for use next 'colery.
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