Soyer's Culinary Campaign: Being Historical Reminiscences of the Late War.: With The Plain Art of Cookery for Military and Civil Institutions

hours, and serve. P.S.--When rice is issued put it in when boiling. Three pounds will be sufficient. About eight pounds of fresh vegetables. Or four squares from a cake of preserved ditto. A tablespoonful of pepper, if handy. Skim off the fat, which, when cold, is an excellent substitute for butter. NO. 2A.--SALT PORK WITH MASHED PEAS, FOR ONE HUNDRED MEN. Put in two stoves 50lbs. of pork each, divide 24lbs. in four pudding-cloths, rather loosely tied; putting to boil at the same time as your pork, let all boil gently till done, say about two hours; take out the pudding and peas, put all meat in one caldron, remove the liquor from the other pan, turning back the peas in it, add two teaspoonfuls of pepper, a pound of the fat, and with the wooden spatula smash the peas, and serve both. The addition of about half a pound of flour and two quarts of liquor, boiled ten minutes, makes a great improvement. Six sliced onions, fried and added to it, makes it very delicate. NO. 3.--STEWED SALT BEEF AND PORK. For a Company of One Hundred Men, or a Regiment of One Thousand Men. _Head-Quarters, 12th June, 1855._ Put in a boiler, of well-soaked beef 30lbs., cut in pieces of a quarter of a pound each. 20lbs. of pork. 1½lb. of sugar. 8lbs. of onions, sliced, 25 quarts of water. 4lbs. of rice. Simmer gently for three hours, skim the fat off the top, and serve. _Note._--How to soak the meat for the above mess.--Put 50lbs. of meat in each boiler, having filled them with water, and let soak all night; and prior to using it, wash it and squeeze with your hands, to extract the salt. In case the meat is still too salt, boil it for twenty minutes, throw away the water, and put fresh to your stew. By closely following the above receipt you will have an excellent dish. NO. 4.--SOYER’S FOOD FOR ONE HUNDRED MEN, USING TWO STOVES. _Head-Quarters, Crimea._ Cut or chop 50lbs. of fresh beef in pieces of about a ¼lb. each;