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HOW  WE  COOK  IN  TENNESSEE
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HOW WE COOK IN TENNESSEE

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1094
Calories
54g
Protein
42g
Fat
122g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Snapper 100g cooked 128
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Olive 1 large (4g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Tea not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • four pounds red snapper
  • three tablespoons vinegar
  • quarter teaspoon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • one tablespoon of chopped pickle
  • one tablespoon of chopped olives
  • four tablespoons of melted butter
  • one teaspoon of finely chopped parsley
  • one tablespoon of butter
  • one tablespoon of flour
  • quarter teaspoon of salt
  • one cup of milk
  • a cup of fine bread crumbs
  • a teaspoon of pepper
  • a teaspoon of salt
  • a dash of pepper
  • 17 fire
  • four crackers
  • two eggs
  • half tea cup olive oil
  • one tea- spoon of sugar
  • four eggs
  • pepper
  • salt
  • parsley

Directions

1

fire and cook to the thickness of custard. Fill a greased baking dish with alternate layers of fish, powdered crackers and cream, using four crackers. Bake twenty minutes. — Mrs. H. R. Lan- caster.

2

Fish Pudding. — Four pounds red snapper. Boil fish in salt water until thoroughly done. Then pull to pieces, removing the bones. Mix with a white sauce like in croquettes, and sea- son highly with salt and pepper. A tin pan the shape of a loaf of bread is best for cooking this pudding. Have the pan well buttered, fill with the fish and put on top of stove another pan with boiling water; let steam for thirty minutes, having all the time a buttered paper over the fish. When ready to serve, turn out on a platter, garnish with parsley. Also sur- round the pudding with small Irish potatoes. Slice and serve with a Tartar sauce. — Mrs. Ed. Mercer.

3

Tartar Sauce. — Yolks of two eggs, half tea cup olive oil (or butter), three tablespoons vinegar, one of dry mustard, one tea- spoon of sugar, quarter teaspoon pepper, 1 teaspoon salt, one tablespoon of chopped pickle, one tablespoon of chopped olives. Put together the same as mayonnaise, adding the chopped in- gredients after the mixture is cooked. — Mrs. Ed. Mercer.

4

Canned Salmon Loaf. — Drain off the liquid from a can of salmon, and with a silver fork pick the fish fine, discarding skin and bones. To the fish add half a cup of fine bread crumbs, the yolks of four eggs (beaten light), half a teaspoon of pepper, half a teaspoon of salt, four tablespoons of melted butter, one teaspoon of finely chopped parsley, and lastly, the whites of the eggs, beaten stiff. Turn the mixture into a but- tered bakingpan, shaping it into a loaf. Bake half an hour. Remove to a platter and pour over it the following sauce.

5

Sauce for Canned Salmon. — Melt one tablespoon of butter. Stir in one tablespoon of flour, a dash of pepper, and quarter teaspoon of salt. Cook until frothy, then stir in one cup of milk and the fish liquor from the can. Stir until the sauce

By Jackson (Tenn.). First Baptist Church. The Silver Thimble Society · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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