Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Banana | 1 medium (118g) | 105 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cracker | 5 saltine crackers (15g) | 66 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Meat | 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
- one-half pints grated meat of any kind
- one pint cracker crumbs
- one cup milk
- an ounce of common sense
- a cupful of crumbs
- two eggs beaten separately
- one small onion chopped fine
- two eggs in a bowl
- half dozen bananas
- three parts
- two eggs
- four eggs beaten to set of brains
Directions
CROQUETTES.
"The best possible recipe for any combination, is an ounce of common sense."
To Make Croquettes. — Take cold chicken or veal, with slices of ham, fat and lean; chop them together very fine, and add a set of brains, mashed very fine also. Mix with stale bread, grated and seasoned to your taste; knead all well together, until it resembles sausage-meat. Make up in little balls; dip them in the yolks of eggs beaten; cover them quickly with grated bread, and fry them a light brown.
Croquettes — Two and one-half pints grated meat of any kind, one pint cracker crumbs or biscuit, one cup milk, two eggs beaten separately, lump butter size of egg, one small onion chopped fine, celery seed, season to taste. Make cro- quettes, roll in cracker crust, then in beaten yolks, drop in hot lard and cook till a delicate brown. Take out with a wire egg- beater.
To Fry Croquettes. — Beat up two eggs in a bowl. Boll
enough crackers till you have a cupful of crumbs. Spread the crumbs on a large plate. Have over the fire a kettle containing two or three inches of boiling lard. Form the croquettes, roll them in crumbs, dip them in egg, then in crumbs again; drop then in smoking lard and fry a light golden brown.
Banana Croquettes. — Peel half dozen bananas, then cut into three parts, roll first in the whites of two eggs, then in cracker crumbs, fry in hot lard, then sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve at once. — Mrs. Witherspoon.
Brain Croquettes. — Cook brains, and after they are well done add four eggs beaten to set of brains. After eggs and brains are mixed and cooked together set aside to cool. Make a white