[244-*] Composer and Director of the Music of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and the Italian Opera.
[246-*] “By the best accounts I can find, soy is a preparation from the seeds of a species of the Dolichos, prepared by a fermentation of the farina of this seed in a strong lixivium of common salt.”—Cullen’s Mat. Med. vol. i. p. 430.
[250-*] One of “les bonnes hommes de bouche de France” orders the following addition for game gravy:—“For a pint, par-roast a partridge or a pigeon; cut off the meat of it, pound it in a mortar, and put it into the stew-pan when you thicken the sauce.” We do not recommend either soup or sauce to be thickened, because it requires (to give it the same quickness on the palate it had before it was thickened) double the quantity of piquante materials; which are thus smuggled down the red lane, without affording any amusement to the mouth, and at the risk of highly offending the stomach.
[251-*] To this some add a table-spoonful of mushroom catchup ([No. 439]), and instead of the salt-spoonful of salt, a tea-spoonful of essence of anchovy ([No. 433]). If the above articles are rubbed together in a mortar, and put into a close-stopped bottle, they will keep for some time.
[251-†] Thus far the above is from Dr. Hunter’s “Culina,” who says it is a secret worth knowing: we agree with him, and so tell it here, with a little addition, which we think renders it a still more gratifying communication.
[252-*] See Basil Wine ([No. 397]).
[260-*] These are sold at the glass-shops under the name of INCORPORATORS: we recommend the sauce to be mixed in these, and the company can then take it or leave it, as they like.
[263-*] If you have no suet, the best substitute for it is about one-third part the quantity of butter.
[267-*] A baine-marie. See [note] to [No. 485].
[275-*] The fragrant aroma of ginger is so extremely volatile, that it evaporates almost as soon as it is powdered; and the fine lemon-peel goût flies off presently.