PORK IN VARIED FORMS.
=Bacon and Apples.=--CORE, but do not peel, well flavored apples and cut
in crosswise rings about a quarter of an inch thick. Lay on thin slices
of streaky bacon in a well-buttered bag, dust lightly with sugar, seal
and cook eight minutes in a hot oven.
=Bacon and Bananas.=--Peel firm bananas, halve them lengthwise, dust
lightly with pepper and wrap each in a thin slice of streaky bacon. Put
in a well-greased bag, seal and cook in a hot oven ten minutes.
=Bacon and Calf's Liver.=--Pour boiling water over thin slices of calf's
liver and let stand ten minutes. Drain, pat dry and dredge with flour,
seasoning with pepper and a little salt. Lay slices of bacon in a
greased bag and on top put a layer of the liver, seal and bake fifteen
minutes. Serve on hot platter.
=Baked Pork Chops.=--Season with salt and pepper, then cover each side
of the chops with a forcemeat made moist enough to stick to them. Place
in a well-greased bag, adding a spoonful of water, seal and bake
twenty-five minutes.
=Pork Chops and Sweet Potatoes.=--Select six sweet potatoes of uniform
size. Peel, cut in half lengthwise, brush each piece all over with
melted butter and dredge lightly with powdered sugar. Place in a
thoroughly buttered bag flat side down. On top of them put pork chops,
seasoned, rolled in flour and from which the fat has been partly
trimmed. Seal and bake in hot oven on broiler for twenty-five minutes.
Pork chops cooked in this way are as tender as chicken, not hard in
fibre as they usually are when fried.
=Ham and Scalloped Potatoes.=--Peel and slice potatoes very thin. Put a
layer in the bottom of a buttered bag and on top of the potatoes a layer
of raw ham sliced very thin, and with the most of the fat trimmed off.
Sprinkle with a little flour. Add little bits of butter rolled in flour
and salt and pepper to season. Proceed in this way until the desired
amount is obtained, having the top layer of potatoes sprinkled with
flour and bits of butter. Turn in enough sweet milk or cream to come
even with the top layer, and bake twenty minutes or until the potatoes
are tender. The trimmings from the fat of the ham can be used in place
of the butter if preferred. One of the wooden cooking dishes is
convenient here.
=Ham, Spinach and Lamb Chops.=--Place two or more slices of ham in a
wood cookery dish. Spread over it the contents of a small can of spinach
and on top of the spinach place Frenched lamb chops. Put in greased
paper bag, and surround by six potatoes prepared for baking. Close the
bag, and bake 45 minutes in a moderate oven. This makes a very easy
dinner--as the whole meal can be cooked in the oven without having to be
watched--and the mistress of the house can be ready dressed to entertain
guests without danger of spoiling her frock by spattering grease.
=Stuffed Fresh Ham or Shoulder.=--Have the knuckle and bone removed,
wash, wipe dry, season with salt and pepper and fill the bone space with
a forcemeat to which apples or stewed prunes have been added. Sew or
skewer into shape, then lay skin side up in a large, well-greased bag.
Add a half cup of water or cider, a few slices of onion, seal and bake
for fifteen minutes in a very hot oven, then reduce the heat one-half
and bake an hour.
=Roast Loin of Pork.=--Sprinkle with salt and pepper, dredge lightly
with flour and put into a greased bag with a half cup of water or
tomato. Seal and bake an hour and a half. Serve with apples baked in
another bag.
=Roast Spare-Rib.=--Cut the skin of the spare-rib in checks, season with
salt and pepper and put in a well-greased bag surrounded by apples or
sweet potatoes cut in halves, and bake three-quarters of an hour.
=Baked Sausage With Apples.=--Put links of sausage or sausage cakes in
greased bag, and surround with well flavored apples cored and cut in
halves but not peeled. Stand the apples flesh side down. Seal and bake
fifteen minutes.
=Baked Sausage and Potato.=--Get the best country sausage meat and mould
into a little roll. Dust lightly with flour and put into a well-greased
bag. Peel enough potatoes to make a wall about the meat and cut them in
halves. They should stand with the cut side against the meat. Seal the
bag and bake about thirty minutes until the potatoes are tender and
brown and the sausage well done. If desired, use the drippings that come
from the sausage as the foundation for a cream gravy to serve with the
sausage or serve without. Sausage cooked in this way is also nice sliced
cold and makes appetizing sandwiches for the school lunch basket.
=Baked Sausage With Toast.=--Put a half dozen link sausages in a
well-greased bag, separating them by as many slices of bread cut the
same height. Add a half cup of good brown sauce and a few mushrooms if
desired. Seal and bake twelve minutes. Serve with the sauce and a little
minced parsley sprinkled over the sausage.
=Baked Sausage With Tomatoes.=--Put into the greased bag sausage cakes
or links. Chop fine one small onion, a teaspoonful of parsley and two
tomatoes, spread over the sausage, seal and cook twenty minutes.
=Tenderloin of Pork.=--Get fat, large tenderloins and have them split,
but leave connected down the side. Fill with a good forcemeat or potato
dressing well seasoned, skewer the edges together or tie with string,
put in well-greased bag adding a tablespoonful of water and bake twenty
minutes. Serve with curried apples, made in this way and baked in
another bag at the same time. Peel and core the apples and fill the
cavities with a mixture of curry powder, grated cheese and fine
breadcrumbs. For eight apples use four tablespoonfuls and a half of
curry powder and eight of the bread crumbs. Moisten the mixture with
milk. Bag, seal and bake. These apples are nice served cold with cold
roast pork.