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To Clarify Beef Drippings

p. 126 · The White House Cook Book
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Drippings accumulated from different cooked meats of beef or veal can

be clarified by putting it into a basin and slicing into it a raw

potato, allowing it to boil long enough for the potato to brown, which

causes all impurities to disappear. Remove from the fire, and when

cool drain it off from the sediment that settles at the bottom. Turn

it into basins or small jars and set it in a cool place for future

use. When mixed with an equal amount of butter it answers the same

purpose as clear butter for frying and basting any meats except game

and poultry.

Mutton drippings impart an unpleasant flavor to anything cooked

outside of its kind.

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