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Lamb kidneys en brochette with bacon. Remove the skin from two lamb kidneys, split them open, and put a skewer through them. Season with salt and pepper, roll in oil, and broil. When done place on a piece of dry toast, lay two strips of bacon on top. And put a spoonful of maître d'hôtel butter on top of all.
Potage Cameroni. Make one quart of consommé brunoise, add six chickens' livers cut in small squares and sautéed in butter; and one-half cup of boiled macaroni cut in half inch pieces. Serve grated cheese separate.
Sweetbreads, Figaro. Braised sweetbreads served with their own gravy, and garnished with one timbale of spinach for each person. Serve sauce Figaro separate.
Sauce Figaro. Reduce one pint of tomato sauce one half by boiling slowly. Allow to become cold, add one pint of mayonnaise sauce, mix well, and season with salt and Cayenne pepper.
Roast sirloin of beef, Mounet Sully. Roast a sirloin of beef, place on a platter, and garnish with fresh artichoke bottoms filled with peas au beurre, and potatoes Julienne. Serve Béarnaise sauce separate.
Puff paste basket. Roll out some puff paste about one-quarter inch thick. Cut out the paste with an oval cutter. Wash the tops, and then make a shallow incision in the tops with another oval cutter about one-half inch smaller. Bake. Remove the soft inside paste, and fill with sweetened whipped cream. Make a handle out of some candied angelica, and stick it on the whipped cream, making it look like a basket.
AUGUST 8
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Orange juice California gray shrimps in shell
Kippered Alaska cod in cream Cold consommé in cups
Baked potatoes Cold sirloin of beef, with meat jelly
Rolls Potato and beet salad
Coffee Schloss cheese with crackers
Coffee
DINNER
Consommé Monaco
Celery
Broiled striped bass, maître d'hôtel
Virginia ham glacé, champagne sauce
Timbale of spinach
Mashed potatoes
Watercress salad
Strawberry ice cream
Assorted cakes
Coffee
Kippered Alaska cod in cream. Kippered Alaska black cod is a delicate smoked fish. Remove the skin, place in a sauce pan and cover with thick cream. Bring slowly to a boil, and let stand for about ten minutes at boiling point. Another method of cooking is to put the fish in a sauté pan, cover with water, and bring to a boil. Then drain off the water, add some cream sauce and a small piece of butter, season with salt and pepper, and boil for five minutes.
Consommé Monaco. Cut one breast of a boiled chicken or fowl and two truffles in small dices. Add to one quart of hot well-seasoned consommé.
Virginia ham, glacé. Soak a Virginia ham in cold water over night. Then put the ham in a large kettle and cover with cold water, bring to a boil, and then set at side of stove and allow to simmer for three hours. The ham is done when the skin is easy to loosen. Then remove the skin, and put the ham in another pot with one quart of sherry wine, and set in oven to bake. Baste continually. After twenty minutes dust the top with powdered sugar, and bake until brown.
Champagne sauce, I. Put two ounces of sugar in a casserole and cook to a brown caramel color, but be careful not to burn. Then add one glass of vinegar and boil until nearly dry. Then add one pint of sauce Madère and boil for ten minutes. Strain, and season well.
II. Put one quart of champagne in a casserole and reduce until nearly dry, then add one pint of sauce Madère, season with salt and Cayenne pepper, boil for ten minutes, and strain.
Timbale of spinach. Pass one pint of freshly-chopped spinach through a fine sieve, season with salt and pepper, add one spoonful of cream sauce and a raw egg, mix well, and put in small buttered timbale moulds. Cook for twenty minutes in bain-marie. Serve as a garnish, or as a vegetable with cream, tomato, or Madeira sauce.
AUGUST 9
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Fresh strawberries with cream Cantaloupe
Flannel cakes, maple syrup Poached eggs, d'Orleans
Coffee Mutton chops, Argenteuil
Lettuce salad
Puff paste sandwich
Coffee
DINNER
Rice soup, Palermo
Radishes
Frogs' legs, sauté à sec
Tenderloin of beef, Gambetta
Romaine salad
Biscuit glacé, mapleine
Assorted cakes
Demi tasse
Poached eggs, d'Orleans. Make four round pieces of dry toast, lay a thin slice of smoked beef tongue on each, and a poached egg on top of the tongue. Cover with Béarnaise sauce.
Mutton chops, Argenteuil. Broil some mutton chops and put on a platter. Garnish with asparagus tips. Pour a little Hollandaise sauce over the tips; and a little brown gravy or sauce Madère over the chops.
Puff paste sandwich (pastry). Roll out some puff paste into a thin sheet, and spread with a thick layer of jam. Wash the edges of the sheet, and place another thin sheet of the same paste on top. Press together at the edges. Wash the top, and bake. When nearly done dust the top with powdered sugar, and bake in the oven until the sugar is melted. Serve cold.
Rice soup, Palermo. Heat two ounces of butter in a casserole, add two ounces of rice and one ounce of flour, and heat through. Then add three pints of chicken broth, and boil slowly. Keep stirring carefully so it will not burn on the bottom, but do not break the rice. When the rice is soft bind the soup with the yolks of three eggs mixed with one pint of cream. Keep stirring the soup until it nearly comes to a boil; taste to determine as to seasoning; add a tiny bit of grated nutmeg, a little Cayenne pepper, and the juice of two lemons, freshly squeezed.
Tenderloin of beef, Gambetta. Put a roast tenderloin of beef on a platter, garnish on one side with onions glacés, and on the other side with fresh mushrooms sauté in butter. Serve sauce Madère on top of the beef, and also separate in a bowl.
AUGUST 10
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Sliced peaches with cream Cold fonds d'artichauts, Du Barry
Scrambled eggs with bacon Cold Virginia ham and tenderloin of beef
Rolls Chilian salad
Chocolate with whipped cream Lemon cake
Demi tasse
DINNER
Consommé Oriental
Ripe California olives
Fillet of halibut, Cubaine
Roast chicken
Asparagus, Hollandaise
New peas in butter
Duchesse potatoes
Chiffonnade salad
Fancy ice cream
Assorted cakes
Coffee
Cold fonds d'artichauts, Du Barry. Boil four fresh artichoke bottoms in salt water, to which has been added the juice of a lemon. Also boil a head of cauliflower. When both are cold fill the bottoms with some of the cauliflower, and cover with a well-seasoned thick mayonnaise sauce. Place each artichoke on a leaf of lettuce, and serve.
Chilian salad. Place in a salad bowl equal parts of apple, celery and pimentos, all cut Julienne style. Serve with mayonnaise sauce.
Lemon cake. Bake a sponge cake, as described elsewhere. Cut in three layers, and fill between with lemon butter filling. Glacé the top with thin white icing flavored with lemon juice. Serve when the icing is dry.
Orange cake. Same as lemon cake, but fill the cake with orange butter filling, and glace the top with pink icing flavored with orange. Serve with a slice of orange on top of each portion of cake.
Lemon butter filling. One-half pound of sugar, four ounces of sweet butter, two lemons, the yolks of two eggs, and two whole eggs. Grate the lemon rinds into the sugar, squeeze in the juice of the lemons, add the eggs, yolks and butter, mix well, and stir over a slow fire until it thickens. Do not let it boil. Use cold.
Orange butter filling. Prepare in the same manner as lemon butter filling, but use oranges.
Consommé Oriental. Cut carrots and turnips in the shape of half moons. Boil in salted water until soft, and serve in hot consommé with an equal quantity of plain boiled rice.
Fillet of halibut, Cubaine. Cut four fillets of halibut, season with salt and pepper, and roll in flour. Heat two ounces of butter in a frying pan, then add the fish and sauté on both sides until done. Put the fish on a platter and pour Créole sauce over it. Serve boiled rice separate.
AUGUST 11
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Grapenuts with cream Shrimp patties in cream
Boiled eggs Calf's liver sauté, Lyonnaise
Dry toast German fried potatoes
Ceylon tea Field salad
Camembert cheese with crackers
Coffee
DINNER
Potage Parmentier
Pim olas
Planked striped bass
Venison chops, port wine sauce
Hashed brown sweet potatoes
Artichokes au gratin
Endive salad
Strawberry meringue
Coffee
Shrimp patties in cream. Make four patty shells and keep them hot. Wash one pound of picked shrimps in warm water. Make a pint of cream sauce, add the shrimps, season with salt and Cayenne pepper, and fill the patties. Serve on napkins, with parsley in branches, and a lemon cut in four.
Calf's liver sauté, Lyonnaise. Cut four slices of calf's liver about one inch thick. Season with salt and pepper, and roll in flour. Put two ounces of butter in a frying pan, and heat, add the liver and fry on both sides. When nearly done remove from the pan and place on a platter. Slice two onions very thin, put in the pan and fry until yellow. Then add one spoonful of flour, heat through, add a cupful of stock, bouillon, or hot water, season with salt and pepper, and add some chopped parsley and the juice of a lemon. Boil for a few minutes, and pour over the liver.
Potage Parmentier. Cut four stalks of leek and one onion in thin slices. Put in a casserole with three ounces of butter, cover, and simmer until done. Then add two pounds of raw white potatoes cut in half inch squares, two quarts of bouillon or stock, and one quart of water, a handful of salt, and a bouquet garni. Boil slowly until the potatoes are done, remove the bouquet, taste to see if salt is needed, and add a little pepper and chopped parsley.
Venison steak, port wine sauce. Cut four venison chops about one and one-quarter inches thick, and season with salt and pepper. Put a spoonful of melted butter in a sauté pan, heat, then add the chops and sauté until done. Place on a platter and pour port wine sauce over them.
Port wine sauce. Make any kind of brown gravy after cooking venison chops, saddle, or any roast. Melt two spoonfuls of currant jelly in a casserole, in a wine glassful of port wine, and reduce one-half. Then add one cup of brown gravy, dish gravy, or sauce Madère, season with salt and pepper, and boil for five minutes. Serve with game or mutton.
AUGUST 12
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Fresh raspberries with cream Cantaloupe
Omelet with fine herbes Eggs, Mollet, Bordelaise
Crescents Broiled lamb chops
Breakfast rolls String beans with parsley
Cocoa Browned mashed potatoes
Dandelion salad
German apple cake
Coffee
DINNER
Consommé fermière
Radishes Salted almonds
Broiled lobster, maître d'hôtel
Sweetbreads braisé, St. Albans
Roast squab, au jus
Summer squash, au beurre
Parisian potatoes
Escarole salad
Vanilla ice cream
Orange cake
Coffee
Eggs Mollet, Bordelaise. Put four Eggs Mollet (see Eggs) in a deep dish, and cover with sauce Bordelaise.
Consommé fermière. Put two ounces of butter in a casserole; add equal parts of carrots, turnips, and cabbage cut in thin round slices the size of a silver quarter. Simmer until done, then drain off the butter, add one and one-half quarts of consommé, and boil for fifteen minutes. Serve with chopped parsley on top, and with bread crusts fried in butter separate.
Sweetbreads braisé, St. Albans. Place some braised sweetbreads on a platter, and garnish with one head of fresh stuffed mushrooms and one small chicken patty for each person. Make a gravy as described elsewhere for sweetbreads braisé, to which should be added one spoonful of tomato sauce.
Grape jelly. To every eight pounds of fruit add one cup of water, bring to a boil, crush, and strain through a jelly bag. Measure the juice, and then measure and set aside an equal quantity of granulated cane sugar. Then boil the juice for half an hour. Melt the sugar, add to the juice and boil for ten minutes.
Gooseberry jam. To each eight pounds of half-ripe gooseberries add one teacupful of water. Boil until soft, add eight pounds of heated sugar, and continue boiling until clear.
Spiced vinegar, for pickles. One gallon of cider vinegar, one pound of brown sugar, two tablespoonfuls each of mustard seed, celery seed and salt; one tablespoonful each of turmeric powder, black pepper, and mace; two nutmegs grated; three onions; and one handful of grated horseradish.
Spiced cherries. Nine pounds of fruit, four pounds of sugar, one pint of malt or cider vinegar, one-half ounce of cinnamon bark, and one-half ounce of whole cloves. Make a syrup of the ingredients, and boil for a few minutes before adding the fruit. Cook the fruit in the syrup until the skins break; then take out, and boil the syrup down until thick. Pour over the fruit while hot.
Spiced sweet apples. Take equal parts of sugar and vinegar, add a dozen cloves and a stick of cinnamon bark, bring to a boil, add sweet apples, and cook until the apples are tender.
Spiced tomatoes. Take red and yellow pear-shaped tomatoes, prick with a needle to prevent bursting, sprinkle with salt, and let stand over night. Pack neatly in glass jars, and cover with a vinegar made as follows: One pint of cider or malt vinegar; one tablespoonful of sugar; and one teaspoonful each of cloves, allspice, and black pepper. The spices should be ground. Bring to the boiling point, and pour over the tomatoes. Seal when cold.
AUGUST 13
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Sliced fresh pineapple Lobster canapé
Oatmeal with cream Scrambled eggs, Mauresque
Dry toast Cold smoked beef tongue
Oolong tea Romaine salad
American cheese with crackers
Assorted cakes
Demi tasse
DINNER
Potage Nassau
Ripe California olives
Pompano sauté, meunière
Roast ribs of prime beef
Stewed tomatoes
Succotash
New peas
Mashed potatoes
Lettuce and grapefruit salad
Compote of peaches
Coffee cream cakes
Demi tasse
Lobster canapé. Cut the tail of a lobster in thin slices and lay on four pieces of toast. Cover with thick well-seasoned mayonnaise, and garnish the edges with chopped hard-boiled eggs and chopped parsley. Serve on a folded napkin, and garnish with parsley in branches and two lemons cut in half.
Scrambled eggs, Mauresque. Cut some Lyon sausage and boiled ham in small dices, put in a casserole with a piece of butter, and heat. Then add the beaten eggs, cream, and a little salt and pepper. Scramble in the usual manner, and serve in a deep china dish.
Potage Nassau. Peel eight white onions, and put in a casserole with one quart of water and a little salt. Boil for twenty minutes, and then drain off the water. Heat three ounces of butter in another casserole; then add three spoonfuls of flour, heat through; then add one pint of milk and one quart of bouillon and the onions, and boil for forty minutes. Strain through a fine sieve, put back in casserole, season with salt and Cayenne pepper, and stir-in three ounces of sweet butter. When the butter is melted, serve hot, with small crusts of bread cut in small squares, and fried in butter.
AUGUST 14
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Fresh strawberries with cream Cold consommé in cups
Broiled salted mackerel Cold salmon, mayonnaise
Baked potatoes Culemo salad
Rolls French pastry
Coffee Demi tasse
DINNER
Pea soup with vermicelli
Crisp celery
Codfish steak, à l'Anglaise
Fillet of beef, Dumas
Chicory salad
Fancy ice cream
Assorted cakes
Coffee
Pea soup with vermicelli. One quart of purée of pea soup mixed with one pint of consommé vermicelli.
Codfish steak à l'Anglaise. Heat two ounces of butter in a sauté pan; add two slices of fresh codfish cut about one and one-half inches thick, and one sliced onion. Season with salt and pepper, and simmer until the fish is done. Then remove the fish to a platter; sprinkle a spoonful of flour in the pan, heat through, add one-half glass of white wine, and boil for a few minutes. Then add one cup of hot milk and one-half cup of fish broth, and boil for ten minutes. Season with salt and pepper, add a little chopped parsley and a chopped hard-boiled egg and the juice of a lemon, and pour over the fish. Serve hot.
Fillet of beef, Dumas. Use a roast tenderloin of beef; or broiled fillet of beef steaks. Place on a platter, and cover with sauce Madère to which has been added a slice of boiled ham and a small can of French mushrooms cut in small dices. Garnish one side of the beef with potatoes Parisian, and the other side with artichokes cut in quarters and boiled in salted water.
AUGUST 15
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Fresh grapes Casawba melon
Boiled eggs Fried fillet of sole, sauce Tartar
Buttered toast Cold tenderloin of beef
Coffee Salade Château de Madrid
Camembert cheese with crackers
Coffee
DINNER
Potage Dieppoise
Queen olives Radishes
Broiled fresh mackerel, anchovy butter
Potatoes Hollandaise
Sweetbreads, Lieb, with peas
Roast imperial squab
Asparagus with melted butter
Endive and beet salad
Corn starch blanc mange
Alsatian wafers
Coffee
Salade Château de Madrid. Peel a half dozen fresh mushrooms, and cut them, raw, in Julienne style. Place them in a salad bowl with equal parts of green peppers and pimentos, also cut Julienne. In the center put an equal part of plain boiled rice; and a dressing made with one spoonful of vinegar, the juice of a lemon, two spoonfuls of olive oil, a pinch of Cayenne pepper, a little paprika, salt and pepper, and some chopped parsley and chervil.
Potage Dieppoise. Put in a casserole four leaves of white cabbage, and two stalks of leeks and one of celery cut in thin slices. Add three ounces of butter, cover, and simmer until done. Then add one pound of raw potatoes cut in thin slices the size of a silver quarter, and three pints of bouillon. Season with salt and pepper, and boil until done.
Broiled fresh mackerel, anchovy butter. Broil the mackerel and place on a platter. Pour over it an anchovy butter made as described elsewhere. Garnish with parsley in branches and quartered lemons.
Sweetbreads, Lieb. Soak four sweetbreads in cold water for an hour. Then put on fire in three pints of cold water and a spoonful of salt. Bring to a boil, and then cool off in cold water. Then trim the sweetbreads, season with salt and pepper, roll in oil, and broil. The sweetbreads must be whole; not split. When done place on a slice of Virginia ham and cover with sauce Colbert, and garnish with fleurons. The preceding is for one person only.
Endives with beets. Cut endives salad lengthwise, place on a large china platter, season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with chopped beets and parsley, and a mixture of one-third of vinegar to two-thirds of olive oil.
AUGUST 16
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Baked apples with cream Grapefruit with cherries
Small sirloin steak Eggs Buckingham
Broiled bacon Salade Russe
Browned hashed potatoes Vanilla Darioles
Rolls Demi tasse
Coffee
DINNER
Potage Italienne
Salted pecans
Boiled turbot, nonpareil
Roast chicken
Purée of chicory
Summer squash in butter
Rissolées potatoes
Lemon water ice
Macaroons
Coffee
Eggs, Buckingham. Put in a buttered shirred egg dish a slice of toast, lay a slice of ham on top, and a soft poached egg on top of the ham. Cover with cream sauce, sprinkle with grated cheese, and bake in a hot oven until brown on top.
Vanilla Darioles. Mix one ounce of flour with three ounces of sugar, two eggs and five yolks of eggs. Then add one pint of milk and some vanilla flavoring, and strain. Line about one dozen dariole or small timbale moulds with very thin tartelette dough. Put a piece of butter the size of a marble in the bottom of each, and fill with the above preparation. Bake in a medium-hot oven, and when done unmould; and serve either hot or cold, with vanilla sauce.
Orange Darioles. Same as vanilla darioles, but flavor with the rind and juice of an orange. Serve with orange sauce.
Lemon Darioles. Prepare in the same manner as orange darioles, but use a lemon to flavor same. Serve with lemon sauce.
Potage Italienne. Soak half a pound of dry mushrooms in cold water for a few hours. Then put in a casserole with one quart of consommé, one pint of purée of tomatoes, and one-half pound of boiled spaghetti cut in pieces two inches long. Boil for ten minutes. Crush two pieces of garlic and fry in a spoonful of oil for a second, add to the soup, season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with a little chopped parsley. Serve grated cheese separate.
Boiled turbot, nonpareil. Put the whole turbot in a fish kettle, cover with cold water, add a glass of white wine, a handful of salt, one sliced carrot, onion and lemon, and a bouquet garni. Boil slowly for about ten minutes, then allow to stand for about thirty minutes in the hot water. Then put the fish on a folded napkin on a platter, and garnish with parsley in branches and quartered lemons. Serve sauce non pareil separate.
Sauce nonpareil. Put in a casserole the yolks of five eggs and the juice of a lemon. Set the casserole in a bain-marie, and stir well. Then add, little by little, three-quarters of a pound of butter, and one-quarter of a pound of crayfish butter, or lobster butter. Then strain through a fine cheese cloth, season with salt and pepper, or Cayenne, add one dozen écrevisse tails cut in two; or the tail of a lobster cut in small squares.
Purée of chicory. See March 14th, Purée of salad.
AUGUST 17
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Stewed prunes Cantaloupe
Ham and eggs Poached eggs, Balti
Rolls Ham croquettes, cream sauce
Coffee Peas à la Française
Schloss cheese with crackers
Coffee
DINNER
Consommé Montesquieu
Mortadella
Pompano, sauté meunière
Leg of mutton, Mexicaine
String beans
Potatoes sauté
Hearts of lettuce
Thousand Island dressing
French pastry
Demi tasse
Poached eggs, Balti. Spread some fresh caviar on four pieces of toast, lay a poached egg on top of each, and cover with sauce Madère.
Ham croquettes. Cut about one pound of ham trimmings in very small squares. Cut a can of French mushrooms in small dices, and squeeze the water out of them. Heat an ounce of butter in a casserole, add a dozen shallots chopped fine, and simmer for five minutes. Then add a spoonful of flour and heat through; then add a cupful of bouillon or stock, and boil for a minute; then add the mushrooms and the ham, and cook for ten minutes. Bind with the yolks of two eggs, season with a little Cayenne pepper, and add some chopped parsley. Then take off the fire and work in two ounces of good butter. When the butter is dissolved put on a pan or platter, and allow to become cold. Form the croquettes in any shape desired, roll in flour, then in beaten eggs, and then in bread crumbs, and fry in hot swimming lard. Serve with cream or tomato sauce, or sauce Madère. The butter is added to prevent the croquettes from being hard, when cooked.
Virginia ham croquettes. Make from Virginia ham; otherwise same as above.
Consommé Montesquieu. Equal parts of boiled ham, breast of chicken, and French mushrooms, cut Julienne style. Also an equal part of the small flowers of boiled cauliflower. Serve all in hot, well-seasoned consommé.
Leg of mutton, Mexicaine. Put a leg of mutton in a roasting pan with a sliced onion and carrot, four leaves of celery, and one Chili pepper. Season the leg with salt and pepper, and rub with a little garlic; place a small piece of butter on top, and set in oven to roast. When done remove the leg to a platter, drain the grease from the pan, add one spoonful of meat extract, a cup of bouillon or stock, and a little salt, and boil for a few minutes. Pour a little of the gravy over the mutton and serve the rest in a bowl. Garnish the leg with one stuffed pimento à la Créole for each person.
Stuffed pimentos, Créole. Make a rice Créole. Fill pimentos with this rice, place on a buttered pan, put small pieces of butter on top of each, and bake in a medium-hot oven. Serve as a garnish, or as a vegetable with tomato sauce.
AUGUST 18
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Orange juice Eggs Mollet, Florentine
Broiled Spanish mackerel Cold leg of mutton
Baked potatoes Lima bean salad
Rolls Swiss cheese with crackers
English breakfast tea Assorted fruit
Coffee
DINNER
Chicken soup, Fougarmont
California ripe olives
Brook trout, Volper
Louis potatoes
Roast beef, Jules-Albert
Stewed tomatoes
Fried egg plant
Endives salad, French dressing
Vanilla ice cream
Assorted cakes
Coffee
Eggs Mollet, Florentine. Put some purée of spinach in a vegetable dish, place four eggs Mollet on top.
Chicken soup, Florentine. Cut a spring chicken, bones and all, in pieces one inch square. Heat three ounces of butter in a casserole, add the chicken, and cook until golden yellow; add two spoonfuls of flour and heat through; add three pints of chicken broth, a bouquet garni, and one-half cup of raw rice. Boil for one hour, then remove the bouquet garni, add one pint of boiling milk, and season with salt and pepper and a little chopped parsley.
Brook trout, Volper. Put in a casserole two quarts of cider, one sliced onion, one carrot, one piece of celery, one piece of leek, a little parsley, one bay leaf, one clove, and one spoonful of salt. Bring to a boil, and then add eight brook trout. Set the vessel on the side of the range, and let stand at boiling point for ten minutes; then remove the trout to a platter. Serve with the following sauce: Heat two ounces of butter in a casserole, add two spoonfuls of flour and one and one-half pints of the cider in which the fish was cooked. Boil for twenty minutes. Then add two more ounces of fresh butter, season well with salt and pepper, and strain over the fish. Garnish with bread cut in heart shapes, and fried in butter. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Louis potatoes. Cut some potatoes with a small round Parisian spoon, parboil in water, and finish cooking in just enough cream to cover the potatoes. Season with a little salt, and serve in a deep dish with the cream.
Roast beef, Jules-Albert. Season a five pound piece of sirloin of beef with salt and pepper, and rub with garlic. Put in an earthern pot and pour a glassful of olive oil over it. Let it stand in the ice box for two days. Then put on fire and roast for about forty minutes, basting often. Then remove the beef to a platter, and add to the roasting pan one spoonful of flour; heat; add one cup of bouillon and one-half glass of white wine, season with salt and pepper, boil for ten minutes, and strain. Pour a little over the beef, and serve the rest in a sauce boat.
AUGUST 19
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Fresh raspberries with cream Grapefruit, cardinal
Omelet with chives Fried eggs, Infante
Rolls Imported Frankfort sausages
Coffee Potato salad
Limburger cheese with pumpernickel
Rye bread
Coffee
DINNER
Consommé with celery and rice
Antipasto
Fillet of sole, au vin blanc
Roast chicken
Asparagus, Hollandaise
Potato croquettes
Romaine salad
Lemon darioles
Coffee
Fried eggs, Infante. Cook some chickens' livers sauté in butter, and add a little sauce Madère. Pour the livers around some fried eggs.
Imported Frankfurter sausages. These sausages can be obtained in cans. Remove from can immediately upon opening, otherwise they will turn bad. Put the sausages in water almost at the boiling point, and keep them at that temperature for twelve minutes, but do not let them boil. Serve on a platter, garnished with parsley in branches.
Consommé with celery and rice. Cut a stalk of celery in small squares, wash well, and boil in salted water until soft. Boil about one-quarter of a pound of rice in salted water until soft. Serve both in three pints of hot well-seasoned consommé.
Omelet with chives. Beat eight eggs, season with salt and pepper, add one spoonful of chives sliced very fine, and cook the omelet in the usual manner.
AUGUST 20
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Blackberries with cream Cantaloupe
Plain pancakes Eggs, Meyerbeer
Breakfast sausages Cold ham and tongue, meat jelly
Rolls Chiffonnade salad
Coffee German prune cake
Demi tasse
DINNER
Potage brunoise, with rice
Carciofini
Boiled codfish, Flamande
Potatoes, natural
Sweetbreads, sans gêne
Roast turkey, cranberry sauce
Broiled sweet potatoes
Stewed corn
Sliced tomatoes, vinaigrette
Corn starch blanc mange with sabayon
Coffee
Eggs Meyerbeer. Shirred eggs with a broiled split lamb's kidney and a slice of truffle on top of each one. Pour a little sauce Madère over the white of the eggs.
Potage brunoise, with rice. To three pints of consommé brunoise add one-quarter of a pound of boiled rice.
Boiled codfish, Flamande. Put three slices of fresh codfish, cut about one and one-half inches thick, in a kettle with water. Season with salt, add one-half glass of vinegar, bring to a boil, and let stand at the boiling point for half an hour. Then place on a folded napkin, with parsley in branches, and two lemons cut in two. Serve sauce Flamande separate.
Sauce Flamande. Heat two ounces of butter in a casserole, add two spoonfuls of flour, one spoonful of vinegar, one quart of the fish broth in which the codfish was cooked, one spoonful of French mustard, a little salt and pepper, one bay leaf, one clove, and a little grated nutmeg. Boil for twenty minutes, strain through a fine cheese cloth, and put back in casserole. Then add, little by little, three ounces of good butter. When the butter is melted add the juice of a lemon and some fresh-chopped parsley.
Sweetbreads, sans gêne. Put some braised sweetbreads on a platter, and garnish with one stuffed head of fresh mushroom to each person. Cover with sauce Colbert.
AUGUST 21
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Baked pears with cream Canapé thon mariné
Broiled salted mackerel Cold eggs, Riche
Boiled potatoes Broiled lamb chops
Rolls French fried potatoes
Coffee Cold artichokes, vinaigrette
Cottage cheese with crackers
Coffee
DINNER
Purée of lentils with tapioca
California ripe olives
Broiled pompano, fleurette
Duchesse potatoes
Boiled fowl, celery sauce
Spinach, English style
Orange darioles
Demi tasse
Canapé thon mariné. Butter four pieces of toast, lay thin slices of thon mariné on top, spread a little mayonnaise over all with a knife, garnish the edges with chopped boiled eggs and chopped parsley. Serve on a napkin with parsley in branches, and quartered lemons.
Cold eggs, Riche. Make four eggs Mollet. When the eggs have become cold cut with the point of a knife, and let the yolks run out. Then fill with a few chopped anchovies, place on a china platter, and cover with sauce Figaro.
Purée of lentils with tapioca. Mix one quart of purée of lentils with one pint of consommé tapioca.
Boiled fowl. Put a soup hen on the fire in two quarts of water, add a little salt, bring to a boil, and skim. Then add one carrot, one onion, one leek, one piece of celery and a bouquet garni. Cook until the fowl is soft. Serve with cream, celery, oyster, or other sauce; as you may desire.
Celery sauce. Warm three ounces of butter in a casserole; add two stalks of celery, cut in small squares, well-washed and dried; and one and one-half spoonful of flour. Heat through, and then add two pints of chicken broth and a little salt. Boil until the celery is soft; then bind with the yolks of two eggs and a cup of cream.
AUGUST 22
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Sliced peaches with cream Casawba melon
Oatmeal Eggs Lenox
Rolls Tripe sauté, Lyonnaise
Coffee Mashed potatoes
Field salad
Raspberry tartelette
Demi tasse
DINNER
Consommé Colbert
Radishes Salted almonds
Lobster en court bouillon
Roast leg of lamb
String beans
Potatoes au gratin
Fried egg plant
Watercress salad
Whipped cream in cups
Lady fingers
Coffee
Eggs Lenox. Boil hard one dozen eggs, remove the shells and cut in four. Put the eggs in one-half cup of cream sauce, and season with salt and pepper. Put in a deep buttered earthern dish, pour a cupful of tomato sauce on top, sprinkle with grated cheese, put small bits of butter on top, and bake in oven until brown.
Consommé Colbert. Add to consommé printanier one poached egg for each person. Sprinkle with chopped chervil.
Lobster en court bouillon. Heat in a sauté pan one spoonful of olive oil and one ounce of butter. Add two leeks and one onion sliced fine. Fry till crisp and yellow, add one glassful of white wine, one bay leaf, one clove, one bouquet of tied parsley, one pint of fish broth, one clove of garlic, some chopped parsley, and two tomatoes cut in four. Then add two live lobsters cut in pieces one inch thick, including the shell and claws. Season with salt and pepper and a pinch of Cayenne, and boil slowly for forty minutes. When done remove the bay leaf, clove and bouquet of parsley, and serve with the broth and all.
Whipped cream in cups. Whip some cream quite stiff, and add a little powdered sugar and vanilla. Fill some cups; decorate the tops with some of the same whipped cream, but put on in fancy shape with the aid of a pastry bag. Serve with lady fingers.
AUGUST 23
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Blackberries with cream Hors d'oeuvres variés
Plain poached eggs on toast Cold consommé in cups
Broiled bacon Omelet Impératrice
Rolls English mutton chop, tavern
Uncolored Japan tea Escarole and chicory salad
Roquefort cheese with crackers
Assorted fruit
Demi tasse
DINNER
Purée of white bean soup, Allemande
Plain celery
Sand dabs, meunière
Sugar-cured ham glacé, champagne sauce
Spinach in cream
Potatoes au gratin
Wine jelly with whipped cream
Assorted cakes
Coffee
Omelette Impératrice. Slice a breast of boiled chicken, and mix with half a cup of cream sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Make the omelet, and before turning over on platter lay the chicken stew in the center. Pour thin cream sauce around the omelet.
Purée of white bean soup, Allemande. Make a purée of white beans as described elsewhere. Add four Frankfort sausages, peeled and cut in thin slices.
Sugar-cured ham glacé. Put a ham in a kettle and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil, and allow to simmer on side of range, at boiling point, for about three hours. Then pull the skin from the ham, sprinkle heavily with powdered sugar, place in a roasting pan, put a pint of sherry wine in the bottom, set in oven, and roast until brown. Serve on a platter garnished with watercress. Serve champagne sauce separate.
Wine jelly with whipped cream. Make some wine jelly as described elsewhere. Pour into moulds and set in ice box until firm. Unmould on a cold dish, and decorate with sweetened whipped cream.
AUGUST 24
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Sliced bananas with cream Cantaloupe
Browned corned beef hash Eggs, Opéra
Rolls Spring lamb Irish stew
Coffee French pastry
Coffee
DINNER
Consommé with Italian paste
Lyon sausage
Stewed striped bass, Américaine
Hollandaise potatoes
Roast chicken
Succotash
Cauliflower, Polonaise
Hearts of lettuce salad
Corn starch blanc mange with berries
Macaroons
Demi tasse
Eggs, Opéra. Garnish some shirred eggs on one side with asparagus tips in butter, and on the other side with chickens' livers sauté au Madère.
Consommé with Italian paste. Boil some Italian paste in salted water for eight minutes. Then drain off water, and cool the paste in cold water. Serve in hot consommé, with grated cheese separate.
Stewed striped bass, Américaine. Cut four pounds of striped bass in pieces two inches thick. Put them in a buttered sauté pan with an onion chopped fine; season with salt and pepper, add a glassful of white wine, and one quart of canned tomatoes just as they come from the can; and a bouquet garni. Cover, and simmer for half an hour. Then remove the fish to a platter, take out the bouquet garni, and reduce the broth one-half. Add, little by little, three ounces of sweet butter, stir until the butter is melted, add a little chopped parsley, and pour over the fish.
Corn starch blanc mange. Put a pint of milk on the fire. Moisten three spoonfuls of corn starch in a little cold milk, and then stir it into the boiling milk. Add two ounces of sugar and two well-beaten eggs. Cook for a few minutes, and pour into small moulds. When cold, unmould, and serve with cold cream.
Corn starch blanc mange with Sabayon. Prepare as above, and serve covered with thick Sabayon sauce.
Corn starch blanc mange with berries. Prepare a corn starch blanc mange, and serve with sweetened strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, or loganberries, around the edge of the dish.
Corn starch blanc mange with stewed fruit. Serve corn starch blanc mange with cold stewed apples, pears, peaches, plums, or apricots, around the bottom of the dish.
Corn starch food. (For infants or invalids.) Boil one pint of milk. Add three tablespoonfuls of corn starch diluted with a little cold water, and two ounces of sugar. Stir into the boiling milk, boil for a few minutes, and serve hot or cold.
AUGUST 25
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Grapes Tomatoes, surprise
Scrambled eggs with tomatoes Eggs, de Lesseps
Rolls Rump steak, Dickinson
Coffee French fried potatoes
Jerusalem artichokes in cream
Camembert cheese with crackers
Assorted fruit Demi tasse
DINNER
Purée of turnips, Caroline
Mortadella Salted almonds
Broiled fillet of sole, maître d'hôtel
Leg of veal, au jus
Carrots, Vichy
Peas in butter
Château potatoes
Field and beet salad
Strawberry ice cream
Assorted cakes
Coffee
Scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Peel four tomatoes, cut in two, and squeeze out the water. Then cut in small squares, and put in a sauté pan with one ounce of butter, season with salt and pepper, and simmer until done. Then add eight beaten eggs, one-half cup of cream, one ounce of butter, a little more salt and pepper; and then scramble with the tomatoes.
Tomatoes, surprise. Peel four tomatoes, cut off the tops, and scoop out the centers with a small spoon. Season the inner side of the tomatoes with salt and pepper, and turn upside down so the water will run out. Cut some celery in small dices, wash well, and mix with mayonnaise sauce, season with salt and pepper; and then fill the tomatoes. Serve on lettuce leaves.
Eggs, de Lesseps. Butter shirred egg dishes, crack two eggs in each, and lay one-quarter of a calf's brains that has been previously heated, on each. Season with salt and pepper, and set in oven for a few minutes. Put a small piece of butter in a frying pan and cook until smoking, and nearly black; pour over the egg and brain. Put a spoonful of vinegar in the frying pan and heat, and also pour over the egg. Sprinkle with a little chopped parsley and a few capers.
Rump steak, Dickinson. Broil a rump steak, and place on a platter. Parboil four slices of beef marrow and lay on top with some green and red peppers cut in triangular shapes. Pour sauce Colbert around the steak.
Jerusalem artichokes in cream. Peel a quart of Jerusalem artichokes, and put in a casserole with water, salt and a piece of lemon. Boil until done, drain off the water, and cut the artichokes in any shape desired, or sliced. Make a pint of cream sauce, put the artichokes in it, and boil for a few minutes. Season well.
Purée of turnips, Caroline. Peel six turnips, cut in four, put in a casserole with two quarts of chicken or veal broth, half a pound of rice, and a bouquet garni. Boil until done, remove the bouquet, and strain through a fine sieve. Put back in the casserole, bring to a boil; and add slowly, bit by bit, four ounces of sweet butter; season with salt and pepper, and serve with small pieces of bread cut in dices and fried in butter.
Mortadella. Imported Italian sausages, which comes in cans, sliced. Very fine.
AUGUST 26
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Stewed prunes Eggs, Don Juan
Buckwheat cakes, maple syrup Broiled veal kidneys, with bacon
Crescents Lyonnaise potatoes
English breakfast tea Celery Victor
Napoleon cake
Coffee
DINNER
Consommé Châtelaine
Queen olives
Fried soft clams, Tartar sauce
Tenderloin of beef, Cardinalice
Lima beans, au paprika
St. Francis potatoes
Endives salad
Mirlitons
Coffee
Eggs, Don Juan. Make four pieces of toast, lay six fillets of anchovies on each, and cover with scrambled eggs.
Consommé Châtelaine. Equal parts of small chicken dumplings, boiled rice and new peas, served in hot consommé.
Fried soft clams, sauce Tartar. Take the bellies of one dozen soft clams and roll in flour, then in beaten eggs, and finally in fresh bread crumbs. Fry in swimming hot lard or butter. Season with salt, place on a platter, on a napkin; and garnish with fried parsley and quartered lemons. Serve Tartar sauce separate.
Tenderloin of beef, Cardinalice. Roast a tenderloin of beef, and lay sliced truffles heated in Madeira wine, on top. For each person, garnish with one-half tomato seasoned with salt and pepper, a small bit of butter placed on top and baked in the oven, and one pimento heated in butter. Serve separate, sauce Béarnaise and tomato sauce mixed. This is also a good way to serve tenderloin or sirloin steaks.
Lima beans, au paprika. Boil one quart of Lima beans in salted water. When done drain off the water. Heat through in a casserole, two ounces of butter and six chopped shallots. Then add one teaspoonful of flour and one teaspoonful of paprika, and one-half cup of bouillon, stock, or water; and boil for ten minutes. Then add the Lima beans, and simmer for a few minutes. If necessary, add a little more salt.
Mirlitons (cake). Beat well together four eggs and three ounces of sugar. Add one gill of orange flower water and one pint of cream. Strain, and put into tartelette moulds lined with tartelette dough rolled very thin. Dust some powdered sugar over them, and bake in a moderate oven.
AUGUST 27
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Cantaloupe Cold celery broth
Ham and eggs Cold salmon, mayonnaise
Rolls Sliced cucumbers
Coffee Roquefort cheese and crackers
Coffee
DINNER
Potage bourgeoisie
Pim olas
Skate fish au beurre noir
Potatoes, nature
Boiled beef, horseradish sauce
German cabbage
Roast squab
Chiffonnade salad
Biscuit glacé, vanilla
Assorted cakes
Coffee
Cold celery broth. Wash two stalks of celery, and cut in small pieces. Put in a vessel with three pounds of chopped raw shin of beef, the whites of six eggs, one onion, and a spoonful of salt. Mix well, and add slowly one gallon of stock or bouillon; or three quarts of water; and boil for two hours. Strain through a fine cloth, put in ice box, and serve when cold.
Potage bourgeoisie. In a kettle put a fresh brisket of beef, two marrow bones, and a handful of salt; and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil, skim well, add a small piece of Savoy cabbage, one carrot, one onion, one piece of celery, a dozen stalks of leek tied in a bunch, a bouquet garni, and a spoonful of whole black peppers. Boil slowly for about three hours and a half; then remove the beef; and take out the leeks and carrot and cut them in small round pieces. Take the fat off of the broth, and strain the broth over the leeks and carrot. Boil for a few minutes, and season with salt and pepper. Before serving add some chopped chervil, and some bread crusts cut in half inch squares, and fried in butter.
German cabbage. Heat three ounces of butter in a casserole, add three chopped onions, and simmer until done. Then add one spoonful of flour and one pint of bouillon from boiled beef, season with salt and pepper; and then add two heads of sliced Savoy cabbage, and cover the pot. Cook for one hour; then add one-half glass of white wine vinegar, and one spoonful of chopped parsley, and boil for thirty minutes.
AUGUST 28
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Sliced figs with cream Olive and anchovy salad
Hominy Eggs, Canada
Pulled bread Broiled pigs' feet Chow chow
Chocolate Potatoes, surprise
Corn starch blanc mange with stewed fruits
Demi tasse
DINNER
Potage Colbert
Salted hazelnuts
Eels, marinière
Roast leg of mutton
String beans with shallots
Mashed potatoes
Endives salad
Dariolets, Duchesse
Coffee
Olive and anchovy salad. Lay on a ravier, or flat celery dish, two dozen fillets of anchovies, crosswise. Cut the stones out of one dozen large queen olives, and slice the olives thin. Lay them over the anchovies, sprinkle with a very little salt, some fresh-ground black pepper, a spoonful of vinegar, and a spoonful of olive oil. Garnish with hard-boiled eggs cut in four, and chopped parsley.
Eggs, Canada. Cut the tops from four solid even-sized tomatoes, scoop out the insides, season with salt and pepper, break a raw egg in each, put a small piece of butter on top, season with salt and pepper, place on a buttered plate and bake in the oven for about eight or ten minutes. Serve on a china platter with a little tomato sauce around the tomatoes. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Potatoes, surprise. Bake four medium-sized potatoes, cut off the tops, and scoop out the insides. Mix the insides with two ounces of sweet butter, a little chopped chives, and salt and pepper. Mix lightly with a spoon, and refill the potatoes. Replace the top, and bake in oven again for three minutes. Serve on napkins.
Potage Colbert. Wash and dry two heads of chicory salad, slice fine, and fry in a casserole in three ounces of butter. Then add one and one-half ounces of flour, three pints of veal or beef broth, and one bouquet garni; and boil for an hour. Remove the bouquet, and strain the rest through a fine sieve. Put back in the vessel, season to taste with salt and Cayenne pepper, and when nearly boiling add the yolks of two eggs beaten with one cup of cream. Before serving add one lightly-poached egg to each person.
Eels, marinière. Remove the skin, and cut an eel in pieces three inches long. Put in a buttered pan, add one dozen finely chopped shallots, one glass of white wine, and one cup of fish broth. Cover, and boil until the eels are done. Then place on a platter. Heat one ounce of butter in a casserole, add a spoonful of flour and the broth in which the eels were cooked, and boil for five minutes. Bind with the yolks of two eggs and one-half cup of cream, add a little chopped parsley, and pour over the fish. Do not strain the sauce.
String beans with shallots. Boil two pounds of string beans in salted water. Simmer, without allowing to color, six chopped shallots in two ounces of butter. Then add the string beans, one ounce of butter, and some chopped parsley, season with salt and pepper, and simmer for a few minutes.
AUGUST 29
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Stewed dried fruit Grapefruit with cherries
Boiled eggs Eggs Benoit
Dry toast English mutton chops, Kentucky sauce
Coffee Broiled sweet potatoes
Romaine salad
Brie cheese with crackers
Coffee
DINNER
Consommé tapioca, écrevisse butter
California ripe olives
Sand dabs, meunière
Roast turkey, cranberry sauce
Green corn
Spinach with eggs
Rissolée potatoes
Cold artichoke, vinaigrette
Roman punch
Assorted cakes
Coffee
Eggs Benoit. Spread some pâté de foie gras on four pieces of toast, lay a poached egg on top of each; and a head of fresh mushrooms sauté in butter on top of each egg. Cover with Madeira sauce.
English mutton chop, Kentucky sauce. Broil the chop. Serve Kentucky sauce separate.
Kentucky sauce. Put in a casserole one pint of claret, half a pint of whiskey or cognac, one pint of chicken broth, half a pint of tomato ketchup, quarter of a pound of brown sugar, a little salt and one-half teaspoonful of tabasco sauce. Bring to a boil, and thicken with one-half cup of corn starch mixed with a little cold water. Boil for ten minutes, and then strain. Serve with mutton or game.
Stewed dried fruit (in general). Take pears, apricots, peaches, figs, or other fruit, and soak in cold water for about one hour. Then drain, add a little sugar, to taste, and boil until soft. Allow to become cold before serving.
Consommé tapioca, au beurre d'écrevisses (écrevisse butter). Make two quarts of consommé tapioca, and while boiling add, little by little, three ounces of écrevisse butter. When the butter is melted, and while the soup is boiling, add a little Cayenne pepper and a pony of cognac, and serve.
AUGUST 30
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Apple sauce Canapé of fresh caviar
Plain omelet Eggs Chambord
Pulled bread Breaded veal cutlets
Cocoa Macaroni Caruso
Edam cheese with crackers
Coffee
DINNER
Potage Plessy
Celery
Boiled turbot, Hollandaise
Potatoes, nature
Sirloin steak, Bordelaise
Broiled fresh mushrooms
Soufflé potatoes
French asparagus, melted butter
Chicory salad
Raspberry water ice
Assorted cakes
Coffee
Eggs Chambord. Poached eggs on toast, covered with sauce Chambord.
Sauce Chambord. Put in a casserole the head of a salmon cut in small pieces. Add three ounces of butter, one sliced carrot, one onion, a little parsley in branches, one bay leaf, four cloves, one spoonful of whole black peppers, one clove of garlic, and a little salt. Simmer until the head is cooked, then add one pint of claret and reduce until nearly dry. Then add one quart of fish broth or stock and boil for ten minutes. Thicken with two ounces of butter and one ounce of flour kneaded together, mix well, add two tablespoonfuls of anchovy essence, and boil for five minutes. Strain through a fine sieve, put back in casserole, bring to a boil, add two ounces of fresh butter, whip well, and season with salt and Cayenne pepper. Strain through fine cheese cloth. Serve with fish or eggs.
Macaroni Caruso. Boil one pound of macaroni in salted water. When done drain off the water, add one-half pound of sliced fresh mushrooms sauté in butter, a very little garlic fried in oil, a cup of tomato sauce, and one-half cup of grated cheese. Also serve grated cheese separate.
Potage Plessy. Slice ten onions very fine, and put in a casserole with a quart of water, bring to a boil, and then drain. Heat three ounces of butter in a casserole, then add two ounces of flour and two quarts of bouillon, and stir well. Then add the onions, season with salt and pepper, boil for an hour, and strain through a fine sieve. Put back in the casserole and add two ounces of sweet butter. When the butter is melted add bread crumbs fried in butter.
AUGUST 31
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Fresh raspberries with cream Cantaloupe
Baked beans, Boston style Eggs Bernadotte
Boston brown bread Calf's head, vinaigrette
Coffee Plain boiled potatoes
German prune cake
Demi tasse
DINNER
Potage Montglas
Dill pickles
Boiled striped bass, Indian soy sauce
Chicken sauté, Alsacienne
Peas à la Française
Chicory salad, Escoffier dressing
Floating island
Macaroons
Coffee
Eggs Bernadotte. Lay four poached eggs on four pieces of toast, put two fillets of anchovies crosswise on each egg. Mix one pint of cream sauce with one dozen sliced queen olives, and pour over the eggs.
Potage Montglas. Mix one pint of purée of tomatoes with one quart of Consommé sago. Add the breast of a boiled fowl cut Julienne style, the tip of a smoked beef tongue cut in small squares, and one-quarter of a pound of macaroni cut in pieces one inch long. Serve grated cheese separate.
Boiled striped bass, Indian soy sauce. Put a whole striped bass in a fish kettle, cover with cold water, add a handful of salt, two sliced lemons, one small piece of ginger root, one sliced onion, and a bouquet garni. Bring to a boil, and set on side of stove at boiling point for twenty minutes. When done place on a platter, on a napkin, and garnish with small round boiled potatoes, parsley in branches, and two lemons cut in half. Serve sauce separate.
Indian soy sauce. Put two ounces of butter in a casserole, add two chopped shallots, and heat. Then add one spoonful of flour, one pint of boiling milk, one-half pint of Indian soy sauce, and season with salt and Cayenne pepper. Boil for a few minutes; then add a cup of thick cream and the juice of a lemon. The Indian soy sauce may be obtained in bottles.
Chicken sauté, Alsacienne. Cut a chicken in four. Heat one ounce of butter in a sauté pan, add the chicken, season with salt and pepper and a chopped shallot, and cook until golden yellow. Then add one-half spoonful of flour, and toss. Then add one-half glass of white wine, one cup of bouillon, and a spoonful of meat extract; and simmer for fifteen minutes. Serve on a platter garnished on one side with noodles, and on the other side with flour dumplings. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Escoffier dressing. Mix well together one-fourth cup of imported Escoffier sauce, which may be obtained in bottles, three-fourths of a cup of Chili sauce, a cup of mayonnaise to which has been added the juice of half a lemon, a little chives cut fine, and salt, pepper and paprika to taste. Pour over the salad.
SEPTEMBER 1
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Orange marmalade Canapé de sardine
Buckwheat cakes Eggs Grazienna
Breakfast sausages Pork tenderloin, sauce piquante
Rolls Lorraine potatoes
Coffee Dandelion salad
Oregon cream cheese with crackers
Coffee
DINNER
Little Neck clams
Fish broth, with whipped cream
Chow chow
Broiled barracouda, sauce Rougemont
Potato brioche
Tournedos, Café Julien
String beans with tomatoes
Escarole salad
Strawberries à la mode
Assorted cakes
Demi tasse
Eggs Grazienna. Mix a cupful of boiled peas with a spoonful of cream sauce and a little salt and sugar. Heat well, and place on a platter. Put four fried eggs on top of the peas and pour a little tomato sauce around the bottom of the platter.
Fish broth with whipped cream. Make a fish broth, serve whipped cream and cheese straws on the side.
Potato brioche. Make a potato croquette preparation. Roll out, in flour, into the shape of a ball, place on a buttered pan, brush the tops with yolks of eggs, and bake in oven until nicely colored.
Sauce Rougemont (cold). Chop very fine some fresh mustard and tarragon, and mix with well-seasoned mayonnaise. If fresh mustard is not available use a little French mustard.
Broiled barracouda, sauce Rougemont. Split a barracouda, season well with salt and pepper, roll in oil, and broil. Place on a platter and garnish with parsley in branches and quartered lemons. Serve sauce Rougemont separate.
Tournedos, Café Julien. Take tournedos, or filet mignons, or small tenderloin steaks, or sirloin steaks; season well with salt and pepper, roll in oil, and broil. When done place on a platter, and garnish, for each person, with one fresh boiled artichoke bottom filled with French peas. Pour sauce Madère over the meat.
String beans with tomatoes. Peel and cut four tomatoes in four. Put in a casserole with one ounce of butter, season with salt and pepper, and simmer for ten minutes. Add two pounds of fresh boiled string beans, and two more ounces of fresh butter. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and simmer for five minutes. Sprinkle with parsley chopped fine.
SEPTEMBER 2
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Sliced pineapple Little Neck clam cocktails
Fried eggs with salt pork Eggs à la tripe
Rolls Cold roast beef
Coffee String bean salad
Duchesse darioles
Demi tasse
DINNER
Potage Maintenon
California ripe olives
Pompano sauté, meunière
Roast duckling, apple sauce
Baked creamed squash
Sweet potatoes sauté
Green peas
Waldorf salad
Fancy ice cream
Assorted cakes
Coffee
Fried eggs with salt pork. Put four slices of salt pork in a frying pan and fry until done. Then break four eggs on top of the pork, season with a little pepper, and bake in oven for three minutes.
Dariole Duchesse. Mix one ounce of flour and three ounces of sugar with two whole eggs and five yolks. Then add one pint of milk to which has been added six crushed macaroons. Line about a dozen dariole moulds, or small timbales, with tartelette dough, or puff paste parings. (Paste left over when making vol au vent or puff paste cakes). The paste should be rolled out very thin. Into the bottom of each lined mould place a little chopped candied fruit, then fill with the above preparation. Dust some powdered sugar on top, and bake in a rather hot oven. Unmould and serve with fruit sauce.
Potage Maintenon. Put a soup hen and two pounds of veal bones in a pot in one gallon of water, add a spoonful of salt, one onion, one carrot, one stalk of celery, one-half stalk of leek, and a bouquet garni. Bring to a boil, skim well, and then simmer until the fowl is done. Then take out the fowl and cut the white meat in small squares. Strain the broth. Heat in a casserole four ounces of butter, add one-half cup of rice and two and one-half ounces of flour. When heated through add the broth, stir well, and let it simmer slowly. When once boiling be careful that the rice does not stick to the bottom and burn. Also be careful when stirring that you do not break the rice. Taste, season with salt and a little Cayenne pepper; and when the rice is soft thicken the soup with the yolks of four eggs mixed with a cup of cream and a very little grated nutmeg. Do not let the soup boil after adding the thickening.
SEPTEMBER 3
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Fresh raspberries and strawberries with cream Cantaloupe and watermelon, surprise
Calf's liver and bacon Shirred eggs, Caroli
Rolls Veal kidneys sauté, au Madère
Coffee Mashed potatoes
Salade Brésilienne
Camembert cheese with crackers
Coffee
DINNER
Consommé brunoise and vermicelli
Pickles Radishes
Planked black bass
Cucumber salad
Deviled chickens' legs with Virginia ham
Spinach with cream
Egg plant, Sicilienne
French pastry
Demi tasse
Cantaloupe and watermelon, surprise. Cut out with a round Parisian spoon equal parts of cantaloupe and watermelon. Mix, and serve in grapefruit suprême glasses. Serve salt, pepper and powdered sugar separate.
Eggs, Caroli. Place in a buttered shirred egg dish one slice of smoked beef tongue, break two eggs on top, season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with grated cheese, put small bits of butter on top, and bake in oven until brown.
Consommé brunoise and vermicelli. One quart of consommé brunoise mixed with one pint of consommé vermicelli. Serve grated cheese separate.
Planked black bass. Season a whole black bass with salt and pepper, and lay on a buttered plank. Put a little butter on top of the fish, and set in oven to bake. When the fish is done make a border around the edge of the plank with potato croquette preparation, using a pastry bag with a star tube to squeeze the potato through. Then set back in oven and cook until the border is brown. Pour two spoonfuls of maître d'hôtel butter over the fish, and garnish with parsley in branches and quartered lemons.
Deviled chickens' legs and Virginia ham. Use the legs from soup hens or roasted chickens. Spread with a mixture of half English and half French mustard, roll in bread crumbs, sprinkle with olive oil, broil, and place on a platter. Broil one slice of Virginia ham for each person, and lay on top of the chickens' legs. Pour tomato sauce around them.
Egg plant, Sicilienne. Peel an egg plant and cut in thin slices. Mix in a bowl two cups of grated cheese, one egg, half a cup of very thick cream, a little chopped chives, salt and a little Cayenne pepper. Spread on a slice of egg plant, and lay another slice on top, in the form of a sandwich. Roll in flour, then in beaten eggs, and finally in bread crumbs. Fry in very hot swimming butter, and serve on folded napkin.
SEPTEMBER 4
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Stewed prunes Hors d'oeuvres assortis
German pancakes Cold consommé in cups
Corn muffins Baked oysters, Gruyère
Ceylon tea Russian salad
Mirlitons au rhum
Coffee
DINNER
Potage Ruffo
Queen olives
Bouillabaisse Marseillaise
Roast leg of lamb
Corn à la Marie
Potato croquettes
Lima beans in butter
Chicory and romaine salad
Vanilla ice cream
Lady cake
Demi tasse
Baked oysters, Gruyère. Season one dozen oysters on the half shell with salt and pepper, lay on each a very thin slice of Swiss cheese, put a small bit of butter on top, and bake in a very hot oven for six minutes. Serve in the shells, on a platter, garnished with quartered lemons.
Mirlitons au rhum. Beat until very light, six eggs, six ounces of powdered sugar, and six ounces of almonds chopped very fine. Then add two tablespoonfuls of rum, one ounce of flour, and four ounces of melted butter. Pour into tartalette moulds, that have been lined with very thin dough. Dust the tops with powdered sugar, and bake in a rather hot oven. Glace the tops with thin icing flavored with rhum.
Potage Ruffo. Mix one quart of purée of tomato soup with one pint of consommé, add one-half pound of macaroni that has been boiled in salted water, and cut in pieces one-half inch long. Serve grated cheese separate.
Corn à la Marie. Put two ounces of butter and two peeled and quartered tomatoes in a casserole, and simmer for five minutes. Then add the corn cut from six boiled ears, season with salt, pepper, and a pinch of sugar, and simmer for five minutes.
Lady cake. One pound of sugar, three-quarters of a pound of sweet butter, one pound of flour, two ounces of corn starch, half a teaspoonful of baking powder, the whites of sixteen eggs, and rose flavoring. Mix the sugar with the butter and half of the whites of eggs. Mix the flour, corn starch and baking powder together, and add it to the first mixture. Beat the remainder of the whites of eggs until very hard, and add them to the preceding. Add the rose flavoring, mix lightly, put in mould and bake in the same manner as pound cake.
SEPTEMBER 5
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Orange marmalade Grapefruit with chestnuts
Poached eggs with bacon Eggs Mollet, Auben
Rolls Lamb hash, Sam Ward
Coffee Escaloped tomatoes
Sierra cheese with crackers
Coffee
DINNER
Blue Point oysters on half shell
Consommé federal
Salted Brazil nuts
Boiled Lake Tahoe trout, Hollandaise
Potatoes, nature
Sweetbreads braisé, Georginette
Roast chicken
New beets, Californienne
Baked kohl rabi
Hearts of lettuce, egg dressing
Lemon water ice
Lady fingers
Demi tasse
Eggs Mollet, Auben. Make four croustades, lay an egg Mollet in each, and pour a little sauce Italienne over them.
Lamb hash, Sam Ward. Put two ounces of butter and one chopped onion in a casserole and simmer until yellow. Then add one pound of raw potatoes cut in small squares, and two pounds of left-over lamb cut in the same manner; season with salt and pepper, add one cup of bouillon, cover, and simmer for nearly an hour. Then dish up and sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Escaloped tomatoes. Drain into a bowl the juice from canned tomatoes. Butter a baking dish, cover the bottom with a layer of the tomatoes, add bits of butter, season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with fresh bread crumbs. Then repeat with tomatoes, seasoning, and crumbs, in order, until the dish is full. Then add the tomato juice, sprinkle some crumbs on top, and bake in oven for twenty minutes. Serve in same dish.
Consommé federal. Make a consommé royal, season with a little Cayenne pepper, and add six thin slices of truffle for each person.
Sweetbreads braisé, Georginette. Make a purée of sorrel (see vegetable). Add to the purée some sliced canned mushrooms; or fresh mushrooms sauté in butter. Put the sorrel on a platter, lay sweetbreads braisé on top, and pour the gravy around the bottom of the platter.
New beets, Californienne. Put in a sauté pan two ounces of butter, three cloves, one teaspoonful of tarragon vinegar, one-half teaspoonful of sugar, and some fresh-cooked and peeled, small beets. Simmer for a few minutes.
Baked kohl rabi. Peel some kohl rabi, slice thin, and boil in salted water. Then arrange in a baking dish, cover with well-seasoned cream sauce, sprinkle with grated cheese and bread crumbs in equal parts, put small bits of butter on top, and bake in oven until brown.
SEPTEMBER 6
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Baked pears with cream Cantaloupe
Broiled salmon bellies with melted butter Eggs, Jockey Club
Plain boiled potatoes Cold chicken and tongue, meat jelly
Rolls String bean and tomato salad
Coffee American dairy cheese with crackers
Coffee
DINNER
Macaroni soup, with leeks
California ripe olives
Fillet of flounder, Chilienne
Roast loin of veal, au jus
Stuffed egg plant
Asparagus tips in cream
Cleo potatoes Escarole salad
Chocolate éclairs Demi tasse
Eggs, Jockey Club. Shirred eggs garnished with veal kidneys sauté au Madère.
String bean and tomato salad. Equal parts of fresh-boiled cold string beans and peeled and quartered tomatoes. Put the beans around the edge of a salad bowl and the tomatoes in the center. Serve with French dressing and fresh-chopped parsley.
Macaroni soup with leeks. Slice six stalks of leek very thin, and put in casserole with three ounces of butter. Simmer until the leeks are cooked; then add two quarts of bouillon, stock or chicken broth; and bring to a boil. Then add six ounces of macaroni that has been boiled in salted water for fifteen minutes and then cut in pieces one inch long. Boil again for fifteen minutes, and season with salt and pepper. It is ready to serve when the macaroni is soft. Serve grated cheese separate.
Fillet of flounder, Chilienne. Put four fillets of flounder in a flat buttered baking dish, season with salt and pepper, lay four parboiled oysters on top of each fillet, and cover all with sauce Créole. Sprinkle with grated cheese and bread crumbs, put small bits of butter on top, and bake in oven for thirty minutes. Serve in the same dish, sprinkled with chopped parsley.
Stuffed egg plant. Three tablespoonfuls of sweet butter, one-half cupful of fresh bread crumbs, one cup of bouillon, the breast or leg of a cooked chicken chopped very fine, one egg, one-half glass of white wine, one pony of sherry wine, one tablespoonful of flour; and for seasoning use salt and pepper, and a little grated nutmeg, if desired. Cut three egg plants in two lengthwise, and scoop out the centers, leaving the shell a half inch thick. Soak half a cup of bread crumbs in a little stock or bouillon for five minutes; then add the chicken, two spoonfuls of butter, the egg, well beaten, and the chopped centers of the egg plant. Season, fill the egg plant shells, sprinkle with fresh bread crumbs, put small bits of butter on top, set in pan with a spoonful of olive oil, pour in the rest of the bouillon and white wine, and bake in a moderate oven. Serve on hot dishes, with the following sauce. Heat one spoonful of flour with one spoonful of butter, add the sherry wine and a cupful of the broth from the pan in which the egg plant was baked, and cook for five minutes. Pour the sauce around the egg plant.
Asparagus tips in cream. Make half a pint of cream sauce, and season well. Heat a can of asparagus tips in its own water; drain, lay in a deep vegetable dish, and pour the cream sauce over them.
SEPTEMBER 7
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Fresh grapes and apricots Herring salad, Moscovite
Oatmeal with cream Eggs, Germaine
Crescents Lamb chops sauté, aux fines herbes
Chocolate with whipped cream Peas and shallots in cream
Mashed potatoes au gratin
Lemon pie, special
Coffee
DINNER
German carrot soup
Salami Green olives Celery
Sand dabs, Gaillard
Braised beef, comfortable
Green corn
Potato croquettes
Romaine salad
Fancy ice cream
Assorted cakes
Coffee
Herring salad, Moscovite. Soak half a dozen salted herrings in cold water for two hours. Then skin them, remove the bones, slice very thin, and place on a china platter. Chop two pickled beets, and place around the herring. Chop separately the whites and yolks of two hard-boiled eggs, and place on top of the herring. Pour the following dressing over all: Put in a bowl two spoonfuls of fresh-grated horseradish, a little salt and fresh-ground black pepper, one spoonful of tarragon vinegar, two spoonfuls of olive oil, and a little chopped cloves and parsley. Mix well.
Eggs, Germaine. Broil four large heads of fresh mushrooms and place them on four small round pieces of toast. Put a poached egg on top of each mushroom; and cover with sauce Colbert, to which has been added a little chopped tarragon.
Lamb chops sauté, aux fines herbes. Season eight lamb chops with salt and pepper, and fry in melted butter. Then place the chops on a platter. Put two ounces of butter in the frying pan, cook until the butter is brown, and pour over the chops. Sprinkle with chopped parsley, chervil, tarragon, and the juice of a lemon.
Peas and shallots in cream. Put in a sauté pan one dozen peeled shallots and simmer in two ounces of butter until golden yellow. Then add one quart of shelled peas, one cup of water, a little salt and a pinch of sugar. Then put on the cover and boil until soft. Drain off half of the broth and add one pint of rich cream sauce. Boil again for a few minutes.
German carrot soup. Grate the red parts of six carrots and put in a casserole with two ounces of butter and one chopped onion. Simmer for twenty minutes. Then add one pint of chicken broth, or veal broth, or any kind of stock; and one bouquet garni. Boil for twenty minutes, then remove the bouquet, and pass the rest through a fine sieve. Put back in casserole, add one pint of cream sauce, bring to a boil, and bind with the yolks of two eggs mixed with one cup of cream. Strain again; and before serving add a quarter of a pound of boiled noodles. Season with salt and a little Cayenne pepper.
Sand dabs, Gaillard. Season four sand dabs with salt and pepper, put in a buttered pan, lay four raw oysters on top of each fish, add one-half glass of white wine, cover with buttered paper, and cook in oven for ten minutes. Then remove the paper and pour one pint of cream sauce over the fish. Sprinkle with two chopped hard-boiled eggs, put a few bits of butter on top, and bake in oven until brown.
Braised beef, comfortable. Braise the beef, as described elsewhere. Add to the sauce one can of sliced mushrooms. Garnish the beef with a timbale of spinach for each person.
SEPTEMBER 8
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Sliced peaches with cream Cold consommé, in cups
Picked-up codfish in cream Cold braised beef, meat jelly
Rolls Cole slaw
Coffee Omelette Célestine
Demi tasse
DINNER
Mutton broth, Kitchener
Radishes
Oysters, Newburg
Fried chicken, Savoy
Canned corn fritters
Egg plant in casserole
Lettuce salad
French pastry
Coffee
Omelette Célestine. Prepare an omelet, and before turning on platter fill with a little currant jelly. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, and burn with a hot iron. Cut some lady fingers in two, mix with a little sweetened whipped cream, and place at one end of the omelet. At the other end place some macaroons mixed with sweetened whipped cream.
Mutton soup, Kitchener. Put in a casserole three pounds of shin of beef, and a rack of lamb consisting of about six chops. Cover with about a gallon of water, add a little salt, bring to a boil, and skim. Then add two carrots, two turnips, one stalk of celery, two stalks of leeks, a bouquet garni, a spoonful of whole black peppers tied in cheese cloth, and one-half pound of large barley. Boil slowly. When the lamb is done remove, cut the chops apart and lay in soup tureen. When the vegetables are done remove the bouquet and the pepper bag; and cut the leeks, celery, carrots and turnips in small squares. Continue boiling the beef and barley until soft. Then remove the beef, which may be used the following day for an entrée dish if desired. Add to the soup two ounces of sweet butter, a glass of dry sherry wine, and the cut vegetables. Test for seasoning; and pour over the chops in the tureen. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Oysters, Newburg. Put two dozen oysters, with their juice, in a pan. Bring to a boil, drain off the broth, add one cup of cream sauce, boil once, then bind with the yolks of four eggs mixed with one-half cup of cream. Season with a little salt and Cayenne pepper, let come nearly to a boil, and add one-half glass of sherry wine. Serve in a chafing dish.
Fried chicken, Savoy. Joint two small frying chickens, season with salt and pepper, roll in flour, then in beaten eggs, and finally in bread crumbs. Fry in swimming hot melted butter. When done pour a cupful of tomato sauce on a platter, lay the chicken on it, and garnish with asparagus tips à la Hollandaise.
Canned corn fritters. One tablespoonful of melted butter, one can of crushed corn, one cupful of flour, one teaspoonful of baking powder, three tablespoonfuls of milk, and salt and white pepper to taste. Put all in a bowl and mix well. Drop on a hot buttered griddle in spoonfuls, and brown on both sides. Can be made with fresh corn if desired. Serve with roast or fried chicken.
Egg plant in casserole. Slice very thin, one large, or two small, egg plants, three small onions, one clove of garlic, three tomatoes, and one green pepper. Arrange alternately in a buttered casserole, season with salt and pepper, pour four tablespoonfuls of melted butter over all, cover, and cook with a slow fire. Serve hot or cold.
SEPTEMBER 9
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Fresh strawberries with cream Poached eggs, Florentine
Boiled eggs Tripe étuvé, bonne femme
Buttered toast Bischwiller potatoes
Oolong tea Alligator pear salad
Roquefort cheese with crackers
Coffee
DINNER
Oysters on half shell
Consommé Portugaise
California ripe olives
Salmon steak, Colbert
Noisettes of lamb, Ducale
Asparagus Hollandaise
York potatoes
Dandelion salad, egg dressing
Wine jelly with apricots
Silver cake
Coffee
Poached eggs, Florentine. Cut a can of pimentos in strips their full length and about one-quarter inch wide. Heat in a sauté pan with a little butter, and seasoned with salt and pepper. Lay them on a platter, crosswise, and place six poached eggs on top. Pour Madeira sauce around them.
Tripe étuvé, bonne femme. Cut two pounds of cooked tripe in strips about one-half inch wide and three inches long. Put two ounces of butter and two chopped onions in a casserole, and simmer until done. Then add spoonful of flour, and heat through. Then one glass of white wine, one pint of stock, and the tripe. Season with salt and fresh-ground pepper, add a bouquet garni, cover the casserole, and cook in oven for one hour. When the tripe is done remove the bouquet, and add some fresh-chopped parsley.
Bischwiller potatoes. Cut two pounds of peeled potatoes lengthwise, in eight pieces each. Put in casserole and cover with cold water, add a little salt, and boil. When done drain off the water and put the potatoes on a long platter. Fry until crisp two sliced onions in two ounces of butter. Pour the butter and onions over the potatoes. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Consommé Portugaise. Peel four tomatoes, cut in two, squeeze out the water, and cut in small dices. Bring three pints of consommé to a boil, add the tomatoes and one cup of boiled rice. Canned tomatoes may be used if desired.
Salmon steak, Colbert. Cut two slices of salmon about one inch thick. Season with salt and pepper, roll in flour, then in beaten eggs, and then in fresh bread crumbs. Fry in frying pan with hot melted butter. When done place on a platter, on a napkin, and garnish with fried parsley and quartered lemons. Serve sauce Colbert separate.
Noisettes of lamb, Ducale. Season four noisettes of lamb with salt and pepper, and fry in sauté pan with one spoonful of butter. When done place on a platter and garnish with fresh-boiled artichoke bottoms filled with French peas in butter. Pour sauce Madère over the noisettes.
Silver cake. Ten ounces of sugar, six ounces of butter, the whites of six eggs, half a pint of milk, three-quarters of a pound of flour, and one-half ounce of baking powder. Mix well the sugar and the butter, and then stir in the whites of eggs and milk. Add the flour with the baking powder mixed in, and the rind of one lemon. Mix the whole lightly, and bake in the same manner as pound cake.
SEPTEMBER 10
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Sliced nectarines with cream Casawba melon
Broiled salt mackerel Eggs Chambery
Baked potatoes Ragout à la Deutsch
Rolls German apple cake
Coffee Iced tea
DINNER
Cream of farina, lié
Sweet pickles Salted almonds
Fillet of sole, Pondichery
Veal chops, Montgolfier
English spinach
Duchesse potatoes
Escarole and chicory salad
Rice darioles
Demi tasse
Eggs Chambery. Make a purée of chestnuts, spread on four pieces of buttered toast, lay a poached egg on each, and cover with brown sauce (sauce Madère).
Cream of farina, lié. Bring to a boil one pint of chicken broth, then let one-half pound of farina run into it; and cook for about thirty minutes. Then add one pint of boiling milk, season with salt and pepper; and boil again. Then pass through a sieve, put back in the casserole, and bind with the yolks of two eggs mixed with a large cup of cream. Strain again.
Fillet of sole, Pondichery. Cut four fillets of sole, season with salt and pepper, place in a buttered sauté pan, add one-half glass of white wine and one-half cup of fish broth. Cover with buttered paper, and cook in oven for ten minutes. Then place the fish on a platter. Make a sauce as follows: Heat two ounces of butter in a casserole, add one heaping spoonful of flour and heat through. Then add the broth from the fillet of sole, and an additional cup of broth; one spoonful of curry powder, and a cup of tomato sauce. Season with salt and pepper, boil for a few minutes, and strain over the fish.
Veal chops, Montgolfier. Season four veal chops with salt and pepper, and place in a sauté pan with two ounces of butter and an onion cut in four. Sauté until the onion and chops are golden yellow. Then place the chops on a platter. In the sauté pan put one-half spoonful of flour, and simmer; then add one cup of broth or stock, and boil for a few minutes. Cut a stalk of celery in small squares, and parboil in salted water for ten minutes. Then drain off the water, and add the celery to the sauce from the chops; and boil for ten minutes. Then add the chops, and simmer for ten minutes. Remove the chops to the platter, and season the sauce well with salt and pepper. Add one ounce of sweet butter and some chopped parsley, and pour over the chops.
Rice darioles. Cook one-quarter pound of rice in one quart of milk; with one-half split vanilla bean. When cooked add one-quarter pound of sugar, one gill of cream, and the yolks of four eggs. Mix well. Line one dozen dariole moulds with thin dough, cover the bottoms with a little apricot marmalade, and fill with the rice. Put a small piece of butter on top of each, and bake in oven. Serve with apricot sauce.
SEPTEMBER 11
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Baked apples with cream Eggs Molière
Scrambled eggs, with lobster Frogs' legs, Greenway
Rolls Cold squab
Coffee Sliced grapefruit and lettuce salad
Stilton cheese with crackers
Demi tasse
DINNER
Consommé with noodles
California ripe olives
Boiled salmon, sauce Maximilienne
Potatoes, nature
Filet mignon, Du Barry
Chiffonnade salad
Pancakes with raspberry syrup
Coffee
Eggs Molière. Cut off the tops from four medium tomatoes, scoop out the insides, season with salt and pepper, lay an egg Mollet in each, and fill to the top with cream sauce to which has been added a few slices of mushrooms and truffles. Sprinkle with bread crumbs, and bake in hot oven until brown on top.
Frogs' legs, Greenway. Heat two ounces of butter in a sauté pan; then add two dozen hind legs of frogs, cut in two and seasoned with salt and pepper. Toss for two minutes in the pan over the fire; then sprinkle with a spoonful of flour, and toss again; then add a half glass of white wine and one large cup of chicken broth, and simmer for five minutes. Then bind with the yolks of two eggs mixed with one-half cup of cream, add a little chopped tarragon, chives and parsley. Serve in chafing dish.
Sauce Maximilienne. Add some chopped truffles to lobster sauce.
Filet mignon, Du Barry. Broiled filet mignons garnished with fresh bottoms of artichokes filled with cauliflower; and with a sauce Madère to which has been added some sliced canned French mushrooms.
Pancakes with raspberry syrup. Make a French pancake dough or batter. Cook small individual flat pancakes, place in a buttered chafing dish, and pour a little raspberry syrup over each in turn. Serve in the chafing dish.
Scrambled eggs, with lobster. Cut the tail of a boiled lobster in small squares, put in a sauté pan with two ounces of butter, season with salt and pepper, and simmer for a few minutes. Then add twelve beaten eggs, one-half cup of cream, and one ounce of sweet butter. Season with salt and pepper, and scramble in the usual manner.
SEPTEMBER 12
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Sliced oranges Egg salad
Broiled Alaska black cod Broiled sweetbreads on toast
Baked potatoes Purée of Lima beans
Rolls Fried egg plant
Chocolate with whipped cream Royal cake
Iced tea
DINNER
Blue Points, mignonette
Purée of peas, with noodles
Celery Pim olas
Planked striped bass
Roast chicken
Young artichokes, en cocotte
Baked sweet potatoes with sugar
Cold asparagus, mayonnaise
Fancy ice cream
Alsatian wafers
Demi tasse
Egg salad. Boil one dozen eggs eight minutes, remove the shells, and cut the eggs in half. Place on a platter on lettuce leaves, season with salt and fresh-ground blackpepper, sprinkle with two spoonfuls of vinegar, three of olive oil, and some chopped chervil and parsley.
Royal cake. Bake a French sponge cake (see Oct. 2), cut into four layers, and fill between with royal butter. Glace the whole with orange icing, and form on top a crown, using a pastry bag and some royal butter. Decorate around the top of the cake with candied fruits.
Royal butter. The yolks of four hard-boiled eggs, six ounces of sweet butter, one-quarter pound of powdered sugar, and one teaspoonful of orange flower water. Crush and work the yolks smooth in a bowl, stir in the butter, sugar and flavoring, and mix well. Allow it to become very cold; pass it through a fine sieve and it will come out like vermicelli. Use it for cake filling and cake decorations.
Purée of peas with noodles. Make a purée of pea soup, and to each quart add three ounces of boiled noodles.
Young artichokes, en cocotte. Select very small California artichokes, trim them, and put in an earthen cocotte dish with one spoonful of hot olive oil, season with salt and pepper, cover, and cook slowly for about twenty-five minutes. Then add to each dozen artichokes one small can of American peas, and one head of lettuce salad sliced very thin. Cover again, and cook in oven for about twenty minutes more.
Baked sweet potatoes, with sugar. Boil half a dozen sweet potatoes until nearly done; cut in half, or in thick slices; lay in a buttered baking dish, spread with butter, sprinkle with a spoonful of brown sugar, season with salt and pepper, add one spoonful of hot water, set in oven and finish cooking, basting often until brown.
SEPTEMBER 13
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Baked bananas Grapefruit with cherries
Boiled eggs Scrambled eggs, Nantaise
Dry toast Deviled ham
Coffee Purée of salad
York potatoes
Roquefort sandwiches
Coffee
DINNER
Consommé Napier
Radishes, Antipasto
Oysters Mornay
Roast leg of lamb
Stewed onions
Scalloped pumpkin and rice
Sybil potatoes
Endives salad
Roman punch
Macaroons
Demi tasse
Scrambled eggs, Nantaise. Split some sardines and lay on four pieces of buttered toast. Cook the scrambled eggs, and pour over the sardines.
Deviled ham. Slice some boiled or raw ham, spread with French and English mustard mixed, roll in fresh bread crumbs, and broil. Then place on platter, and serve with sauce diable, tomato sauce, or sauce Colbert. Garnish the platter with watercress and quartered lemons.
York potatoes. Add some boiled ham cut in small squares to Duchesse potatoes.
Consommé Napier. Add to boiling consommé a marrow bone cut as thin as your butcher can cut it with a saw. Serve at once.
Oysters Mornay. Parboil two dozen oysters in their own juice, then place them on a flat buttered baking dish, season with salt and pepper, cover with cream sauce, sprinkle with grated cheese, put small bits of butter on top, and bake in oven until brown.
Stewed onions. Peel some small white onions, and boil in salted water until tender. Then drain, and turn into a hot vegetable dish. Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter in a sauce pan, stir in one tablespoonful of flour, mix well, add one-half pint of boiling milk, season with salt and pepper, boil for five minutes, and pour over the onions.
Scalloped pumpkin and rice. Use a buttered fireproof dish. Put in a layer of stewed pumpkin, cover with a layer of boiled rice, then a spoonful of cream sauce, and continue in this order until the dish is nearly full. Sprinkle with bread crumbs, put small bits of butter on top, and bake in oven until brown.
Stewed pumpkin. Peel the pumpkin, cut in one-inch squares, place in a well-buttered casserole, season with salt and pepper, put small pieces of butter on top, add one spoonful of broth, cover, and bake in oven for thirty minutes. Serve in a vegetable dish, sprinkled with chopped parsley.
SEPTEMBER 14
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Fresh strawberries with cream Stuffed eggs, Epicure
Boiled salt mackerel, with melted butter Salisbury steak, Stanley
Boiled potatoes Spanish beans
Rolls Watercress salad
Coffee Wine jelly with peaches
Lady fingers
Demi tasse
DINNER
Toke Point oysters, mignonette
Cream of tomatoes
Ripe California olives
Sand dabs, meunière
Roast duckling, apple sauce
Corn oysters
Green peas
Baked sweet potatoes
Lettuce salad
French pastry
Demi tasse
Stuffed eggs, Epicure. Boil six eggs until hard, remove the shells, and cut in two lengthwise. Mix the yolks with one spoonful of purée de foie gras, and the chopped breast of a boiled chicken. Season with salt and pepper, pass through a fine sieve, put in bowl, add two ounces of sweet butter, mix well, and fill the eggs. Serve on lettuce leaves.
Salisbury steak, Stanley. Pass two pounds of raw beef through a fine meat grinder, season with salt and pepper and add a cup of thick cream. Make four, or six, oval steaks, roll in fresh bread crumbs, then in oil, and broil. Place on a platter. Split some bananas, roll in flour, fry in butter, and lay two pieces on top of each steak. Pour horseradish sauce around the steaks.
Spanish beans. One pint of red kidney beans, one pint of tomatoes, one onion chopped fine, one clove of garlic, one tablespoonful of oil, one-half pound of bacon or pork, one-half pound of beef cut in dices, one tablespoonful of powdered Spanish pepper, and a little salt and pepper. Soak the beans over night, parboil, and drain. Add the tomatoes, onion, garlic, meat, etc., season with salt and pepper, and pour in enough water to keep it from being too sticky, or thick. Cook slowly all day, or until the meat is tender, and the beans thoroughly cooked. About half an hour before serving add the Spanish pepper, and a tablespoonful of corn meal. The cooking may be finished in a fireproof dish, in the oven, if preferred.
Wine jelly with apricots. Fill some individual moulds, or glasses, half full of liquid jelly, place in the center of each one-half of a canned, or fully ripe, apricot; and place in ice box to set. When firm, fill to the tops with more jelly, and again set in ice box until ready to use.
Wine jelly with peaches. Prepare in the same manner as above.
Wine jelly with any kind of berries. Prepare in the same manner as above, using selected ripe berries of any kind.
Corn oysters. Mix well together two cupfuls of grated green corn, one beaten egg, one cup of flour, and a little salt and pepper. Drop from a spoon into very hot fat, in a frying pan. Serve on a napkin.
SEPTEMBER 15
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Fresh raspberries with cream Hors d'oeuvres, assorted
Oatmeal Omelette Bayonnaise
Pulled bread Paprika schnitzel with spaetzle
Crescents Swiss cheese with crackers
Chocolate Pears
Coffee
DINNER
Consommé with stuffed cabbage
Sardines
Fillet of sole, Meissonier
English mutton chops
Broiled fresh mushrooms
Colache (vegetable)
Rissolée potatoes
Escarole salad
Fancy ice cream
Assorted cakes
Coffee
Omelette Bayonnaise. For four persons, take the bottoms of two boiled artichokes and cut in squares. Add one-half can of French mushrooms, sliced. Mix with a very little tomato sauce. Make the omelet, and before turning over on the platter fill with the above preparation. Make four fillets of anchovies on top of the omelet, and pour Béarnaise sauce around it.
Pulled bread. Take a large loaf of fresh bread and remove the inside, pulling it into large flakes. Put the flakes on a baking pan and bake in a moderate oven until crisp and brown.
Consommé with stuffed cabbage. Add to hot consommé one small stuffed cabbage to each person.
Stuffed cabbage. May be made any size, using the whole cabbage; or as small around as a silver half dollar, for garnishing. Parboil a whole cabbage; or some leaves only. Make a stuffing as follows: Soak two rolls in milk for ten minutes, then squeeze out, and chop fine. Add one onion, chopped and fried in butter; one pound of sausage meat; a whole raw egg, and some chopped parsley, chervil and chives. Season with salt and pepper, and mix well. Fill the whole head of cabbage if desired. Or, take two leaves and season with salt and pepper, put a spoonful of the stuffing in the center, and fold the leaves in the form of a ball. Place the stuffed cabbage in a buttered pan with a sliced carrot and onion, a bay leaf and a clove. Cover with bouillon, put a buttered paper over the top of the pan, and cook in the oven until the cabbage is soft. If served as a vegetable serve a brown meat gravy, or sauce Madère, or tomato sauce.
Fillet of sole, Meissonier. Trim four fillets of sole, fold them in half, season with salt and pepper, lay in buttered sauté pan, add one-half glass of white wine and one-half cup of fish broth, cover with buttered paper, and cook in oven for ten minutes. Put the fillets on a platter and cover with the following sauce: Cut a carrot and a turnip in very small dices, like brunoise, and put in a casserole with one ounce of butter. Cover the casserole, and simmer for twenty minutes or over, but be careful that it does not burn. Put two ounces of butter in another casserole, add a spoonful of flour and the broth from the cooked sole. If too thick add a little fish stock. Boil for five minutes, bind with the yolks of two eggs mixed with half a cup of cream, strain, and add the carrots and turnips, from which the butter has been drained. Season well.
Colache (vegetable). Pare three good-sized summer squash, and cut in small squares; three peeled and quartered tomatoes, and the corn cut from four ears. Put two ounces of butter in a casserole with one chopped onion, and simmer until the onion is yellow. Then add the squash, corn and tomatoes, and steam slowly for about three-quarters of an hour. Season with salt and pepper.
SEPTEMBER 16
BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Sliced peaches with cream Cantaloupe
Ham and eggs Broiled oysters with bacon
Rolls Pig's knuckles and sauerkraut
Coffee Boiled potatoes
Assorted cheese with crackers
Coffee
DINNER
Ditalini soup, à la royal
Pickles Ripe California olives
Sand dabs, Carnot
Larded tenderloin of beef, Sigurd
Lettuce braisé
Cold asparagus, mayonnaise
Black cake
Compote of apricots Coffee
Broiled oysters with bacon. Drain the juice from two dozen large oysters, season with salt and pepper, roll in melted butter, then in fresh bread crumbs, place in a thin-wired special oyster broiler, sprinkle with olive oil, and broil. When done, place on four pieces of buttered toast, put a spoonful of maître d'hôtel butter on top, and two strips of broiled bacon on top of all. Serve with lemons cut in half, and parsley in branches.
Pig's knuckles and sauerkraut. If fresh pig's knuckles are used salt must be added to the water; with salted knuckles it is unnecessary. Put the knuckles in a kettle filled with cold water, and bring to a boil. Skim, then add one onion, one carrot, one leek, one branch of celery, and a bouquet garni. Boil slowly until soft. Place on a platter and garnish with sauerkraut.
Ditalini soup à la royal. Ditalini is a species of macaroni, prepared in small pieces. Bring two quarts of chicken broth to a boil, add one-half pound of ditalini, and boil until the paste is soft. Then bind the soup with the yolks of three eggs mixed with half a pint of cream. Season well with salt and pepper, and serve at once. Serve grated cheese separate.
Sand dabs, Carnot. Place four cleaned and well seasoned sand dabs in a buttered pan, add one-half glass of white wine and one-half cup of fish stock; cover, and cook. When done place on a platter and pour a white wine sauce over the fish. Garnish with small patties filled with oyster crabs.
Oyster crab patties. Wash one-half pint of oyster crabs, and drain well. Put the crabs in a sauté pan with one ounce of butter, season with salt and pepper, and toss over the fire for five minutes. Then add a pony of sherry wine, and simmer for two minutes. Then add one-half cup of cream sauce, or white wine sauce, and fill the patties. Serve hot. For garnishing fish, make very small patties. If served as a fish course, serve on a platter garnished with parsley in branches.