The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book

Oysters mignonette. Put six oysters on half shell on cracked or shaved ice, with a small glass or hollow green pepper filled with mignonette sauce, in the center.

Small tenderloin steak, Demidoff. Put four small broiled tenderloin steaks on a platter, and cover with brown gravy containing olives and sliced canned mushrooms. Garnish both ends of the platter with asparagus tips.

Roman punch. Dress lemon water ice in glasses in pointed shapes, and pour a little rum on top.

Beets, Frouard. Cut some boiled beets with a Parisian spoon into the shape of olives, put in a sauté pan with melted butter, season with salt and pepper, and heat through. Serve in a vegetable dish, or use for garnishing.

Deviled crab in shells. Secure some empty shells from a first-class grocer. Allow one shell to each person and fill with the following: Take the meat of one crab, which is sufficient for four persons, shred it, add a cup of velouté sauce, a teaspoonful of English mustard, a soupspoonful of Worcestershire sauce, a half-teaspoonful of finely chopped parsley, salt, pepper and a bit of Cayenne. Mix well. Fill the shells, covering evenly. Make a paste of a teaspoonful each of English and French mustard and two spoonfuls of melted butter. Spread this over the top, and cover with bread crumbs. Bake for about ten minutes, or until the top is browned.

Roast leg of reindeer. Put in a roasting pan a sliced onion, a sliced carrot, a piece of skin of salt pork, a stalk of celery, some parsley in branches, two bay leaves, two cloves, and one sprig of thyme. Season the leg of reindeer well and lay on top. Put three ounces of butter on the leg, and place in the oven to roast. Baste continually, adding a little water or stock from time to time, to prevent the vegetables from burning. When the roast is done remove to a platter, and make a brown gravy with the contents of the pan by adding a spoonful of flour, simmer, add one cup of stock, season well, and strain over the meat. Some may be reserved to serve in a bowl, separate. Also serve currant jelly and port wine sauce.

Asparagus tips au gratin. Cut the tips from fresh-cooked asparagus, place in a buttered dish, season with salt and pepper, cover with cream sauce, sprinkle with grated Swiss cheese, put small bits of butter on top, and bake in oven until brown.

Eggs Epicurienne. Shirr the eggs. When nearly done add a brown gravy to which has been added some small pieces of terrine de foie gras, four slices of truffle, and one sliced canned mushroom.

Strawberries Romanoff. Put some nice ripe strawberries into a bowl, pour some Curaçao over them, and serve with well-sweetened whipped cream, flavored with vanilla, on top. Serve very cold.

Consommé Sévigné, II. Consommé Brunoise with small quenelles (chicken dumplings). Add some chopped chervil and a little Cayenne pepper. Serve very hot.

Flannel cakes. One pound of flour, one ounce of baking powder, two ounces of sugar, two ounces of butter, two eggs, and a pinch of mace. Mix all together with sufficient milk to make a medium dough, or batter. Beat until smooth, and bake on a hot griddle.

Rice cakes. Boil one-quarter pound of well-washed rice in water for five minutes. Drain off the water and add one pint of milk, cook until rice is soft, drain off the milk and add the rice to a flannel cake batter. Bake in the usual manner.

Fillet of sole, St. Cloud. In a buttered sauté pan put four fillets of sole, season with salt and white pepper, add one-half glass of white wine and a little stock, and boil for ten minutes. Make a white wine sauce and add the following to it: Two dozen boiled mussels and one dozen boiled oysters removed from the shells, six heads of canned mushrooms and twelve slices of truffle. Put the fish on a platter and cover with the sauce.

Fruit salad glacé. One sliced orange and one sliced grapefruit, six slices of pineapple, one banana, one dozen strawberries and a handful of raspberries. Put all in bowl, add two spoonfuls of sugar, a glassful of maraschino and a pony of kirschwasser. Allow to stand in the ice box for an hour. Serve in small individual dishes with a spoonful of vanilla ice cream on top.

Grapefruit cocktail. Slice one grapefruit and one-half orange and put in bowl with a spoonful of sugar and a pony of kirschwasser. Allow to stand for an hour. Serve in grapefruit suprême glasses, decorated on top with brandied cherries.

Eggs en cocotte, Valentine. Mix some crab meat with a little well-seasoned cream sauce. Put a spoonful in the bottom of a buttered cocotte dish, break an egg on top, salt and pepper the egg, put a little more crab meat and cream on top, sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese, put some bits of butter on top, and bake in oven for five minutes.

Consommé Théodora. Put in the consommé, equal parts of small chicken dumplings, royal, and boiled asparagus tips. Before serving add some chopped chervil.

Vanilla custard pie. Six eggs, one quart of milk, one-quarter pound of sugar, one-half of a vanilla bean. Boil the milk with the vanilla bean. Mix the eggs with the sugar and add to the milk. Strain, and fill a large pie dish lined with a thin pie dough, and bake in a moderate oven until set.

Lemon custard pie. Same as vanilla custard pie, except use the grated rind and the juice of two lemons instead of the vanilla bean.

Orange custard pie. Same as lemon custard pie, but use two oranges instead of the lemons.

Cocoanut custard pie. Same as vanilla custard pie, but put a handful of shredded cocoanut in the bottom of the pie before filling.

Vanilla meringue pie. Same as vanilla custard pie, but when baked, cover, and ornament the top with meringue paste, dust with powdered sugar, and put back in oven to color.

Meringue paste for pie. The whites of four eggs beaten firm and stiff; then add one-half pound of powdered sugar and mix well. Flavor to taste.

Lemon meringue pie. Same as lemon custard pie, but cover and ornament with meringue paste, and bake until colored.

Orange meringue pie. Same directions as for lemon meringue pie.

Lemon pie, special. The yolks of eight eggs, six ounces of sugar, three lemons, the whites of four eggs. Mix the yolks, sugar, and the grated rinds and the juice of the lemons, and beat over a fire until thick. Then add the whites of eggs well beaten, and pour into a large pie dish lined with thin pie dough. Bake slowly. Serve with powdered sugar on top.

Cocoanut meringue pie. Same as cocoanut custard pie, but cover with meringue paste, and bake until colored.

Boiled salmon, Villers. Cut two slices of salmon about one and one-half inch thick. Put in vessel with one quart of water, a bouquet garni, one spoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of whole black peppers, and one spoonful of white wine vinegar. Boil slowly for twenty minutes. In a casserole put two ounces of butter, heat, and then add two ounces of flour. When the flour is hot add a pint and a half of the fish broth from the salmon, and boil for five minutes. Then add the yolk of one egg and one cup of cream, mix well, season with salt and pepper, and strain. Add to the sauce one can of sliced mushrooms and half a pound of picked shrimps. Place the salmon on a platter and pour the sauce over it.

Frankfort pudding. One-quarter pound of butter, one-quarter pound of sugar, the yolks of seven eggs, six ounces of cake crumbs, the whites of six eggs, and some vanilla flavoring. Mix the butter with the sugar, and work well with a wooden spoon until creamy, then add the yolks, one by one, and mix thoroughly. Add the cake crumbs; which are made by passing left-over cake through a colander with large holes; flavor with the vanilla extract, and mix well. Beat the whites to snow, and add to the batter, mixing very lightly. Put in a buttered pudding mould and bake. Serve hot Sabayon sauce separate, or pour over the pudding.

Sabayon sauce. In a copper kettle put six yolks of eggs and six ounces of powdered sugar. Set on a slow fire, or bain-marie, and beat until warm. Add a glass of Marsala or sherry wine and whip until it thickens. Serve either hot or cold.

Boiled parsnips. Peel a half dozen parsnips, wash, and boil whole in salt water. When done cut in slices, or some fancy shape, and put in sauce pan with two ounces of butter. Heat through. Season with salt and pepper.

Parsnips in cream. Cut boiled parsnips in pieces two inches long, put in sauce pan with one cup of cream sauce, season with salt and white pepper. Serve in deep vegetable dish, and very hot.

Victor dressing. Two pinches of salt, one pinch of fresh-ground black pepper, one spoonful of tarragon vinegar, two spoonfuls of olive oil, and one teaspoonful of chopped chervil.

Consommé Soubise. Mix one cup of purée of onions, one pint of cold chicken broth, three whole eggs and the yolks of three eggs; season with salt, pepper, and a little grated nutmeg. Strain through a fine sieve, put in buttered moulds, and cook in bain-marie. Allow to set, slice, and serve in hot consommé.

Ripe olives with garlic and oil. Rub an olive dish or salad bowl with garlic. Put the olives in the dish, add a spoonful of olive oil, and roll the olives in the dish for a few minutes.

Austrian chicken fritters. Chop the meat of a boiled or baked fowl, season with salt, pepper, nutmeg and herbs; place in a saucepan, and add enough cream or white sauce to moisten. To each cup of the meat and cream add the yolk of one egg. Cut some sandwich bread into thick slices. Mix a pint of milk with two well-beaten eggs. Spread the sandwich bread with a thick layer of the creamed chicken, press two pieces of the bread together, as if making a sandwich, dip this in the egg and milk mixture, then roll in sifted bread crumbs, and fry in hot lard to an even brown color; and in the same manner as for pancakes.

Sweet potatoes, Southern, II. Peel some sweet potatoes and cut lengthwise into strips about an eighth of an inch thick. Put some butter into a sauté pan, and the potatoes, and sprinkle them with brown sugar. Then place on top another layer of potatoes, sprinkle them with sugar, and so on, filling the pan. Add hot water, cover the dish, and set in the oven and bake until soft.

California sherbet. Fill glasses with orange water ice, and on top place five strawberries that have been soaked in California brandy.

Tenderloin of beef, Cumberland. Roast tenderloin of beef, sauce poivrade, garnished with stuffed cucumbers.

Stuffed cucumbers. Peel two cucumbers and cut in pieces one and one-half inches thick. Put in casserole and cover with a quart of water, season with a pinch of salt, bring to a boil, and cool off. With a round cutter remove the inside from the cucumbers, leaving firm rings. Place these on a buttered sauté pan and fill with the following stuffing: Mix a cup of bread crumbs with a cup of purée of fresh mushrooms; season with salt and pepper, add the yolks of two raw eggs, and some fresh-chopped parsley. Mix well, and fill the cucumbers. Cover with buttered manilla paper, put a cup of bouillon in the bottom of the pan, and bake in oven for twenty minutes. Serve as a garnishing for entrées, or fish; or as a vegetable course, on a platter, with tomato sauce or meat gravy.

English chuck steak, maître d'hôtel. This steak is cut from the end of the saddle, near the legs. It should be cut all the way across the saddle, and about an inch and a half thick. Season with salt and pepper, dip in oil, and broil. When done put on a platter, cover with maître d'hôtel sauce, and garnish with lemon and watercress.

White beans and tomatoes. Soak two pounds of white beans in cold water, over night. Then put the beans in a vessel with three quarts of water, a ham bone, a bouquet garni, and a handful of salt. Bring to the boiling point, skim, cover, and boil until well done. Remove the ham bone and the bouquet, and drain off the water. In a casserole put two ounces of butter and a chopped onion, and simmer until nice and yellow. Then add four peeled and chopped fresh tomatoes, or a quart of canned tomatoes, and simmer for thirty minutes. Then add the beans, season with salt and pepper, and simmer all together for fifteen minutes.

Oysters, mariné. Same as pickled oysters.

Potato soup, Dieppoise. In a sauce pan put three ounces of butter, one sliced celery root, two leeks, a half dozen sliced parsley roots, and simmer for five minutes. Then add two pounds of potatoes sliced very thin, and two quarts of bouillon. Season with salt and pepper, and boil for forty-five minutes. Just before serving add two rolls that have been sliced thin and toasted in the oven, and a little fresh-chopped parsley.

Sweet potatoes flambé with rum. Boil and peel four sweet potatoes, and cut in egg shapes. Put in pan with two ounces of butter and roast until nice and yellow. Then add a little salt and a teaspoonful of sugar, heat, and then put in chafing dish. Pour two ponies of rum on top, light, and bring to the table flaming.

Vanilla charlotte glacée. Line a pudding mould with lady fingers, fill with vanilla ice cream, unmould, and decorate with whipped cream and glacé cherries.

Dartois Chantilly. Roll some puff paste with six turns, and about one-quarter inch thick. Cut in strips two inches wide and four inches long. Place them in a wet pan about one-half inch apart, and let them set for a few minutes, then brush over with egg, and with the point of a small knife mark a line about one-eighth inch deep all around the cakes, and about one-quarter inch from the edges. Bake in rather hot oven for about twenty-five minutes. Remove the top while hot, and empty the cake, leaving only the dry crust. Fill with sweetened whipped cream, vanilla flavor, after cooling.

Eggs en cocotte, plain. Break one or two eggs in a buttered cocotte dish, season with salt and pepper, put a little butter on top, and bake in oven for a few minutes. Serve on napkin or paper doily.

Burned farina soup. Melt in a casserole one-half pound of butter; when hot add three-quarters of a pound of farina, and roast on top of the range, stirring with a wooden spoon so it will not stick to the bottom. Cook until the color of a chestnut, then add two quarts of boiling water, season with salt and pepper, and boil for one hour. This is a good soup for Friday.

Fillet of sole, cardinal. In a buttered sauté pan put four fillets of sole, season with salt and white pepper, add one-half glass of white wine, cover with buttered paper, and bake in oven for ten minutes. Remove the fillets to a platter, and to the sauté pan add one pint of white wine sauce. Bring to a boil and then stir in two tablespoonfuls of lobster butter. When the butter is melted strain the sauce over the fish.

Roast shad and roe, à l'Américaine. Secure from the fish dealer a fresh shad with the roe inside, and without the belly cut open. In a roasting pan put four ounces of butter, one chopped onion, a carrot cut in very small dices, a spoonful of chopped parsley, and a bay leaf, clove, and a garlic clove, all chopped fine. Place the fish on top, season well with salt and pepper, put a few bits of butter on top of the fish, and place in the oven. Baste continually, and if the pan becomes too dry, add one-half glass of white wine, baste, and then add one-half glass of water. Bake for about an hour in a moderate oven. When done place on a platter and pour the sauce in the pan over the fish. A spoonful of Worcestershire sauce, and the juice of a lemon or two, may be added to the sauce if desired.

English rice pudding. Three pints of milk, one-quarter of a pound of rice, one-quarter of a pound of sugar, and one-half of a vanilla bean split in two. Boil the milk with the vanilla bean, then add the washed rice, and cook for about forty minutes. Add the sugar and boil again for a few minutes, turning carefully with a wooden spoon, so it will not stick to the bottom. Then remove from the fire, add one cup of thick cream, and pour into deep china vegetable dishes, and bake in a hot oven until brown on top. Use one large dish for baking, or individual ones, as desired.

Grapefruit à la Rose. Peel and slice two grapefruit and put in salad bowl. Mix one-half cup of fresh strawberries and one-half cup of fresh raspberries and two spoonfuls of powdered sugar, and strain through a fine colander. Have all very cold. Put the grapefruit in glasses and pour the fresh fruit sauce over it.

Fillet of sand dabs, fried. Cut the fillets from four sand dabs, season with salt and pepper, roll in flour, then in beaten eggs, then in bread crumbs, and fry in hot swimming lard. When done serve on napkins with fried parsley and quartered lemons. Serve sauce Tartar or sauce verte separate.

Sauce verte. In a mortar mash equal parts of chives, chervil and parsley. When very fine add some mayonnaise sauce, mix well, and strain through a cheese cloth. Season well before serving.

Leberkloese (liver dumplings). Remove the skin from a calf's liver of good size, and scrape well with a fork to remove all the nerves. Then put in a bowl and add four cups of fresh bread crumbs, three eggs, a little salt, pepper, grated nutmeg, chopped parsley, chopped garlic, one chopped onion and four chopped shallots fried in butter, a teaspoonful of chopped thyme leaves, and one bay leaf chopped almost to a powder. Mix all well together, and drop with a soupspoon into boiling bouillon or salt water, and cook slowly for about twelve minutes. Place on a platter with a little brown gravy; or, in a pan put three ounces of butter with one cup of bread cut in small squares and fry until nice and yellow, then pour over the dumplings, and sprinkle chopped parsley on top.

Tenderloin steak, Polonaise. Broil the steak, put on a platter, cover with maître d'hôtel sauce, and garnish with cauliflower Polonaise.

Eggs gourmet. Spread some terrine de foie gras on four pieces of toast, lay a poached egg on top of each piece, and cover with sauce Périgord.

Honeycomb tripe with cream and peppers. Cut three pounds of tripe in strips about two inches long and one-half inch wide, and put in casserole with cold water and a spoonful of salt. Bring to a boil and cook for ten minutes. Then drain off the water, add one pint of milk, season with salt, and boil for thirty minutes. Cut six green peppers in small squares, and put in casserole with three ounces of butter, simmer until done, then add one pint of cream sauce, boil for a minute, and add to the tripe. Boil together for five minutes.

Imperial pancakes. Make some thin pancakes, and cut in circular shapes with a three-inch round cutter. With the same cutter cut some sponge cake, and about one-half inch thick. Put some apple sauce on top of the cake, then one of the round pieces of pancake, and repeat until you have four layers with the pancake on top. Decorate with meringue paste, with a pastry bag and a fancy tube, and form in the shape of a crown on top. Put in oven to give a light color.

Consommé à la Russe. To consommé brunoise add a spoonful of boiled barley and a few squares of boiled smoked beef tongue for each person.

Breast of tame duck. Cut the breasts from a tame duck, season with salt and pepper. Put a piece of butter in a sauté pan, add the breasts and sauté for about fifteen minutes if the duck is a young one. Serve on a platter covered with sauce Colbert.

Breast of duck, Virginia style. Broil two slices of Virginia ham and lay on top of the breasts prepared as above.

Boiled wax beans. Cut the strings from both sides of the beans, and cut the beans in two. Boil in salted water until done, then drain off the water, and to each pound of beans add two ounces of butter and a little salt and pepper. Simmer for a few minutes, and sprinkle with chopped parsley before serving.

Angels on horseback. Select large eastern oysters, wrap a slice of thin raw bacon around each oyster, and fasten with a wooden toothpick. Dip them in beaten eggs mixed with a little Worcestershire and English mustard, then roll in fresh bread crumbs, and place in a buttered sauté pan with bits of butter on top of each oyster. Bake in hot oven for about eight minutes, and serve on toast. Pour maître d'hôtel sauce on top, and garnish with parsley in branches and halves of lemon.

Poached eggs, d'Artois. Place the poached eggs on toast and pour thick tomato sauce over them.

Purée of green asparagus. Heat in a casserole three ounces of butter, then add three ounces of flour and four pounds of green asparagus cut in small pieces, one quart of milk, one quart of chicken broth or bouillon, a bouquet garni, a little salt, and one teaspoonful of sugar. Boil for an hour, and strain through a very fine sieve. Then put back in casserole and add the yolks of two eggs mixed with one cup of cream. Cut some bread in small squares, fry in butter, and add just before serving.

Fillet of turbot, Windsor. Cut six fillets of fish, put in a buttered sauté pan, season with salt and white pepper, add one-half glass of white wine and one-half glass of stock, cover with buttered manilla paper, and boil until done. Make a white wine sauce and add to it one dozen parboiled oysters and the tail of a lobster cut in slices. Place the fillets on a platter, pour the sauce over them, and garnish with six fried shrimps.

Leg of mutton, Choiseul. Roast leg of mutton, sauce Madère, garnished with small croustades of purée of peas and purée of spinach, and fresh mushrooms sauté in butter.

Jam roll pudding. Mince fine one pound of suet, add a pound of flour, a pinch of salt and a cup of milk, making a rather hard dough. Roll out to the thickness of a quarter of an inch or less. Cover evenly with a layer of any kind of fruit jam, then roll up like a sausage, wrap in a wet cloth, tie with a string so it will not become loose, and steam for an hour. Cut into individual pieces, and serve warm, with hard and soft sauces.

Peach Norelli. Fill two meringue shells with a small tablespoonful of vanilla ice cream. On a fancy plate place an ice cold whole preserved peach, or a fresh peach that has been cooked in syrup. On two sides of the peach press the filled meringue shells, decorate the center with whipped cream, and on the top place a whole marron glacé.

Consommé Céléstine. Make some thin pancakes, cut in strips like matches, and serve in consommé.

Larded tenderloin of beef. Lard a tenderloin of beef, after removing the fat and skin. Put in a roasting pan with a sliced onion, carrot, celery, a little leek, parsley, one bay leaf, six cloves, and one spoonful of whole black peppers. Put some small bits of butter on top of the tenderloin, season with salt and pepper, and place in a hot oven. Baste frequently. After the fillet is done remove to a platter, place the pan on top of the stove and take off the fat except about one spoonful. Then add one spoonful of flour, stir well, and add two cups of stock and a spoonful of meat extract, season with salt and pepper, boil for five minutes, and strain. Add one-half glass of good Madeira wine, pour half of the sauce over the tenderloin, and serve the rest in a sauceboat.

Larded tenderloin of beef, Montbasson. Cook the tenderloin as above, but serve with sauce Madère, and garnish with a bouquet of quartered artichokes, glacéd onions, and Parisian potatoes.

Quartered artichokes. Cut four large artichokes in quarters, remove the fuzzy parts on the inside, and immediately rub the quarters with lemon so they will not become black. Boil in salt water until soft.

Pears Bourdaloue. Peel and cook some nice pears in a light syrup, which can be made of one pint of water and one pound of sugar. Mix a half pound of sugar with the yolks of eight eggs and two ounces of flour. Boil one quart of milk with half of a vanilla bean, and pour into the yolks and sugar, and cook until it thickens. Add two ounces of sweet butter and mix well, making a nice smooth cream. Put some of this cream on a plate and put the cooked pears on top. The pears may be cut in half and cored, if desired. Cover the pears with the rest of the cream, sprinkle some macaroon crumbs on top, and put in a hot oven to brown. Serve very hot.

Pickled salmon, St. Francis. Cut in small pieces two pounds of raw salmon and put in sauté pan, add a can of sliced cèpes, a cupful of sliced sour pickles, one-half cup of sliced green olives, a glass of white wine, a pint of tomato ketchup, one spoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of paprika, and four peeled tomatoes, squeezed and cut in small pieces. Put on fire, bring to the boiling point, set on back of the stove and let stand for a half hour. Then put in earthen jar and place in ice box. Serve cold.

Eggs, Commodore. Cook the eggs en cocotte, just before serving pour a little Béarnaise sauce on top.

Hashed fillet of beef, Sam Ward. Take the unused portions of roasted or larded tenderloin of beef and cut in small squares. Also an equal amount of boiled potatoes cut in the same way. In a sauté pan put one chopped onion and two green peppers cut in small dices, with two ounces of butter. Simmer until soft, then add the potato and meat, one cup of bouillon, or two cups, if necessary, season with salt, cover, put in oven and cook for thirty minutes. Serve on platter with chopped parsley on top, and garnished with small pieces of toast.

Cream of parsnips. Peel and slice six parsnips and put in vessel with one pint of chicken broth, boil, and when soft add one pint of cream sauce. Boil for ten minutes and then pass through a fine sieve. Put back in vessel, add one pint of thick cream, season with salt and pepper, and add two ounces of sweet butter before serving.

Tomcods, Montmorency. Put four tomcods on a buttered flat sauté pan, season with salt and pepper, put four canned heads of mushrooms on top of each fish, cover with Italian sauce, sprinkle with a little grated cheese, put small bits of butter on top, and bake in a moderate oven for twenty minutes. Before serving pour the juice of two lemons over the fish, sprinkle with chopped parsley, and serve in same pan.

Chicken sauté, Madeleine. Joint two spring chickens and put in sauté pan with three ounces of butter, season with salt and pepper, and then simmer for five minutes. Then sprinkle two spoonfuls of sifted flour over the chicken and simmer for two minutes. Add one pint of boiling milk and boil for ten minutes. Then remove the chicken to a platter, bring the sauce to a boil, add one cup of cream, and strain over the chicken. See that the sauce is well seasoned. Sprinkle about one and one-half cupfuls of macédoine vegetables over all.

Omelet au cognac. Sprinkle a plain omelet with plenty of powdered sugar, burn with a red-hot poker, pour two ponies of cognac around the omelet, and set afire before bringing to the table.

Eggs à la Turque. To shirred eggs add a few chickens' livers sauté, in brown gravy. Place a slice of truffle on top of each egg.

Deviled chickens' legs. Left over boiled or broiled chickens' legs may be utilized. Season with salt and pepper, spread with a little French mustard mixed with a little powdered mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Roll in fresh bread crumbs, and broil over a slow fire. When done serve on a platter with devil sauce, or sauce poivrade.

Devil sauce. In a casserole put one chopped shallot and one ounce of butter, and merely warm, then add the juice of a lemon, one spoonful of French mustard, one spoonful of Worcestershire sauce, and one pint of brown gravy. Season with salt and pepper, boil for five minutes, and strain.

Consommé printanier. Cut all kinds of spring vegetables in fancy or dice shapes, boil in salt water, and serve in hot consommé. Just before serving add some small leaves of chervil. The vegetables commonly used are carrots, turnips, peas, string beans, small green asparagus tips, small flowers of cauliflower, etc.

Halibut, Richmond. Make a border with a potato croquette preparation, around a silver platter. Remove the skin and bones from two pounds of halibut and boil in salt water for ten minutes. Then put in vessel, add one-half pint of cream and one pint of cream sauce, season with salt and Cayenne pepper, and boil together for five minutes. Then place inside the border on the silver platter, sprinkle with grated cheese, put small bits of butter on top, and bake in oven until nicely colored.

Olive sauce. Remove the stones from twenty-four green olives, cut the olives in two, and put in a casserole with a glass of sherry or Madeira wine, and boil until nearly dry. Then add one pint of brown gravy, season with salt and a little Cayenne pepper, and boil for five minutes. Serve with any meat.

Stewed tomatoes, family fashion. Peel six tomatoes and cut each in eight pieces. Put in a casserole with three ounces of butter, season with salt and pepper, add a pinch of sugar and two slices of bread cut in small squares, cover, and simmer on a slow fire for about forty minutes.

Fillet of sole, Marguery. Put four fillets of sole in a buttered sauté pan. Season each fillet with salt and a little Cayenne pepper, add one-half glass of white wine, and cover with buttered manilla paper. Put in oven and cook for six minutes. Remove the fillets to a buttered silver platter, place six boiled mussels and one head of canned mushrooms on top of each fillet. Now add to what wine is left in the sauce pan, one spoonful of white wine sauce, and bring to a boil, and bind with the yolks of two eggs and two ounces of butter. Stir well so the butter will be thoroughly melted. Strain and pour over the fish, sprinkle with grated bread crusts, and bake in a very hot oven just long enough to acquire a light golden color.

Vol au vent of salmon, Génoise. Make one large, or four individual, vol au vent shells. Boil one pound of salmon in salted water; when done cut in pieces one inch square, put in casserole, cover with one-half pint of Génoise sauce, add eight heads of canned mushrooms, season well, and fill the shells.

Chicken sauté, Montpensier. Joint a spring chicken and season with salt and pepper. Melt in a sauté pan one ounce of butter; when hot add the chicken and sauté until nice and brown. Then sprinkle with one-half spoonful of flour and let that get brown; add one-half cup of bouillon and a spoonful of meat extract, and simmer without being covered for five minutes. Then remove the chicken to a platter, season the sauce well and pour over it. Garnish with quartered tomatoes sautéed in butter, and chopped parsley and chives, and also with small pieces of bread cut in heart shapes and fried in butter.

Yorkshire buck. Welsh rabbit on anchovy toast with a poached egg and two strips of broiled bacon on top.

Breast of squab, Périgord. Cut the breasts from four squabs, season with salt and pepper, roll in flour, and fry in sauté pan in three ounces of butter. When done place on toast and cover with sauce Périgord.

Fillet of flounder, Pompadour. Cut the fillets from a flounder and place them on a china platter, season with salt, pepper, the juice of a lemon, and a spoonful of olive oil. Set in the ice box for twelve hours; then take out and roll in flour, then in beaten eggs, and finally in bread crumbs, and fry in swimming lard. When done place on a platter on a napkin, and garnish with fried parsley and quartered lemons. Make a sauce of six fillets of anchovies cut in small slices, mixed with sauce Tartar, well seasoned, and serve separate.

Artichokes jardinière. Boiled artichoke bottoms filled with macédoine of vegetables.

Farina soup, Francis Joseph. Roast a pheasant in the oven for five minutes to obtain a slight color, then put in fresh-prepared consommé and boil until soft. Then strain the consommé, bring to a boil, add three pints of farina and boil for fifteen minutes. Then bind with the yolks of two eggs and one-half cup of cream, add a glass of sherry wine, one spoonful of grated cheese; season with salt, a little cayenne pepper and the juice of a lemon. Cut the breast of the pheasant in thin slices and put in the soup tureen and pour the soup over it; give it a sprinkle of chopped parsley, and serve hot.

Suprême of oysters, St. Francis. For about eight people. Use twenty California oysters or seven Eastern oysters for each person. Serve like an oyster cocktail in grapefruit suprême glasses in the following sauce: Mix one cup of tomato ketchup, a short cup of cream, one teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce, one teaspoonful of lemon juice, season with salt, a dash of tobasco, and paprika. The cream should be added last. Keep the sauce on ice until needed.

Eggs, Malakoff. Spread some fresh caviar on four pieces of toast, lay a poached egg on each, and cover the eggs with horseradish sauce and cream.

Consommé chiffonnade. Cut equal parts of lettuce and sorrel in Julienne style, put in casserole, cover with water, bring to a boil, then drain off water and allow to become cool. Then put back in casserole, add two quarts of consommé, and boil very slowly for about thirty minutes. Before serving add a little chopped parsley and chervil.

Fillet of smelts, Stanley. Split six smelts, remove the bones, season with salt and pepper, place in a buttered sauté pan, add one-half glass of white wine, and cover with buttered paper. Bake in oven for five minutes, and then place the fillets on a platter. Make a cardinal sauce but add to it the tail of a lobster cut in small squares, twelve slices of truffles, and six heads of canned mushrooms, sliced. Pour over the fish.

Cardinal sauce. One pint of sauce au vin blanc; bring to a boil and stir in two spoonfuls of lobster butter.

Chicken sauté, Demidoff. Joint a spring chicken, season with salt and pepper and put in sauté pan with two ounces of butter. Heat, add the chicken, and sauté on both sides for fifteen minutes. Then add a cup of Madeira sauce, and dress on a platter with sauce over it. Garnish the platter with turnips glacé; onions glacé; queen olives with the stones removed, and warmed in sherry wine; and French carrots.

Ox tail braisé. Cut two ox tails in pieces three inches long, wash well and dry with a towel or cloth. Season with salt and pepper. In a casserole put three ounces of butter, put on the stove, and when hot add the ox tail. Sauté until nice and brown, then add three spoonfuls of flour, and let that become brown also. Then add one quart of boiling water, a bouquet garni, a little salt, one-half can of tomatoes, or four chopped fresh tomatoes, one piece of garlic, an onion and a carrot. Cover the casserole and put in the oven until the ox tail is soft. It will require two or three hours. When done remove the ox tail to a platter, reduce the sauce, season well, and strain over the ox tail on the platter.

Purée of kidney beans. Soak three pounds of dry red kidney beans in cold water over night. Then put on fire with two quarts of cold water, a handful of salt, a ham bone, an onion, a carrot and a bouquet garni. Skim well, and when it boils, cover and cook until soft. Remove the ham bone, carrot, onion, and bouquet garni, and strain the beans through a fine sieve. Put back in casserole, boil again, then season with salt and pepper, and add three ounces of butter, little by little, and stir well until thoroughly melted. Serve with bread cut in small squares and fried in butter.

Fillet of halibut, Bristol. Put four fillets of halibut in a buttered sauté pan, season with salt and pepper, cover with buttered paper, add one-half glass of milk and water mixed, and cook. When done place the fish on a buttered platter, garnish with two dozen parboiled oysters, and cover all with cream sauce. Sprinkle with grated cheese, put small bits of butter on top, put in oven and bake until colored.

Sweetbreads braisé, Zurich. Put some braised sweetbreads on a platter and garnish with croustades financière and sauce Madère.