The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.