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The new century cookery book

1901

Page 588

Presented as published in 1901. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Croutons, /. Thin slices of bread cut into shapes and fried, used for garnishing dishes. Cuisine, /. Kitchen, cookery. Faire la cuisine, to cook or to dress victuals. Cuisse, /. Leg, e. Cuisse de volaille, leg of chicken or fowl. Culinaire, /. This is applied to any- thing in connection with the kitchen or the art of cooking. A good cook is called ‘ un artiste culinaire.’ Curry, from the Hindu word khura (palatable, eatable). Kari, /. An Indian condiment ; a stew of meat, fish, or fowl; a sharp spiced sauce. Dessert, /. The remains of a meal. Now indicating fruits and sweetmeats served after dinner. The ancient Greeks and Romans already knew this course, as being the custom -of prolonging banquets. Diable, /. Is applied to dishes with sharp and hot seasoning ; a la diable, devilled. Dinde, Dindon, /. Turkey, e. Durcelles, /., or Duxelles,/., is the name given to a mixture of chopped mush- rooms, shallots, parsley, &c., used for flavouring sauces, purees, &c. Eclair, /. A French pastry filled with cream. Emince, /. Finely sliced or shred. Endive, /. A species of the genus succory; used as salads and some- times as vegetable. A native of China and Japan, but grown in Europe since the beginning of the sixteenth century. Entree, /. A course of dishes, or corner dish for the first course ; the conventional term for hot or cold side dishes. Also defined as dishes- gene- rally served with a sauce. Entremets, /. Dainty dishes of dressed vegetables, hot and cold sweets, and after-dinner savouries served as second course. GLOSSARY OF TEEMS USED IN COOKE BY 711 Escalope, f. Thin, round steaks of veal called ‘ collops.’ Obsolete, cascalope. Meaning thin slices of any kind of meat, usually egged, crumbed, and fried. Espagnole, /. A rich brown sauce ; the foundation of nearly all brown sauces, classified as the main grande sauce, or sauce mere. Fagot. A small bunch- of parsley and savoury herbs. A combination of culinary herbs. Faire Revenir, /'. A term often used in French cookery books ; its meaning is to partly fry, meat or vegetables being slightly browned without actu- ally cooking them. Filet, /. Fillet, e. The under cut of a loin of beef, mutton, veal, pork, and game. Also the boned breasts of poultry, birds, the boned sides of fish are also called fillets. Flavouring, e. Seasoning. Certain ingredients consisting principally of spices, herbs, and essences, used in cookery to impart taste and flavour to food in order to render it more palatable. F oie Gras, /. Fat goose liver. Fond, f. Strong gravy, meat-stock, - bottom, as in fonds d' articliaut. Fondant, /. Melting, e. A kind of icing ; French dessert bon-bons. Fondue, f. A preparation of melted cheese, originally made in Switzer- land. A savoury. Forcemeat, e. From the French. Farce, /., i.e. meat for stuffing. Fran9aise (a la), f. French style, c. Applied to a number of dishes of French origin. The term is used for dishes cooked in a simple manner as well as for those of the most elaborate finish. Frapper, /. Iced (used when cooling champagne, sauces, and creams). F ricassee, f. . Fricasseed, e. The word comes from the English ‘ freak,’ ‘ brisk,’ ‘ dainty.’ A white stew of chicken or veal. Fritter, e. Beignets, f. Anything dipped in batter, crumbed, or egged, and fried. Garnishing. As a culinary term, it means to decorate a dish with edibles of ornamental appearance.