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Practical gastronomy

1903

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Presented as published in 1903. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
(Eufs a la eoque en surprise (Cold) .— Fresh eggs are carefully emptied, and refilled with scrambled egg mixture, blended, when cold, with mayonnaise ; dressed on a bed of crisp cresses. — Cosmopolite. — Poached eggs, trimmed, drained, egged and crumbed, and fried in deep fat ; dressed “crown shape,” with sliced truffles in centre; demi-glace sauce. — a la creme. — Hard-boiled eggs, sliced, and finished in rich bechamel or cream sauce. — Creole. — Rounds of toasted and buttered bread spread with chicken cream, slightly poached eggs placed on each, finished in oven ; pour bechamel sauce round base of dish. — croquettes d’ceufs, durs.— Chopped hard-boiled eggs made into salpicon with white sauce, raw egg-yolk and anchovy essence to flavour, shaped into croquettes, egged and crumbed, and fried in fat. — k la Diable. — Halves of hard-boiled eggs stuffed with anchovy paste, seasoned with cayenne pepper, and baked. — durs au gratin. — Hard-boiled eggs cut in slices and ranged on buttered gratin dish, with layer of white sauce and grated cheese ; oiled butter on top, and browned in oven. — durs Italienne.— Halves of hard-boiled eggs, stuffed with anchovy paste and grated cheese ; served with bechamel sauce. — durs a la St. Germain (Cold).— Hard-boiled eggs with yolks removed and mixed with mayon- naise and chopped shrimps, refilled, and dressed on a bed of chopped aspic, with a bearded oyster on top of each egg. ■ — & Fecarlate. — Poached eggs dressed on rounds of fried bread, spread with tongue paste or slices. — a 1’EcOSSaise. — Whole hard-boiled eggs wrapped in forcemeat or sausage meat, egged, crumbed, and fried in deep fat ; served with tomato sauce. — & l’Eug6nie. — Large cup mushrooms, scooped out, filled with mixture of smoked salmon, truffles, and foie-gras sauce, etc. ; place poached egg on top of each ; decorate with lobster coral and truffle. — ■ fareis.— Stuffed eggs. — fareis aux epinards. — Eggs stuffed with spinach. — Florentine. — Poached eggs placed in baked paste croustades lined with spinach purde, sauced over with morna sauce, and browned in sharp oven. — frits k la Suisse. — Eggs, fried whole, sprinkled with grated gruyere cheese and seasoning. EGG SAVOURIES, ETC. 201 CEufs frits & la tomate.— Fried eggs with tomato sauce. — Garfield. — Whole hard-boiled eggs wrapped in forcemeat, egged, crumbed in crushed vermicelli, and fried in clarified butter ; served with piquant sauce. — a la gourmet. — Stuffed with crayfish tails, chopped truffles, and smoked salmon, and baked. — Grand Due. — Scrambled eggs dressed on small croutons of fried bread, sauced over with rich bechamel and reduced tomato, garnished with asparagus tips and shredded truffles. — Granville. — Coarsely shredded hard-boiled eggs, stewed in brown onion sauce, flavoured with lemon rind and mace. — a la gruyere. — Scrambled eggs with grated gruyere cheese. — Hussard. — Rounds of fried bread spread with minced ham and mushrooms, with tomato slice on top and poached egg, sauced over with hol- landaise ; served hot. — a l’lndienne. — Curried eggs with rice. — maire. — Poached eggs, trimmed, and dressed on toast, garnished with finely shredded ox-tongue, ham, and truffles; sauced over with madere sauce. — maitre d’hotel. — Sliced hard-boiled eggs cooked in parsley sauce. — a la Matelot. — Eggs poached in meat stock, dressed on rounds of toast, sauced over with a rich brown fine herb and onion sauce ; garnished with fillets of anchovies.