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The household gas cookery book

1900

Page 138

Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Sour, sharp, piquant. Apricot. To flavour or to season. Eel. Sirloin of beef. Artichoke. Asparagus. Savoury jelly. Brill. Banana. A large vessel usually made of copper and half filled with hot water, in which small saucepans are placed, the gas burning underneath keeping the water hot and also the contents of the small saucepans, without any lia¬ bility of the contents burning, GAS COOKERY BOOK. 257 Menu Terms and Words in French. Barbe Capucine Bouch^es Bouilli . Bearnaise Bechamel B^casse . Betterave . . Beurre . Beurre Noir ... Bceuf . Boisson . Bordeaux Brunoise Bouquet garni .. Blanquette Brioche ... Cabillaud Canape: ... Canard .. Canard sauvage Caneton Cervelles Cervelle de Veaux Celeri . Caviare . Cerf . Cerise . Casserole Civet . Chapon . Chaponneal Pronounced. (barb-cap-u-seen) (boo-shay) (boo-ee) ... (bare-naise) (bay-sha-mel) (bay-kass) (better-ahve) (burr) (burr-nwhar) (buff) (bwa-song) (bord-o) ... (brew-nwahs) (boo-kay-garnee) (blong-ket) (bree-osh) (cab-ill-o) (kan-ah-pay) (kan-ar) ... (kan-ar-so-vahj) (kan-ton) ... (serv-el) ... (serv-el-der-vo) English Meaning. A salad of long, thin, narrow, yellow leaves. Small puff paste cases filled with fish, fowl or meat savoury, and small enough to be just a mouthful. Beef that has been boiled to make soup. A rich sauce made with wine. A white sauce richly made. Woodcock. Beetroot. Butter. Butter cooked until it is a dark brown color. Beef. Beverage— drink. Claret wine from Bordeaux. Brownish soup containing vegetables. A small bunch of parsley and savoury herbs tied together with a bay leaf. A fricassee of slices of white meat, and made with white sauce. A light French paste cake similar to a bath bun. Codfish. A round or square piece of toasted bread with some kind of pur£e on it. Duck. Wild duck. Duckling. Brains. Calf's brains. (sel-eree) ... (kav-ee-are) (sairf) (serees) ... (kasser-ol) (see-vay) . . . (sha-pon) ... (sha-pon-o) ... Celery. ... The roe of the sturgeon pre¬ served in salt. ... Stag. ... Cherry. ... A species of stewpan made in porcelain or earthenware, with a tight-fitting lid. ... A stew of hare or venison. ... A capon. ... A young capon. R 258 THE HOUSEHOLD t Menu Terms and Words in French. Pronounced. English Meaning. Choux . (shoo) . Cabbages. Chgux de (shoo-de Brew-sel Brussels sprouts. Bruxelles Chou fleur (shoo-fler) Cauliflower. Chicor^e (she-ko-ray) Endive. Chaudfroid (sho-froi) ... Cold meats re-served hot with sauces. Citron . (see-trong) Lemon. Compote . (kom-poht) Stewed fruits. Confiture (kong-feet-tur) ... Preserves, jams. CONSOMM& (kon-som-aye) ... A very strong clear soup or gravy obtained by slowly stewing the meat. Coquillage (ko-kill-ahj) Shell fish. CORNICHON (kor-nee-shon) ... Gherkins, pickled. Cotelette Croquettes (ko-te-let) (kro-ket) ... Chop or cutlet. Savouries of fish, meat, or fowl, rolled into shapes and fried. Cr6utons (kroo-tong) Fried bread, used as a garnish. Croustades (kroo-tard) Bread fried to serve meats or fish upon. Culotte de (kew-lot-der-buff) Rump of beef. Bgeuf Cru . (krew) Raw, uncooked. Creme . (kraim) Cream. Cresson .. (kress ong) Watercress. Crevette (kray-vet) Shrimps. CUISSE . (quiss) Thigh, or leg of fowl. Dejeuner (day-jern-ai) Breakfast, or as on the Con¬ tinent, luncheon. Diner . (dee-nay)... Dinner. Dejeuner A la