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Chafing dish possibilities

1898

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Presented as published in 1898. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Chafing Dish Possibilities and saute, using enough butter to prevent burn- ing. Lobster becomes tough if over-cooked. Serve with sauce Tartare. Creamed Lobster Remove the meat from a two-pound lobster, and cut in cubes. Melt three tablespoons butter, add four tablespoons flour mixed with one-half teaspoon salt and one-eighth teaspoon paprika. Pour on gradually one and one-half cups milk. As soon as sauce thickens, add lobster meat and two teaspoons lemon juice. Serve with brown bread or Graham bread sand- wiches. Curried Lobster, I Prepare same as Creamed Lobster, adding one teaspoon curry powder to flour when mak- ing sauce. Curried Lobster, II Remove the meat from a two-pound lobster and cut in cubes. Cook three tablespoons butter with one-half tablespoon finely chopped onion until yellow. Add three tablespoons flourOysters a la Creole mixed with one-half tablespoon curry powder, one-half teaspoon salt, and one-eighth teaspoon paprika. Pour on gradually two cups milk. Mash the yolks of three hard-boiled 56 Lobsters eggs, and mix with the liver of the lobster. Add lobster cubes to sauce, and, as soon as heated, the egg mixture. Serve with boiled rice. Fricassee of Lobster Remove the meat from a two-pound lobster, and chop. Add the yolks of three hard-boiled eggs rubbed to a paste, one-half teaspoon finely chopped parsley, one-half teaspoon salt, one- eighth teaspoon paprika, and a slight grating nutmeg. Melt three tablespoons butter, add four tablespoons flour, and pour on gradually one and one-half cups milk. Heat lobster with seasonings in sauce. Serve with saltines. Lobster & la B6chamel Remove the meat from a two-pound lobster, and cut in cubes. Scald two cups milk with one-half slice onion and a bit of bay leaf; re- move seasonings. Melt three tablespoons but- ter, add four tablespoons flour mixed with one-half teaspoon salt, a few grains cayenne, and a slight grating nutmeg. Pour on gradu- ally the scalded milk. Heat lobster in sauce, add the yolks of two eggs slightly beaten, one and one-half teaspoons lemon juice and one teaspoon parsley finely chopped. 57 Chafing Dish Possibilities Lobster a la Poulette Remove the meat from a two-pound lobster, and cut in cubes. Season with salt, paprika, and lemon juice. Melt three tablespoons butter, add three tablespoons flour, mixed with one half teaspoon salt, and pour on gradually three- fourths cup highly seasoned chicken stock. Add lobster meat, and, as soon as heated, three- fourths cup cream. Have ready the yolks of two hard-boiled eggs and the lobster coral forced through a potato ricer. Serve lobster on zephyrettes, and sprinkle with egg and coral. Lobster a la Americaine Cook two tablespoons butter with one-half tablespoon finely chopped onion, until yellow. Add two tablespoons flour and pour on grad- ually one cup stewed and strained tomatoes. To lobster liver add one tablespoon sherry wine and add to sauce. Season with one-half tea- spoon salt and one-eighth teaspoon paprikaFricassee of Lobster. Add one and one-half cups lobster meat cut in dice. As soon as heated, add one tablespoon sherry wine. Lobster a la Delmonico Melt one-fourth cup butter, add one table- spoon flour, one-half teaspoon salt, a few grains 58 Lobsters cayenne, and a slight grating of nutmeg. Pour on gradually one cup thin cream. Add the meat from a two-pound lobster cut in dice, and when heated add the yolks of two eggs and two tablespoons sherry wine.