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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
flour✪ Oysters 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
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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.
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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 paprika✪ Fricassee 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
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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.
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and saute, using enough butter to prevent burning. 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 sandwiches.
Curried Lobster, I
Prepare same as Creamed Lobster, adding one teaspoon curry powder to flour when making 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 flour 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
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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; remove seasonings. Melt three tablespoons butter, add four tablespoons flour mixed with one-half teaspoon salt, a few grains cayenne, and a slight grating nutmeg. Pour on gradually 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.
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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 gradually one cup stewed and strained tomatoes. To lobster liver add one tablespoon sherry wine and add to sauce. Season with one-half teaspoon salt and one-eighth teaspoon paprika. 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 tablespoon flour, one-half teaspoon salt, a few grains
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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.
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Oysters a la BechamelLobster a la BechamelOysters a la CreoleCreamed LobsterCurried Lobster, ICurried Lobster, IIFricassee of LobsterLobster a la PouletteLobster a la DelmonicoLobster a la AmericaineLobster a la Newburg