Melt one tablespoon butter, add one tea-
spoon cornstarch, and stir until well mixed ; then
add one-half cup thin cream and cook two min-
utes. Add one-half pound soft, mild cheese,
cut in small pieces, one-fourth teaspoon salt,
one-half teaspoon mustard, and a few grains
cayenne✪ Welsh Rarebit, I. Stir until cheese has melted, and mix-
ture is of a creamy consistency. Pour over
zephyrettes, or slices of bread toasted on one
side, rarebit being poured over untoasted side.
Rarebits may be cooked directly over the flame
or over the hot water pan. An unskilled person
would better select the latter.
Welsh Rarebit, II
Melt one tablespoon butter, add one-fourth
teaspoon each salt and paprika, one-half tea-
spoon mustard and one-third cup ale or lager
beer. Stir constantly, and when well heated add
one-half pound mild, soft cheese cut in small
pieces. Stir constantly until cheese becomes
melted, and mixture is of a creamy consistency.
With some cheese it is necessary to use one-
half cup ale, and the additional quantity may
be added during the preparation of the rarebit
if the mixture seems of too thick a consistency.
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Cheese Dishes
Many prefer the addition of one egg, slightly
beaten, just before serving.
Golden Buck
Serve a poached egg on each portion of welsh
rarebit.
Macaroni Rarebit
Follow recipe for Welsh Rarebit, I., using
Young American cheese. Stir in one cup cold,
cooked macaroni✪ Macaroni Rarebit, broken in one-half inch
pieces.
Oyster Rarebit
Clean, parboil, and drain one pint oysters, re-
serving the liquor. Remove and discard tough
muscles. Melt two tablespoons butter, add
one-half teaspoon salt, one-fourth teaspoon
paprika, and pour on gradually one-half cup
oyster liquor. When heated, add one-half
pound soft, mild cheese cut in small pieces.
Stir until mixture is smooth, then add two eggs✪ Oyster Rarebit,
slightly beaten, and the oysters.
Halibut Rarebit
Rub over the inner surface of the chafing
dish with a clove of garlic first dipped in salt.
Melt one tablespoon butter, add one tablespoon
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cornstarch, mixed with one-half teaspoon salt
and one-fourth teaspoon paprika, then pour on
gradually one-half cup each milk and chicken
stock. Add three-fourths cup soft, mild cheese
cut in small pieces, and one cup cold, flaked,
cooked halibut. As soon as cheese is melted
add one egg slightly beaten and one and one-
half tablespoons sherry win✪ Chafing Dish Possibilitiese. Serve on slices
of toast.
Cheese Fritters
Mix four tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
with two tablespoons stale bread crumbs. Beat
four eggs✪ Cheese Fritters thoroughly and add to first mixture.
Season with salt and paprika. Drop from tip
of spoon in small cakes on a hot, buttered
blazer. Brown on one side, turn and brown on
the other side.
Cheese Boxes
Cut stale bread in one-third inch slices, remove
crusts, and cut slices in pieces three by one and
one-half inches. Remove centres, leaving bread
in box-shaped pieces. Fit in each box a slice
of mild cheese, sprinkle with salt and paprika,
and cover with a thin piece of bread which was
removed with the centre. Saut6 in a hot blazer,
using enough butter✪ Cheese Boxes to prevent burning.
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Salted Almonds ✪ Salted Almonds
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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.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Melt one tablespoon butter, add one teaspoon cornstarch, and stir until well mixed ; then add one-half cup thin cream and cook two minutes. Add one-half pound soft, mild cheese, cut in small pieces, one-fourth teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon mustard, and a few grains cayenne. Stir until cheese has melted, and mixture is of a creamy consistency. Pour over zephyrettes, or slices of bread toasted on one side, rarebit being poured over untoasted side. Rarebits may be cooked directly over the flame or over the hot water pan. An unskilled person would better select the latter.
Welsh Rarebit, II
Melt one tablespoon butter, add one-fourth teaspoon each salt and paprika, one-half teaspoon mustard and one-third cup ale or lager beer. Stir constantly, and when well heated add one-half pound mild, soft cheese cut in small pieces. Stir constantly until cheese becomes melted, and mixture is of a creamy consistency. With some cheese it is necessary to use onehalf cup ale, and the additional quantity may be added during the preparation of the rarebit if the mixture seems of too thick a consistency.
Cheese Dishes
Many prefer the addition of one egg, slightly beaten, just before serving.
Golden Buck
Serve a poached egg on each portion of welsh rarebit.
Macaroni Rarebit
Follow recipe for Welsh Rarebit, I., using Young American cheese. Stir in one cup cold, cooked macaroni, broken in one-half inch pieces.
Oyster Rarebit
Clean, parboil, and drain one pint oysters, reserving the liquor. Remove and discard tough muscles. Melt two tablespoons butter, add one-half teaspoon salt, one-fourth teaspoon paprika, and pour on gradually one-half cup oyster liquor. When heated, add one-half pound soft, mild cheese cut in small pieces. Stir until mixture is smooth, then add two eggs, slightly beaten, and the oysters.
Halibut Rarebit
Rub over the inner surface of the chafing dish with a clove of garlic first dipped in salt. Melt one tablespoon butter, add one tablespoon
Chafing Dish Possibilities
cornstarch, mixed with one-half teaspoon salt and one-fourth teaspoon paprika, then pour on gradually one-half cup each milk and chicken stock. Add three-fourths cup soft, mild cheese cut in small pieces, and one cup cold, flaked, cooked halibut. As soon as cheese is melted add one egg slightly beaten and one and onehalf tablespoons sherry wine. Serve on slices of toast.
Cheese Fritters
Mix four tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese with two tablespoons stale bread crumbs. Beat four eggs thoroughly and add to first mixture. Season with salt and paprika. Drop from tip of spoon in small cakes on a hot, buttered blazer. Brown on one side, turn and brown on the other side.
Cheese Boxes
Cut stale bread in one-third inch slices, remove crusts, and cut slices in pieces three by one and one-half inches. Remove centres, leaving bread in box-shaped pieces. Fit in each box a slice of mild cheese, sprinkle with salt and paprika, and cover with a thin piece of bread which was removed with the centre. Saut6 in a hot blazer, using enough butter to prevent burning.
RELISHES AND SWEETS
Who pepper1 d the highest was stir est to please
Goldsmith
Nor waste their sweetness in the dese?'t air
Churchill
RELISHES AND SWEETS
Salted Almonds
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