Butter small dario moulds and sprinkle with
finely chopped parsley. Carefully slip an egg✪ Steamed Eggs
into each mould, and sprinkle with salt and
pepper. Put moulds in blazer, and pour around
boiling water to three-fourths the depth of the
moulds. Let cook until whites are firm, keep-
ing water below the boiling point. Remove
from moulds and serve with tomato sauce.
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Eggs
Egg Timbales
Beat four eggs slightly ; add one-fourth cup
cream, a few drops of onion juice, one-fourth tea-
spoon salt, and a few grains each of celery salt
and paprika. Turn the mixture into small but-
tered dario moulds. Set in a pan of hot water
and cook until firm. Turn from moulds and
serve with a thin tomato or Bechamel sauce.
Plain Omelet
Beat three eggs slightly; add three table-
spoons milk, one-third teaspoon salt, and a few
grains pepper. Melt one tablespoon butter✪ Plain Omelet,
turn in the mixture, and cook until of a creamy
consistency, using a spatula to scrape cooked
mixture from bottom of pan, that it may mix
with the uncooked part, and thus prevent any
portion from being overdone. Loosen omelet
by running spatula around side and bottom of
pan. Fold and turn.
Cheese Omelet
Beat two eggs slightly; add one-eighth tea-
spoon salt and a few grains of cayenne. Melt
three-fourths tablespoon butter, pour in mixture,
and cook until firm, without stirring. Loosen
from pan, roll, and sprinkle with one tablespoon
grated cheese✪ Cheese Omelet.
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Chafing Dish Possibilities
Oyster Omelet
Prepare a Plain Omelet. Clean one cup
oysters, and cook until plump ; drain and re-
serve liquor. Spread oysters on omelet just
before folding. Melt two tablespoons butter;
add two tablespoons flour, one-fourth teaspoon
salt, and a few grains of pepper. Pour on grad-
ually oyster liquor and enough milk to make
one cup liquid✪ Oyster Omelet. Pour sauce around omelet.
Spanish Omelet
Prepare a Plain Omelet and serve with Span-
ish Sauce.
Spanish Sauce
Cook two tablespoons butter with one table-
spoon finely chopped onion, and one-fourth
green pepper (from which the seeds have been
removed) finely chopped, five minutes. Add one
and three-fourths cups tomatoes, drained from
their liquor; cook until moisture has nearly
evaporated, then add one tablespoon sliced
mushrooms, one tablespoon capers, one-fourth
teaspoon salt, and a few grains of cayenne✪ Spanish Sauce.
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OYSTERS
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OYSTERS
Grilled Oysters
CLEAN one pint oysters and drain off all the
liquor possible. Put oysters in blazer, and as
fast as liquor flows from them, remove it with
a spoon. So continue until oysters are plump.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper, add two table-
spoons butter, and serve on zephyrettes.
Panned Oysters
Melt two and one-half tablespoons butter,
add two tablespoons flour, one-fourth teaspoon
salt, one-eighth teaspoon paprika, and one-half
tablespoon Chili sauce. Clean one pint oysters
and add. Cook until edges curl, then add one
tablespoon finely chopped parsley and two table-
spoons chopped celery. Serve with toast.
Fancy Roast
Clean and drain one pint oysters. Put into a
blazer and cook until plump, stirring occasion-
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ally with a fork. Sprinkle with salt and pepper
and add two tablespoons butter✪ Grilled Oysters. Pour over
small slices of toast.
Oyster Fricassee ✪ Oyster Fricassee
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Butter small dariole moulds and sprinkle with finely chopped parsley. Carefully slip an egg into each mould, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Put moulds in blazer, and pour around boiling water to three-fourths the depth of the moulds. Let cook until whites are firm, keeping water below the boiling point. Remove from moulds and serve with tomato sauce.
Eggs
Egg Timbales
Beat four eggs slightly ; add one-fourth cup cream, a few drops of onion juice, one-fourth teaspoon salt, and a few grains each of celery salt and paprika. Turn the mixture into small buttered dariole moulds. Set in a pan of hot water and cook until firm. Turn from moulds and serve with a thin tomato or Bechamel sauce.
Plain Omelet
Beat three eggs slightly; add three tablespoons milk, one-third teaspoon salt, and a few grains pepper. Melt one tablespoon butter, turn in the mixture, and cook until of a creamy consistency, using a spatula to scrape cooked mixture from bottom of pan, that it may mix with the uncooked part, and thus prevent any portion from being overdone. Loosen omelet by running spatula around side and bottom of pan. Fold and turn.
Cheese Omelet
Beat two eggs slightly; add one-eighth teaspoon salt and a few grains of cayenne. Melt three-fourths tablespoon butter, pour in mixture, and cook until firm, without stirring. Loosen from pan, roll, and sprinkle with one tablespoon grated cheese.
Chafing Dish Possibilities
Oyster Omelet
Prepare a Plain Omelet. Clean one cup oysters, and cook until plump ; drain and reserve liquor. Spread oysters on omelet just before folding. Melt two tablespoons butter; add two tablespoons flour, one-fourth teaspoon salt, and a few grains of pepper. Pour on gradually oyster liquor and enough milk to make one cup liquid. Pour sauce around omelet.
Spanish Omelet
Prepare a Plain Omelet and serve with Spanish Sauce.
Spanish Sauce
Cook two tablespoons butter with one tablespoon finely chopped onion, and one-fourth green pepper (from which the seeds have been removed) finely chopped, five minutes. Add one and three-fourths cups tomatoes, drained from their liquor; cook until moisture has nearly evaporated, then add one tablespoon sliced mushrooms, one tablespoon capers, one-fourth teaspoon salt, and a few grains of cayenne.
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OYSTERS
Grilled Oysters
CLEAN one pint oysters and drain off all the liquor possible. Put oysters in blazer, and as fast as liquor flows from them, remove it with a spoon. So continue until oysters are plump. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, add two tablespoons butter, and serve on zephyrettes.
Panned Oysters
Melt two and one-half tablespoons butter, add two tablespoons flour, one-fourth teaspoon salt, one-eighth teaspoon paprika, and one-half tablespoon Chili sauce. Clean one pint oysters and add. Cook until edges curl, then add one tablespoon finely chopped parsley and two tablespoons chopped celery. Serve with toast.
Fancy Roast
Clean and drain one pint oysters. Put into a blazer and cook until plump, stirring occasion-
Chafing Dish Possibilities
ally with a fork. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and add two tablespoons butter. Pour over small slices of toast.
Oyster Fricassee
Records on this page
Egg TimbalesEggs à la CaracasSteamed EggsPlain OmeletCheese OmeletOyster OmeletSpanish SauceGrilled OystersPanned OystersOysters à la ThorndikeDevilled Oysters, IIOyster Fricassee