The Hotel St. Francis cook book

Orange and grapefruit, St. Francis. Sliced oranges and grapefruit, in equal parts. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, and moisten with Dubonnet. Serve in double supreme glasses with a few fresh strawberries on top. Prunes Victor. Put two pounds of dry prunes in an earthen pot, add two quarts of water, the rind of a lemon, one stick of cinnamon, one-half cup of sugar, and a vanilla bean. Put on hot stove and bring to a boil. Then move to one side of fire and simmer slowly for six hours. Or, set in a moderate oven for six hours. Allow to become cool, and add a pony of good cognac. Use the prune juice for a morning drink, and serve the prunes with cream. Chicken stuffed with raisins. Soak a small loaf of bread in warm milk, squeeze out lightly, and add an equal volume of raisins. Season with salt and pepper, fill the chicken, and roast in the usual manner. California raisins may be used in many dishes, such as soup, fish, entrees, roasts, bread, puddings, ice cream, etc. Rice Californienne. Wash a pound of rice in cold water. Chop an onion, smother in butter, add the rice, one quart of broth, and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, cover, and set in oven for thirty-five minutes. Before serving add one-half cup of grated cheese. Tripe, Wm. H. Crane. Wash the tripe well, and cut in round pieces about five inches in diameter. Place them in a saucepan with a few carrots, two or three onions, some whole peppers, salt, white wine, and good white broth. Boil until thoroughly tender. Then place the tripe in a stone jar and strain the liquid over it. Keep in a cool place. When needed turn them in flour, and fry quickly in a frying pan in very hot butter. Serve with some parsley butter. Avocado, French dressing. Split the avocado, remove the pit, and fill half full with a dressing made with salt, pepper, a little French mustard, and onethird vinegar and two-thirds olive oil. French dressing. Two teaspoonfuls of salt, one teaspoonful of mustard, one-quarter teaspoonful of black pepper, one-half teaspoonful of paprika, the juice of one lemon, and the same amount of vinegar. Put in a quart bottle, fill with olive oil, and shake thoroughly. Salad dressing. One-half cup of tomato catsup, one-half cup of cream, two teaspoonfuls of lemon juice, and black and red pepper and salt to taste. Snails. Dissolve one ounce of yeast in warm water. Make a dough with one pound of flour, four ounces of sugar, two eggs, two ounces of butter, two ounces of lard, one ounce of salt, one cup of water, and the dissolved yeast, Allow to raise for about an hour. Then roll the dough into a square sheet about one-quarter inch thick. Brush over with butter and bestrew with sugar, cinnamon, and currants. Roll the sheet into a roll and cut in slices one-quarter inch thick. Lay the slices on a greased pan and allow to raise until double the size. Bake in a moderate oven. Olympic club cheese. Scrape clean three best quality camembert cheeses. Put in a copper casserole with one-quarter pound of good Roquefort cheese, one-half pound of table butter, two tablespoonfuls of sifted flour and one pint of cream. Boil until the whole is melted together. Then strain through cheese cloth, put in an earthen pot, and allow to become cool.