4 tablespoons butter
i cup grated cheese ✪ Rice with a Cheese Crust
Wet the flour and cornstarch with milk and set
the pint of milk over the fire in a double boiler. Pour
in the flour and cornstarch, cook for fifteen minutes,
add the butter, the well-beaten yolks of the eggs and
the cheese. Stir till the eggs are cooked, then pour
into a buttered tin. Cut into rounds with a sharp
cooky cutter, sprinkle liberally the top of each with
grated cheese, seasoned with salt and cayenne. Set in
a hot oven, let them reheat, and allow the cheese to
brown. Serve hot.
SAVORY OMELET
Half a grated horse-radish
I cup grated cheese
6 eggs
3 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and pepper
Beat the eggs thoroughly, add the olive oil and
seasonings, fold in lightly the cheese and horse-radish
and pour into an omelet pan in which a tablespoon
of butter has been melted. Cook like an ordinary
omelet.
HOT CHEESE CRACKERS
Split common oyster crackers, butter them and
fill thickly with grated cheese. Lay them together,
place in a baking pan and sprinkle with a few drops
of sherry. Bake in a hot oven till golden brown, and
serve at once. This makes a nice dish for the Sunday
evening supper.
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FRIED CHEESE SANDWICH
Cut stale bread into thin slices and spread lightly
with French mustard. Cover with a thick layer of
grated cheese, sprinkle with salt and paprika. Press
the slices of bread together and trim off the crusts.
Heat a tablespoon of butter and lard together in a
spider. Fry the sandwiches on both sides till light
brown. Serve very hot. If yot have a morsel of
cold ham on hand, chop it fine and sprinkle over the
cheese with a few bits of shredded parsley.
GRAHAM BREAD CHEESE TOAST
J cups chopped ham
I cup grated cheese
1 teaspoon parsley
i tablespoon cream
Yolk i egg
6 slices graham bread
Cut stale graham bread into rather thick slices
and toast them lightly. Cut into fancy shapes. To
three-fourths cup of chopped ham or tongue add two
tablespoons of grated cheese, one teaspoon parsley,
one tablespoon cream and the beaten yolk of an egg.
Spread lightly on the toast, and over them sprinkle
a thick coat of grated cheese. Put the bread in a
baking pan, set in a hot oven and brown well.
MOCK CRAB SANDWICHES
2 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons grated cheese
i teaspoon salt, paprika and mustard
I teaspoon vinegar and anchovy paste
I teaspoon chopped olives
Cream the butter, add to the other ingredients
and mix thoroughly. Spread between thin bread and
butter folds. The anchovy makes a deliciously piquant
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flavor for this sandwich and makes the mixture a fine
coral tint that suggests crab in color as well as in taste.
CHEESE BALLS WITH DRESSED LETTUCE
i£ cups grated cheese
1 tablespoon flour
i teaspoon salt
Dash cayenne
Yolks 3 eggs
Mix the cheese, flour, salt and cayenne thoroughly
and moisten with the eggs beaten stiff. Shape into
small balls and roll in dry cracker dust. Fry in deep
fat and drain. Serve with dressed lettuce.
TOASTED CHEESE WITH EGGS
3 tablespoons stale bread crumbs
2 eggs
2 teaspoons made mustard
Salt and pepper✪ Toasted Cheese with Eggs
i \ cups grated cheese
Soak the bread crumbs in milk with two eggs,
then add the made mustard, salt and pepper to taste,
and the grated cheese. Beat all together, spread
evenly on slices of toast, and place in the oven to
brown quickly. Before serving, strew a little dry
grated cheese over it.
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Left-Over Fruit
Plum Ice Cream Bread and Jam Pudding
Steamed Berry Pudding Whipped Apples
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Presented as published in 1902. 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
4 tablespoons butter
i cup grated cheese
Wet the flour and cornstarch with milk and set the pint of milk over the fire in a double boiler. Pour in the flour and cornstarch, cook for fifteen minutes, add the butter, the well-beaten yolks of the eggs and the cheese. Stir till the eggs are cooked, then pour into a buttered tin. Cut into rounds with a sharp cooky cutter, sprinkle liberally the top of each with grated cheese, seasoned with salt and cayenne. Set in a hot oven, let them reheat, and allow the cheese to brown. Serve hot.
SAVORY OMELET
Half a grated horse-radish
I cup grated cheese
6 eggs
3 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and pepper
Beat the eggs thoroughly, add the olive oil and seasonings, fold in lightly the cheese and horse-radish and pour into an omelet pan in which a tablespoon of butter has been melted. Cook like an ordinary omelet.
HOT CHEESE CRACKERS
Split common oyster crackers, butter them and fill thickly with grated cheese. Lay them together, place in a baking pan and sprinkle with a few drops of sherry. Bake in a hot oven till golden brown, and serve at once. This makes a nice dish for the Sunday evening supper.
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FRIED CHEESE SANDWICH
Cut stale bread into thin slices and spread lightly with French mustard. Cover with a thick layer of grated cheese, sprinkle with salt and paprika. Press the slices of bread together and trim off the crusts. Heat a tablespoon of butter and lard together in a spider. Fry the sandwiches on both sides till light brown. Serve very hot. If you have a morsel of cold ham on hand, chop it fine and sprinkle over the cheese with a few bits of shredded parsley.
GRAHAM BREAD CHEESE TOAST
J cups chopped ham I cup grated cheese
1 teaspoon parsley i tablespoon cream Yolk i egg
6 slices graham bread
Cut stale graham bread into rather thick slices and toast them lightly. Cut into fancy shapes. To three-fourths cup of chopped ham or tongue add two tablespoons of grated cheese, one teaspoon parsley, one tablespoon cream and the beaten yolk of an egg. Spread lightly on the toast, and over them sprinkle a thick coat of grated cheese. Put the bread in a baking pan, set in a hot oven and brown well.
MOCK CRAB SANDWICHES
2 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons grated cheese i teaspoon salt, paprika and mustard I teaspoon vinegar and anchovy paste I teaspoon chopped olives
Cream the butter, add to the other ingredients and mix thoroughly. Spread between thin bread and butter folds. The anchovy makes a deliciously piquant
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flavor for this sandwich and makes the mixture a fine coral tint that suggests crab in color as well as in taste.
CHEESE BALLS WITH DRESSED LETTUCE
i£ cups grated cheese
1 tablespoon flour i teaspoon salt Dash cayenne Yolks 3 eggs
Mix the cheese, flour, salt and cayenne thoroughly and moisten with the eggs beaten stiff. Shape into small balls and roll in dry cracker dust. Fry in deep fat and drain. Serve with dressed lettuce.
TOASTED CHEESE WITH EGGS
3 tablespoons stale bread crumbs
2 eggs
2 teaspoons made mustard
Salt and pepper
1½ cups grated cheese
Soak the bread crumbs in milk with two eggs, then add the made mustard, salt and pepper to taste, and the grated cheese. Beat all together, spread evenly on slices of toast, and place in the oven to brown quickly. Before serving, strew a little dry grated cheese over it.
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Left-Over Fruit
Plum Ice Cream Bread and Jam Pudding
Steamed Berry Pudding Whipped Apples
Records on this page
Fried Cheese SandwichRice with a Cheese CrustMock Crab SandwichesCheese RingsCheese a la ItalienSavory OmeletHot Cheese CrackersCheese Balls with Dressed LettuceGraham Bread Cheese ToastToasted Cheese with Eggs