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Menus made easy, or, How to order dinner and give the dishes their French names

1894

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Presented as published in 1894. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Saucisson de Bologne, de Lyons, etc. Thin slices of Bologna, Lyons, or other sausage, garnished with small salad. Sardines a I'huile. Sardines in oil ; aux tomates, in tomato sauce. A la Royale, they are served on shred celery, seasoned with oil and vinegar, and are garnished with strips of beetroot, gherkins, and white of hard-boiled egg. Anchois. Anchovies ; a la Diable, devilled. A la Burlington, small fillets, seasoned with oil and vinegar, are rolled and served on slices of hard-boiled egg, garnished with shred lettuce ; garnished with capers and anchovy butter, they are a la Victoria. MENUS MADE EASY. •\ Olives. Olives ; farcies, stuffed. A la Metropole, they are stuffed with green butter, set in little moulds of aspic, and served on slices of Bologna or other sausage, garnished with green butter. Caviar sur croutes. Caviar spread on buttered croutes. Garnished with prawns, it is called aux crevettes. As Blini au caviar, it is spread on buttered crumpets, well seasoned with lemon juice. Lax sur croutes. Lax on buttered croutes. If more variety is required, many of the dishes given in the chapter on savoury entremets will be found suitable. Hors d'oauvres are usually served in very small fancy plates, one to each person. CHAPTER II. SOUPS OB POTAGES. SOUPS may be divided into two classes : 1st. Clear, transparent soups, or consommes, of meat, game, or poultry, varying according to the floating garnish added to them. 2ndly. Thick soups, including purees of game, vegetables, etc. At a large dinner, when there are two soups, one is thick and the other clear. Consomme a la Julienne has a floating garnish of vegetables cut in strips. a la Xavier has a garnish of threads of vegetables. a la Jardiniere is garnished with vegetables cut in small fancy shapes. a la Brunoise has vegetables cut in small dice. This is sometimes called Potage Faubonne. a la Printaniere, or Potage printanier, has early summer vegetables cut in small shapes, with green peas and asparagus heads. a la Kursel is Printaniere soup with lettuces. a la Chijfonade has lettuces stamped out with a cutter, and peas. MENUS MADE EASY. Consomme a la D'Esclignac has a garnish of turnips, and small squares of custard. a la Royale and a VImperiale have small shapes of custard, which may be white, or coloured red and green. Printanier a la Royale has the vegetables as in "a la Printaniere," and the little pieces of custard as in "a la Eoyale." a la Portugaise is garnished with shreds of leeks, and French plums. a la Franqaise has a mixed vegetable garnish. With the addition of rice it is called a la Fleury. a la Clermont has little slices of onion fried brown. a la Crecy is garnished with shreds of carrots. a la Prince has turnips cut into little balls. a la Russe has shreds of carrot, celery and leeks. a la Dustan has haricot beans. a la D'Artois, or a la Saint-Germain, has a garnish of peas. aux chouxfarcis has stuffed Brussels sprouts. aux pommes olives has potatoes cut in the shape of olives. aux trois racines is garnished with carrots, turnips and celery. aux pointes d'asperges has asparagus heads. Any vegetable or herb may be used as a garnish, and the soup is named accordingly. aux ceufs poches has poached eggs. SOUPS OR POTAGES. Consomme aux prqfiterolles has little baked balls