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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.
Cut in joints, they are dressed in the following ways : — ENTREES. 79 Poulet a la Tartare — breadcrumbed and broiled; served with Tartare sauce and pickles. a la Tyrolienne — breadcrumbed and fried ; ^served with tomato sauce and fried parsley. a la bonne femme — stewed and served in white sauce. au chasseur — soaked in oil with onion, etc., breadcrumbed and broiled; served in "Yin de Madere " sauce with chopped ham. a la Chabert — cooked in oil with tomatoes, chopped parsley, shallots, etc. a la Marengo — cooked in oil, and served in Italian sauce with the oil in which it was cooked. en kari is curried, and served with rice. Gar- nished with little heaps of grated cocoanut and of sultanas, it is a la Simla, a la Provengale — covered with a white onion sauce, sprinkled with breadcrumbs and browned. en marinade — soaked in vinegar with herbs, etc., and fried in batter. saute — the joints are saute, and served in a sauce of stock, wine, chopped mushrooms, etc. saute aux truffes — saute, and served in brown sauce with truffles. a la Demidoff — saute, and served with a border of rice, and brown sauce with wine, a la Pondichery — saute, and served with a border of rice, and brown sauce with puree of apples, orange juice, and shreds of orange peel. 80 MENUS MADE EASY. Fricassee de poulet — cooked in a white sauce with mushrooms, cocks' combs, pieces of sweet- bread, etc. a Vancienne — cooked with flour, butter, milk, young onions, etc. Fritot de poulet — the joints are seasoned with oil and herbs, floured, and fried. Served with tomato sauce, it is a la Orly. A laSuisse, they are fried in batter. Small fillets cut from the breast of fowls are dressed as — Filets de volaille, or poulardes, au supreme, on a border, covered with Supreme sauce. aux champignons — covered with white sauce with cream and mushrooms. If slices of truffles are substituted for the mushrooms, the dish is called aux truffes instead of aux champignons. a la Duchesse — saute, and dressed in a crown, with cocks' combs in the centre, and white sauce with cream, etc. a la Talma — half of them larded, braised and glazed, and half stuck with pieces of French beans and saute; arranged alternately on dressed spinach, and served with brown sauce. a I'Ambassadrice — cut in slices, and coated with forcemeat of fowl with chopped truffles ; breadcrumbed, half of them with chopped truffles and half with chopped ham mixed with the crumbs, and saute. Arranged alter- nately ; a puree of cucumbers with cream in the centre. ENTREES. 81 Filets de volaille a la Dumas — masked with a puree of cucumbers with white sauce, etc., bread- crumbed and fried; served on a puree of cucumbers with cream. a la Nesselrode are served cold, masked with a white sauce with cream, etc., and dressed alter- nately with glazed slices of tongue on a border of hard-boiled eggs ; a salad in the centre with Mayonnaise sauce. aux concombres are arranged in a circle alter- nately with stewed pieces of cucumber; served with a puree of cucumber. aux pointes d'asperges are coated with Supreme sauce, and dressed alternately with pieces of tongue of the same size ; asparagus points in the centre.