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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.
little balls of rice. a la Duchesse is a white soup garnished with quenelles. a la Moderne is a white soup with shreds of fried lettuce. This is often called a I'Imperatrice. a la Maltaise is a rich white soup, garnished with slices of oranges, and shreds of capsicums, chillies and of orange peel. a la Florenza is a white soup with macaroni and grated cheese. Creme a la Eoyale is a white soup with little dice shapes of cheese custard. Creme a la Zingari is a white soup garnished with red, black and yellow quenelles. SOUPS OR POTAGES. 1L Potage Jardiniere a la Hollandaise is white soup with a Jardiniere garnish. Cockie leekie is made of pheasant or chicken with leeks. French plums may be added to it. a la Friar Tuck is a chicken soup, garnished with pieces of the chicken and shreds of leeks. au sagou is sago soup ; au tapioca — tapioca soup. Garnished with strips of chicken, tongue and truffles, it is Potage a la Gouffe. vermicelle a la Hollandaise is vermicelli soup with cream and yolks of eggs. Pilau de riz is rice boiled in stock au mouton. Mutton broth served with the mutton in it. a VIrlandaise is mutton broth with potatoes, a I'Ecossaise. Scotch broth of mutton with barley, chopped parsley, and vegetables cut in dice. Sheep's-head soup is also called by this name. Hoche-pot. Hodge-podge soup, of mutton with vegetables. de riz a la Turque. Mutton broth served with rice. Pot-au-feu. Uncleared stock served with the vegetables in it. Livonien. Puree of vegetables and rice, with cream and yolks of eggs. Solferino. Stock with young vegetables, puree of tomatoes, chopped parsley, etc. a la Grecque. Pea soup and Jardiniere soup 12 MENUS MADE EASY. with pieces of braised mutton. Another Potage a la Grecque is a fish soup with tomatoes, garnished with oysters. Potage a la Bagration. White fish soup with curry powder, crayfish tails, chopped sole, and vegetables. anas filets de soles. Veal or fish stock with fillets of sole. a la Poissonniere, or Creme de poisson. White fish soup. Bisque au riz is a shellfish soup with rice. a la Nimoise. Fish stock with yolks of eggs. a la Brisse. Chicken soup with small shapes of vegetable cream, made of a puree of the vegetable with eggs. a la Marechale is a bread soup garnished with quenelles of crayfish or shrimps. a la Tyrolienne is barley soup garnished with carrots. a VAllemande is white sago or tapioca soup with Brunoise vegetables. a la Polonaise is a potato soup with cheese and macaroni, a la Pluche is a potato soup with shreds of carrots. a la Conservative is a puree of potatoes with cream and yolks of eggs, garnished with little red and white quenelles. It is sometimes made in the same way with a puree of carrots. a la Boston is made with tomatoes, potatoes, and okra. SOUPS OR POTAGES. 13 Potage a la Flamande is a white vegetable soup. a la Jiibile is made of a puree of tomatoes and mushrooms. a la Dauphine is a puree of peas and tomatoes, garnished with little strips of ham and of vegetables. a la Modena is a spinach soup with eggs. a la St. Louis is a puree of white vegetables with shreds of carrot. d'amandes a la Colbert is a white almond soup, garnished with poached eggs.