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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.
a I'Indienne — lettuce and mustard and cress, with a sauce of claret with chutney, vinegar and spice ; in a border of plovers' eggs, or hard- boiled eggs cut in halves. It may be gar- nished with curried shrimps and slices of lemon, and is served with brown bread and butter. a la Flamande — Dutch herrings, or any dried fish, pickled shrimps, apples, beetroot, potatoes, etc., with oil and vinegar. a I'Espagnole — a border of slices of tomatoes, and pickled onions with Mayonnaise sauce in the centre. a la Russe — carrots, parsnips and beetroot cut in shapes, pieces of fowl or game, anchovies, olives, caviar, etc., with oil, vinegar and mustard. Another form of Russian salad is a mould of vegetables with yolks of eggs, cream, puree of spinach, etc. a la Suede — pickled herrings, beef, apples and potatoes, cut in dice, with chopped herbs, gherkins and capers, oil and vinegar ; garnished with anchovies and olives. 158 MENUS MADE EASY. Salade a la Vienne — lettuce with shreds of ham, tarragon and chervil, oil and vinegar, etc. a VAnvers — lettuce with shreds of chicken, ham and capsicums, in a Mayonnaise sauce with curry powder, garnished with slices of potatoes. a la Napolitaine — a border of slices of hard-boiled eggs and Bologna sausage, and a salad with Tartare sauce in the centre. a la Rachel — shreds of celery and hard-boiled whites of eggs, in Tartare sauce with chopped herbs ; garnished with the yolks of eggs and sausages cut in slices. This is sometimes called a la Reine. a la Cazanova — dice of ham and fish, with celery, hard-boiled whites of eggs, etc. Mayonnaise sauce with powdered yolks of eggs. a la Tartare — lettuce, with pickled cucumbers, onions, etc., herrings cut in dice, oil and vinegar. a la Demidoff — slices of potatoes and truffles, with oil and vinegar, young onions, etc. a Madame — lettuce, with sauce of oil, vinegar, yolk of egg, etc. a V Adeline — salsifis with Mayonnaise sauce, in a border of tomato mayonnaise with aspic ; garnished with strips of cucumber and tomato. d'Estrees — endive and celery in Mayonnaise sauce, with a border of slices of potato and beetroot. a la Pompadour — pieces of cauliflower in Mayon- naise sauce with cheese^ in a border of slices VEGETABLES, OR LEGUMES, AND SALADS. 159 of potatoes, carrots and leeks. Savoury cream sauce. Salade a la Jardiniere — fine strips of vegetables, •with oil, vinegar, etc. Cerises a la vinaigrette is composed of stoned cherries, fillets of anchovies, young onions, chopped bacon, etc., \vith oil, vinegar, mustard and spice. Mayonnaise a la Macedoine, or a la Jardiniere, is composed of mixed vegetables with Mayonnaise sauce. Mayonnaise a la Bretonne — shreds of lettuce and of fish, with anchovies and olives, and green Mayonnaise sauce. Mayonnaise de tomates a Vaspic — chopped tomatoes with Mayonnaise sauce in a border of aspic ; garnished with tarragon and olives. Mayonnaise de tomates a la Couronne — chopped tomatoes in Mayonnaise sauce with aspic, set in little paper cases. Salade a la Duchessc de Fife is a mould of tomato puree with aspic and Mayonnaise sauce, decorated with hard-boiled egg, and served with salad. Tinibale a la Macedoine is a mould of aspic, decorated with egg, and filled with a vegetable Macedoine in Mayonnaise sauce. Petites cremcs a la Jardiniere are little moulds of mixed vegetables in Mayonnaise sauce with