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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.
cream curds, cheese, butter and eggs. Timbale a la Diable is a mould of layers of rice with grated Parmesan, etc., with alternately slices of ham and of Gruyere cheese between the layers of rice. Baked and served with gravy. Olives farcies are stuffed olives. They are served on croutes. au Parmesan are served on cheese croutes or biscuits. en aspic are set in a mould of aspic, garnished with hard-boiled egg, etc. a la Saint-Augustine are stuffed with foie gras and set in little moulds of aspic. Croutes aux olives — served on little croutes, garnished with egg, anchovies or capers. au jambon are ham toasts ; a Vecarlate — tongue toasts. aux anchois are spread with anchovy butter or paste. They are sometimes garnished with chopped parsley and hard-boiled egg, or with fillets of anchovy. A la Frangaise, they have a stuffed olive in the centre. Canapes aux anchois are round slices of fried bread with chopped anchovies, capers, yolk and SAVOURY ENTREMETS. 205 white of egg arranged on them separately in quarters. Anchois farcis — anchovies boned, stuffed, dipped in batter and fried. a la Colmar — fillets of anchovies on croutes of fried bread, garnished with anchovy cream and yolk and white of egg. a la St. Augustine — anchovy creams set in little moulds of aspic. Allumettes d1 anchois are strips of anchovies wrapped in paste and fried. Petites gelees aux anchois are fillets of anchovies with hard-boiled egg, chopped parsley and capers, set in little moulds of aspic. Talmouses aux anchois are tartlets made of anchovy pastry, filled with cheese or anchovy cream. Pctits nids aux anchois are egg shapes of anchovy cream served in little nests of pastry, garnished with sprigs of parsley, etc. Many of the savouries of cheese that have been enumerated are also made with anchovy — souffles, creams, pancakes, fritters, straws, etc. Sardines au Parmesan are sardines on buttered strips of toast spread with grated Parmesan. "Without the Parmesan, they are called sur croutes. en papillotes are boned, stuffed, and served in papers. farcies are stuffed ; au Diable, devilled. a la Suisse are fried in batter. They are some- times called enfritot. 206 MENUS MADE EASY. Crevettes en surprise are shrimps served in little rolled slices of brown bread and butter, gar- nished with small salad. en mascaradeaxQ served on croutes with Mayonnaise sauce, covered with aspic whipped to a froth. Mousses aux crevettes are rich frothy creams made with pounded shrimps. They are usually served in little cases. Eissolettes a la Normande are very small rissoles of shrimps. Huitres a la Saint-Patrice are oysters served raw on croutes spread with bloater roe. au caviar are served on thin slices of lemon spread with caviar, on croutes of fried bread. Anges a Cheval are oysters wrapped in little slices of bacon, broiled and served on toast. Harengs a la Duchesse — creams of pounded herring set in little moulds of aspic. Fritot aux harengs — little fillets of herring fried in batter. These fritters are also made with dried haddock — merluchefume'e. Fritot a la Russe — fritters made of a cream of any dried fish, fried in batter. Friantines a la Madras are little fritters made of curried fish. Cassolettes aux Indes are small patties of rice filled with dried haddock devilled. Pailles a la Yarmouth are straws of pastry made