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Mrs. Ericsson Hammond's salad appetizer cook book...

1924

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Presented as published in 1924. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Cook green fresh asparagus in water with some salt and a pinch of baking soda for about eighteen to twenty minutes; take it up from the pan; put it on a platter; sprinkle with cold water to keep the color; cut them in about four inches in length. Put four to five stalks together; decorate them with three bands of finely cut Spanish pepper on a bias; put them in the oven to heat with a little butter on the top and a tight cover for about ten minutes; also cut thick slices of tomatoes, one for each; sprinkle them with pepper and salt. Put them in the oven to get hot; make a rich Hollandaise sauce; when hot place the tomatoes on a platter in the form of a ring and on top of each arrange the asparagus with the tips out and the stems in. Fill the center and all around with the Hollandaise sauce; garnish and sprinkle with parsley in 130 MRS. ERICSSON HAMMOND’S COOK BOOK the center. This is served as an entree. It also makes a beautiful dish by serving creamy chicken or sweetbreads in the center. Mould of Rice a la Carolina Moules de Riz a la Carolina Take one cup of rice, two and a half cups of water, one cup of hot milk, six tablespoons of grated Parmesan cheese, one table¬ spoon of butter, and pepper and salt to tasteMould of Rice a la Carolina. How to Make It. Put the rice in a saucepan on the stove with hot water; stir it rapidly all the time until it comes to a boil. Drain the water, and repeat this in hot water twice more. After that put the saucepan on the stove with a cup and a half of hot water; add a teaspoon of salt and leave on a very low fire; cook about an hour. When the rice commences to get dry, add the cup of hot milk, also four tablespoons of Parmesan cheese and the butter. When the rice is well cooked and soft, stir it carefully with a fork; put it up in a well-buttered fancy mould in the shape of a pyramid if at hand. Leave stand until it gets cold; when it is cold dip it in hot water, turn it out on a buttered baking sheet. Glaze it with a thin brown hot glaze and sprinkle it heavy with Parmesan cheese. Put it into the oven, time about ten minutes, until it is hot through; serve in the middle of the platter with fillets of chicken, squabs, ducks, pheasants, or birds of any kind. Garnish with water cress and serve with the currant jelly and Bordelaise sauce. See my large book, How to Make Borde- laise Sauce. Mushroom Mousse with Rice a la Gimo Mousse de Champignons au Riz a la Gimo For Six Persons Take one pound of mushrooms, one cup of rice, one cup of milk, two cups of water, a tablespoon of butter, sherry wine for flavor¬ ing if at hand, some chopped parsley, pepper and saltMushroom Mousse with Rice a la Gimo, and some truffles for decoration. How to Make It. Peel the mushrooms, put them in two cups of water, pepper and salt, and some sherry wine if at hand. Let them cook for about fifteen minutes; leave in the juice until cold. Take six of the best mushrooms and put them on a buttered pan, cover them with the Perigord sauce. Decorate a small strip all around the mushrooms with cream sauce and a dot in the center with the round piece of truffles. The rest of the mush¬ rooms and stems chop very fine. Scald the rice well, put it over a low fire with three cups of the juice that the mushrooms have been MRS. ERICSSON HAMMOND’S COOK BOOK 131 Mushroom Rice