in salad oil drop by drop with a Dover egg-
beater, beating for nearly a minute after
each addition. After ten minutes, add two
or three drops at a time, and when the dress-
ing once begins to tliicken, the quantity can
be increased even more. If too thick, add a
little vinegar to thin it. A pint of oil can
be used to every egg. When done, season
with salt and white pepper. Just before
serving, stir into it the whipped Avhite of an
egg✪ Mayonnaise Dressing. The bowl, egg-beater, and materials
must all be very cold, and the dressing when
made must be kept on ice until used.
3.
Eggs a la CHme.
Raw Tomatoes. Rice Crumpets.
Sliced Peaclies.
Eggs d la Creme. — Eight eggs boiled hard,
one cup white sauce, two tablespoonf uls fine
crumbs, tablespoonful butter. Slice six of
the eggs, and put them in a pudding -dish
with the white sauce. Eub the yolks of the
other two eggs through a sieve, mix them
with the bread-crumbs, and sprinkle them
over the top of the dish. Put bits of butter
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here and there, garnish the dish around the
sides with points of buttered toast and the
extra whites of the eggs cut in rings, and set
the dish in the oven untU browned on top.
Bice Crumpets. — One cup rice, two cups
flour, one cup milk, one tablespoonf ul butter,
one tablespoonf ul sugar ; quarter of a yeast-
cake, dissolved in warm water; pinch of salt✪ Rice Crumpets.
Set to rise early in the morning. When
light, fill muffin-pans ; let them stand fifteen
minutes, and bake.
8.
Deviled Chicken.
French Rolls. Broiled Tomatoes.
Berries.
Deviled Chicken. — Select a young and ten-
der chicken, score it with a knife, rub it well
with the sauce described in the last chapter✪ Deviled Chicken
(see "Deviled Mutton"), and broil over a
clear fire.
Broiled Tomatoes. — Slice, but do not peel,
fresh tomatoes. Broil them on a toaster
over the fire ; remove to a hot dish ; put a
little butter, pepper, and salt on each one,
and let them stand a minute before serving.
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4.
. Poached Eggs, with Anchovy Toast.
Sardines.
Boston Brown-Bread. Water-cress.
Nutmeg Melons.
Poached Eggs^ with A^ichovy Toast — Pre-
pare slices of anchovy toast as already de-
scribed, and lay on each slice a poached egg.
Pour over all a cup of drawn butter in which
has been stirred a teaspoonful of chopped
parsley✪ Poached Eggs with Anchovy Toast.
Boston Brown-Bread, — Put a loaf of Bos-
ton brown-bread into the inner vessel of a
double boiler, and boiling water in. the outer
vessel, and steam the bread until it is hot
throuorh.
"" 6.
Game Pate. Cold Tongue, sliced.
Bread-and-Butter. Radishes.
Hot Crackers.
Cream Cheese.
Game Pate. — Several varieties of game
pdtes are put up by French and American
companies, and all are admirable for summer
lunches or teas.
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6.
Fried Pickerel. New Potatoes.
Brown Bread.
Celery and Radish Salad.
Fried PicJcerd. — These fish are very de-
licious when perfectly fresh. Each fish
should be rolled in flour and fried quickly in
hot dripping✪ Fried Pickerel. Take them out of the pan as
soon as done.
Celery and Badish Salad. — Cut the celery
into inch lengths, and toss it up with a
French dressing. Heap it in a bowl, and
arrange half-peeled radishes around the
mound. Pour over all a mayonnaise dress-
ing prepared according to the directions al-
ready given. The combination of the cool
celery and the pungent radishes will be
found very pleasing.
Jellied Tongue. Fried Bananaa
Asparagus Biscuit.
Peaches and Cream.
Jellied Tongue. — One cup of the liquor in
which the tongue was cooked, two cups good
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in salad oil drop by drop with a Dover eggbeater, beating for nearly a minute after each addition. After ten minutes, add two or three drops at a time, and when the dressing once begins to tliicken, the quantity can be increased even more. If too thick, add a little vinegar to thin it. A pint of oil can be used to every egg. When done, season with salt and white pepper. Just before serving, stir into it the whipped Avhite of an egg. The bowl, egg-beater, and materials must all be very cold, and the dressing when made must be kept on ice until used.
Eggs a la Creme.
Raw Tomatoes. Rice Crumpets.
Sliced Peaclies.
Eggs d la Creme. — Eight eggs boiled hard,
one cup white sauce, two tablespoonf uls fine
crumbs, tablespoonful butter. Slice six of
the eggs, and put them in a pudding -dish
with the white sauce. Rub the yolks of the
other two eggs through a sieve, mix them
with the bread-crumbs, and sprinkle them
over the top of the dish. Put bits of butter
here and there, garnish the dish around the sides with points of buttered toast and the extra whites of the eggs cut in rings, and set the dish in the oven untU browned on top.
Rice Crumpets. — One cup rice, two cups flour, one cup milk, one tablespoonf ul butter, one tablespoonf ul sugar ; quarter of a yeastcake, dissolved in warm water; pinch of salt. Set to rise early in the morning. When light, fill muffin-pans ; let them stand fifteen minutes, and bake.
Deviled Chicken. French Rolls. Broiled Tomatoes.
Berries.
Deviled Chicken. — Select a young and tender chicken, score it with a knife, rub it well with the sauce described in the last chapter (see "Deviled Mutton"), and broil over a clear fire.
Broiled Tomatoes. — Slice, but do not peel, fresh tomatoes. Broil them on a toaster over the fire ; remove to a hot dish ; put a little butter, pepper, and salt on each one, and let them stand a minute before serving.
FAMILY LUNCHES FOB SUMMER
. Poached Eggs, with Anchovy Toast.
Sardines.
Boston Brown-Bread. Water-cress.
Nutmeg Melons.
Poached Eggs, with Anchovy Toast — Prepare slices of anchovy toast as already described, and lay on each slice a poached egg. Pour over all a cup of drawn butter in which has been stirred a teaspoonful of chopped parsley.
Boston Brown-Bread, — Put a loaf of Boston brown-bread into the inner vessel of a double boiler, and boiling water in. the outer vessel, and steam the bread until it is hot
through.
"" 6.
Game Pate. Cold Tongue, sliced.
Bread-and-Butter. Radishes.
Hot Crackers.
Cream Cheese.
Game Pate. — Several varieties of game
pdtes are put up by French and American
companies, and all are admirable for summer
lunches or teas.
Fried Pickerel. New Potatoes.
Brown Bread.
Celery and Radish Salad.
Fried PicJcerd. — These fish are very delicious when perfectly fresh. Each fish should be rolled in flour and fried quickly in hot dripping. Take them out of the pan as soon as done.
Celery and Radish Salad. — Cut the celery into inch lengths, and toss it up with a French dressing. Heap it in a bowl, and arrange half-peeled radishes around the mound. Pour over all a mayonnaise dressing prepared according to the directions already given. The combination of the cool celery and the pungent radishes will be found very pleasing.
Jellied Tongue. Fried Bananas
Asparagus Biscuit. Peaches and Cream.
Jellied Tongue. — One cup of the liquor in which the tongue was cooked, two cups good
FAMILY LUNCHES FOE SUMMER
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