Steak with Bananas

Ingredients

• the steak was two inches thick
• the bananas put into the hot butter
• which were also slightly salted
• a few sprigs of parsley

Method

1. 1

   Broil the steak under a gas flame.

2. 2

   In a separate pan, heat butter and add bananas.

3. 3

   Once the steak is cooked, spread with butter and salt, garnish with bananas and parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The home science cook book (1902) by Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", page 98. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

the bananas put into the hot butter in the spider. They were now ready to be turned over, and then the flame was re- duced ; and also under the potatoes and spinach. The steak was put into the broiling oven at the last mo- ment, and the flame properly adjusted. The steak, by the way, was two inches thick, but could be per- fectly broiled under the gas flame. Dinner was announced, partners arranged, and when all were seated and the cover lifted, the soup was piping hot and served directly to those nearest the hostess on either side, and they in turn passed to those beyond them. When this course was finished, the hostess, having started a conversation which she knew would engage the attention of the guests, quietly rose, and as she left the table took the tureen to the kitchen. A moment later her friend at the opposite end of the table rose and removed her plate and that of the guest nearest her, taking two at a time to the kitchen, and in like manner removed the others, taking the under plate with the soup plate. This was pur- posely done in a quiet, leisurely manner, engaging in the conversation meanwhile. The steak was turned the instant the hostess entered the kitchen, the water drained from the potatoes, cream, butter, salt, and A Dinner without a Maid. 227 pepper added, the pan returned to the fire ; then the spinach was drawn forward for a final heating, tasted and seasoned, the platter wiped from its hot bath and quickly filled with the steak, which was spread with butter and salt, and garnished and partly covered with the bananas, which were also slightly salted. A few sprigs of parsley

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