Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-dish Dainties: With Thirty-two Illustrations of Original Dishes |
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½ a cup ½ a teaspoonful 14 a cup add half anchovy asparagus aspic aspic jelly bay leaf beat BECHAMEL SAUCE blazer boiling water bread capers cayenne celery centre chafing-dish cheese chilled chopped parsley cold water cooked cucumber cup of cream dash of paprica dish drain eggs fill fish French dressing Garnish gherkins grated half a cup half a teaspoonful halibut hard-boiled eggs heated hot water INGREDIENTS lemon juice lettuce leaves lobster mayonnaise dressing meat melted mixture mould mushrooms mustard nasturtium olives one-fourth a cup one-fourth a teaspoonful onion onion juice oysters parsley pastry bag peas pieces pimentos pint potatoes pound rarebit remove Salad salt and pepper Sandwiches sardines sauté serve at once serving-dish shredded shrimps spoonful spread sprinkle stir sugar sweetbreads tablespoonful of lemon tablespoonfuls of butter tablespoonfuls of flour tablespoonfuls of oil tarragon teaspoonful of salt tender thick thin slices toast tomatoes vegetables vinegar yolks
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Page 4 - And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Page 220 - Add the peas to the sauce ; beat the yolks of two eggs, add half a cup of cream, and stir into the sauce and peas ; add, also, one tablespoonful of butter.
Page 1 - THE HAUNCH OF VENISON. A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LORD CLARE. THANKS, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter Never rang'd in a forest, or smok'd in a platter. The haunch was a picture for painters to study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy; Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating...
Page 169 - Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.
Page 6 - Distrust the condiment that bites too soon; But deem it not, thou man of herbs, a fault To add a double quantity of salt; Four times the spoon with oil of Lucca crown And twice with vinegar procured from "town.
Page 89 - Then there is that glorious Epicurean paradox, uttered by my friend the Historian, in one of his flashing moments : — " Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.