Prepare the eggs as in the recipe for stuffed eggs, filling the cavity of the whites evenly, and pressing the two halves together so as to make it appear as a whole egg. Take what...
Three ounces of saltpetre, bay salt and brown sugar two ounces of each, a small quantity of cochineal; mix them all together, and warm them over the fire. Rub the hams well with it...
Cut small pieces, of the size of a half-crown, of half-roasted mutton, and put them into a saucepan with half a pint of red wine, the same quantity of gravy, one anchovy, a little...
Lard, truss, and force them; season and stew them in strong broth. Have a ragout garnished with sippets, sweetbreads, and sprigs of parsley; then fry the pigeons in a batter of egg...
Sift together six ounces each of rice and wheat flour, (cost about seven cents,) rub into them four ounces of lard or meat drippings, (cost four cents,) four eggs, (cost four cents...
1 pint white stock. A large sprig of parsley. 6 button mushrooms chopped. 1 large onion. Simmer altogether for half an hour, then strain very carefully. If desired very rich, a des...
Dip each pan or bowl into a pail of boiling water before you strain the milk into it. Put a close cover over each for about ten minutes: the hot steam causes the cream to rise thic...
4 ounces whole meal flour. 2 ounces white flour. 1 egg. 1/2 teaspoon baking powder. 1 1/2 ounces butter. 1 1/2 ounces sugar. 1/2 tablespoon golden syrup. Mix the two flours, the bu...
Seven tart, juicy apples, pared and cored, and cut fine. Put them over the fire in a double boiler without any water, steam until tender, then stir into them two tablespoonfuls of...
Mix with a table-spoonful of vinegar enough powdered chalk to destroy the acidity. Let it settle--then turn off the vinegar from the chalk carefully, and dry it perfectly. Whenever...
Are the best boiled or fried--they will do to broil, but are not so good as cooked in any other way.
Mushrooms. Pudding crust. Butter a pudding basin, line it with paste, fill with mushrooms, add pepper and salt to taste (about one teaspoonful of salt and half of pepper to one doz...
FIRST COURSE. Asparagus Soup, removed by Small Ham. Fish, Sea Kale, removed by white sauce. Roast Veal bechamelled. +----------+ Plateau. +----------+ Stewed Turnips, Alamode Mutto...
1 1/2 pints soaked green peas. 1 large onion. 1 large carrot. 1 large turnip. 2 quarts water. 1 ounce butter. 1 teaspoon salt. 1 dozen peppercorns. Dissolve the butter in a large s...
One cup of yellow corn meal in a mixing bowl, pour over it three cups of boiling milk. When cold add two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, two teaspoonfuls of sugar, one teaspoonful...
One cup sugar, one-half cup butter beaten to a cream; then add the yolks and whites of five eggs, beaten separately. Grate the rind of one lemon, add the juice of same, and three-f...
1 egg beaten stiff, add 1 cup sugar, and juice and rind of 1 lemon. Line your patty pans with pastry, then put in the lemon mixture and bake. This will make about six tarts. This s...
Pour over your melons or other vegetables boiling hot salt and water, and dry them the next day; cut a piece out of the side; scrape away the seed very clean; and fill them with sc...
1 egg yolk 3/4 teaspoon granulated gelatin dissolved in 1 tablespoon boiling water 2 teaspoons lemon juice 1/4 grain saccharine dissolved in 1/4 teaspoon cold water 1 egg white. Be...
Take beef suet and some veal, with a little winter savory, sage, thyme, and some grated nutmeg, beaten cloves, mace, and a little salt and pepper. Let these be well beaten together...
Put a walnut-sized bit of butter (or more if it is a large fish), rolled in flour, in a stewpan, with sweet-herbs, cloves, a gill of water, and a spoonful of vinegar; stir it over...
When the lobsters are boiled, take out the tail and claws, and dip them in white wine; strew over them nutmeg, cloves, mace, salt, and pepper, mixed together. Then pour over them s...
Take the desired number of hot hard-boiled eggs, cut in quarters, lay on pieces of hot buttered toast, and cover with white sauce. This makes a most appetizing dish for breakfast o...
Take two pounds of anchovies, one ounce of bay salt, three pints of spring water, half a gill of red port, half a gill mushroom ketchup; put them into a saucepan until the anchovie...
Wipe off a thick slice cut from tenderloin. Put in hot frying pan with three tablespoons butter. Sear one side, turn and sear other side. Cook eight minutes, turning frequently, ta...
1/2 pound cooked haricot beans. 1 large onion. 1 teaspoon mixed herbs. 1 teaspoon salt. 1/2 ounce butter for dish. 1 tomato. 3 eggs. 1 ditto hard boiled. Mince the haricot beans (w...
Take eight ounces of biscuit that is pounded fine, and soak it in just sufficient milk to cover it. When soft, stir in three beaten eggs, a table-spoonful of flour, and a quarter o...
Stew the oysters in their own liquor, but do not let them be too much done; beard them; take a table-spoonful of pickled mushrooms, wash them in two or three cold waters to get out...
Take beef that is fresh smoked and tender--shave it off thin, put it in a stew pan, with water enough to cover it--let it stew ten or fifteen minutes. Three or four minutes before...
Rasp the Oranges round and thin, cut them in Halves, pick out the Meat, boil the Halves very tender, then take half of them, that are clearest and best, and put them in a thick col...