EGGS, How A GUIDE FOR THAN THE FIVE PREPARATION HUNDRED SOME WITH Them. Use to OF DIFFERENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT IN MORE STYLES TO REFERENCE AND EGGS THEIR'" PAST TIMES. "BY ADOLPHE Author of PUBLISHED ''The M.C.A. MEYER, Post-Graduated BY Cookery CATERER THE New third York. edition. Book," "Dainty PUBLISHING Dishes" etc. CO., TO ALL, THEIR ACKNOWLEDGE WHO TO INDEBTEDNESS THIS Copyright, 1898, BOOK by Adolphe THE IS EGG; DEDICATED. Meyes. A Chat 'T'HIS modest of have have with been proved their the primeval in also contain the as eye for the of those egg well brotherhood all When its nothing it is merely can palate. popular is said, however, nothing the of task Like better; ventured has common the It can only the egg woman, when ent differto as vast with it is as pages please justly'claimed be the among and fire many so the since ever These treated, be in played food. call to most cookery, of of vivants, who merits. of footing possibilities of live, to bon is egg, art the of intrinsic there and egg eat though desirous that guide, showing as years, proper a has which preparation the though begin writer diet, the realized the as that who of complete a on latter part science proper in which ways good, the first man water upon article of development the prominent useful most yet the to as seems authors to dignity literary wares. instance, the present attention their the recent subject the before readers, criticallyexamining In their it in useful very and deserves Indeed, fashion of out gone Reader. scarcely preface. themselves placing the little book formal a prefaces they With live to that select eat. stand must when it is multitude an bad, alone egg is there is worse. The Author. INDEX. A Chat A Historical, with Reader the Theoretical and Practical Song O'Meara's Friar 3 Eggs, s 25 26 Eggs Boiled on 23 II Part Chapter 28 Eggs Poached , Mollet Eggs 45 Scrambled Eggs Shirred Eggs Eggs \ 59 Miroir au 67 Eggs Fmed Cocottes Eggs in Eggs Moulded Hard or Cases 72 78 iisr Timeales \ Ecgs Eggs Stuffed Cold So 81 " J Eggs Omelets 93 Sweet Omelets Sweet Eggs 109 114 Miscellaneous Egg 118 Drinks Mulled Books Recipes 124 Wine^ of with Reference Eggs (Poem) 127 128 PART A I. Theoretical Historical, Chapter all IN times lands, be can and far as the traced, Nature's among This the the earth, and that article of food, it but of for been in fully the creation how of the the due every benefit the past much various well as they sauces are merely not its the nutritious portant im- very abundantly without to of and and by chief as corner additional use, all tradition and continuously in mankind. to wholesome immediate in aware to who those cooks, Famous is in and regarded been found most a also it ready assistance is gifts has is egg that been precious and races history ever popularity that fact has egg all among written as most universal fact ages, back Practical E^^s. on all in and the produced, re- aid or production. the as indebted and have present, to delicacies the egg, that 6 o.nd How Egg^, have made reputationas fact, without In would their have the abandon Use to Them. of eggs, aid ery. of cook- in the art masters the artistic cook professionin despair. In ancient times the life-giving qualityof the egg was garded rerecognized by the philosophers of those days, who it as the symbol of awakening life,and many of them advised followers their disciplesand to abstain to from the germ which his of as food, so as not eggs had Nature destined for the use destroy to the production of a of regarded as an emblem which the material world, representingthe four elements the shell indicatingthe earth; it, as follows: compose the white, water; the yolk,fire; and the capula (between shell and white) being typicalof the air. Hutchinson, in, his history of Northumberland, says: of held by Egyptians as a sacred emblem "The egg was after the deluge. The the renovation of mankind Jews circumstances of their it suit the to history,as a adapted type of their departure from the land of Egypt, and it life. new The also was e^g " in the used was and Greeks carried them Goddess of Pliny, the wife a with with of consulted of the of those Once the egg, him will grant you the Gods, who the advice, as followed given, Empress that her Her to upon women who wish A time consulted that the who man, a greatly to proud matrons tgg an is shown as that dreamed of the by followed the played eggs she gave many ment amuse- devote of chickens. soothsayer, and white was of Rome, these watched the incubation a as gratified, was example of dreams, interpretation legend: male a forth, thank foremost themselves if hatched; until tgg in "Warm her: latter advised the new-laid a Tiberius. birth to Livia, of result the honor and sacrifices, of Ceres, the Agriculture. natural history,tells the story Nero, who, during her pregnancy, The son." in their in great pomp, teller;and fortune lamb." Pascal eggs part of the a as in his bosom your chicken comes a used Romans Passover the table,with of the furniture of the feast in important part by he that wise the following had eaten man informed that the signified an dreamer and Eggs, would, before and the How into the long, come yolk meant that he goM. legacy consistingpartly of The He a fortunate hastened piece of the silver. "My I made it shell,I made that me the first "from the himself in health. mala," In "from or it." who breaking the shows clearly This soft boiled fond of eggs. laid eggs, new which dinner. necessary apple," if one the remain to was wished adage, maintain to "ab table at ovo ad usque the end." beginning to this the said, months few a fcustom, the author of the cynically remarks, "This expression, 'ab Cibaria from then Hence the of speaking it the to egg and, egg; of every that They, asserted him yolk?" In very a metals. offered Nichomachus, partialto course teller,and for the gulpi of were some received precious littleproperty. an one were Romans formed as but the ancients The very receive soon two ver, sil- some well for the white," said certain a round as those 7 " afterward soon naught mentions father left would is very there Them. possessionof the fortune "This latter,"but is Athenaeus dreamer thank to Use to Tabella ovo'" beginning alludes also to those prolixnarrators would who begin the history of the siege of Troy by of Castor and Pollux, as well recallingthe circumstance and Helen as Clytemnestra,having been hatched out of Leda's meter: egg." This fable is thus aluded to in the Hexa" "Pollux of eggs," It was New of Roman a bright This colored Day, Easter tide. The decorated with to the in ple cou- the beginning of the then occurred in March, by presents eggs in honor of Castor and eggs then often covered with are Pollux. made New on during of sugar, silk, and richly artificial flowers, and, sometimes, they presents of considerable Brand, as mark to pasteboard or a chickens." countries prevails in some 'it is more commonly followed but chocolate, of (Horace), "yet, you boldly afraid of findingthere, not Jialf-formed some out still custom Year's have were custom Year, which hatched were poet if you as Dioscuri, but the Castor our says call for them, not and his origin of value inside has Popular Antiquities, Easter eggs. He of them. much quotes from to say Douce's 8 manuscript Paris a geur notes to Easter them Elsewhere he speaks of "Oh : passages Catholics the arose returning their by long so from abstinence an Emilianne's Priests, in which and Voya- practiceof painting and among after of Le Lent." during Monks author occasioned was food favorite "The that the supposes Them. Use to follows: as decorating eggs at from the joy which their How and Eggs, Easter of families send Eve found are and of Romish following Frauds Easter the all the heads Day great chargers full of hard the to eggs priestsperform by saying several appointed prayers, and making great signs of the cross them and over sprinklingthem with water. how demands The priest,having finished the ceremony, church dozen many "These the there be in every basin." blessed eggs have the virtue of of the fleshy nourishment Lent. The but his also around of as it eggs take and the dozen in the these tables set dishes midst. have causeth flesh of during ries car- be set with flowers, and place and the great charger pleasant sight to see meat a of one a with or all white large table to house, which they cover 'Tis is rich abstinence blessed, every are very forth in the houses that from first fat cheese, biitter and side tables on expose all the platesthat they have they sanctifying the the only abstain they else after linen, all bestrewed a be to are the eggs in room not and eggs, portion home, best their from soon tfee best in body, they Italians do As meats. the eggs entrails Lent, blessed,which get them to of (round when great persons, about chamber) the house, and whatever of their curious, in honor in the and of themselves yielda very fair show, eggs, which all painted with divers colors for the shells of them are Easter there are no less than twenty dozen gilt. Sometimes the same charger,neatly laid together in the form of in the same pyramid. The table continues posture, and in a week, and aH those invited to visit them, in that time, were all the covered egg As eggs, with Easter them, which they must not that eat an came to Easter refuse." regular article of diet,eggs, and especiallyhens' have always been appreciated. The long shaped a and EggSj considered were eggs they as "be hatched 9 Them. best,and to give cock-eggs (that is,a The them). hen's to Use to the were from themselves How but eggs, better cock did Romans ishment, nour- would confine not they sought those Quintus Hortensius of the intropheasant, and ."iuced the use of peafowls' eggs. of physicians,considered those Galen, the first known of the partridge and the pheasant as the most delicate. partridge Dr. Muffett, in his quaint book. Health's published as in London the choice to "First old an and ; that of eggs they be has the Improvement, following to say : rather Pullet's eggs, than laid by Hen. "Secondly; by 1655, in Cock the that be they the upon but gotten self-begotten, not Hen. "Thirdly; that they be new, white and long; for and quickly clear the voice nourish plentifully, eggs of out "breast,strengthen the stomach, recover men and of time increase nature so much such and sumption, con- in continuance that They nourish quickly, because they are nothing but liquidflesh ; they nourish is proportionable their heat and moisture much, because in the morning, because Tinto ours. They are wholesomest They are best in winter, because hens they are then newest. then are they make wanton. us fattest, strongest, and best relished; they are feed then upon snails, flies, in summer, because hens ill weeds, which cadlocks, and many worst rather than scours being eaten alone, because mingling with other meats, they corrupt the men's faces with pimples,morphens and stomach, filling being children (especially freckles. They are ill for young them' into often eaten), for that their bodies turn nourishes hot over their bodies. They nourishment, whence are best itch,scabs, inflammations corruptions do arise. They are also bad for old because they are hardly digestedof a cold stomach. men, and such for temperate young Fittest they are persons, and as are The consumed learned of eggs : "bility of digestion"; a without thus doctor "A hard any rare tgg "gg is notable discourses anyway most fever." the upon dressed rebellious ; is an digestilightest "gg be- 10 OAid Hoiv Eggs, twixt both into or is of men complexions, in the shell, rare ; sodden into blood; but being rare converted those days, strange to roast poet, tells in "New This by countries half buries ashes, upon the the John Dryden, Baucis' busy lish Eng- roasted rare." "In Cibaria: tager constantly used, the cotin an upright positionin hot dew when a clear drop oozes eggs hearth, and opinion fit to be are when that better flavor than much the old fire is his of the time, it care in Tabella to top of the shell the eggs trologersare they have a this " " alluded wood at seem gentle fire,and a where of with is thus custom it may as eggs. rhyme laid eggs, Turned on hot thickest and strongest blood, they make fittest for weak, cold and waterish stomachs." customary was Eggs poached fittest for or in embers are In strongest nourishment. soonest are roasted and Them. verjuice,are distempered with agues water, they Use to Gas- eaten. in this way, boiled. Fancy done when far in matters of taste." goes The of most singularmethod tributed cooking eggs is that atto the Egyptian shepherds,who, it is said, were able to cook eggs without fire, by placing them in a sling, around and whirling them so rapidlythat the friction .of them the air heated to the exact degree desired. of England, Giles Rose, chef of Charles the Second often gives a recipe for making a giant egg, which was enough served upon the supper tables of the nobilityand gentry in the seventeenth recipe,"If how art an known from would have an you it may other cover You a natural egge. yelks of egges and whites, one the yelks gently and put them it round as when you take them can you it out and so you you "Powder the egge an thus the in the stand shall have shall frame add or the words the is in it,and be not egges shall part fifty, or more, from the other; mingle into when white a a bladder, and pot full of water, they to grown are them middle, and made of bigge, there so eggt put it into bubble, see yelks that they ; In century. ; so boil without a bind and hard, the filling them again shell,which : white egge shells,clean washed, that Eggs, and How Use to Them. 11 they may fly into dust; steep this into strong or distilled vinegar,till thieygrow soft ; for if an sggt be long in vinegar the shell will dissolve easilybe passed through it is thrust in with hardness, that about Rose it will wonder is have natural a giant egg desired show to in the let it harden shells a shell in clear egge." feature a its former to come pencilmake a boiled,and that it may glass; when it; when at with unguent, an water, so shall you In making this Giles will zgge. that your tender grow the small mouth of a fair water you dissolved like are and of the material a royal table, the value way of and those who importance of eggs in the estimation than regard the preparation of food as something more of routine matter a mere drudgery. The world-wide popularityof the "gg has made it part of the folk-lore of land; and there every it is not used to express a in which give point or The to French some say omelette^' line wise "// : break eggs) ; or, make some small be successful. should A en" ; which for another. words, sacriiice in means homely truth, oeufs pour faire it is necessary to oftentimes must one order that enterprise an " adage is, "Aenlich German des casser omelette an other in guages lan- axiom. faut make (to few are wie such resemblance a ein Ei as ander- dem one egg has phrase, "Ab ovo usque ad vvala" (from the the beginning to the end," tgg to the apple), or "from has been already alluded to. In English we as an egg," which say, "As full of meat the familiar is founded on saying that an tgg contains half a pound of meat. nutriment much as as for the table, the Romans cooked In preparing eggs Latin The them pan, in water, and also different well as on making of ways the taste Apicius, a recipes that those ashes, on charcoal, in the frying pickled them; in fact, they had twenty in hot of the bon famous are the page the egg vivamts epicure of still extant, following: pleasing to' the of those days. ancient and among eye as left many them iind we Rome, 12 Eggs and Remain la a throw several add each Cut Eggs a I'Athenienne. with garum, parts, and sprinklethem Fried Eggs a I'Epoenete. ^Fry " dish a and with season alisander,pine nuts, Egyptian Egg Pudding. of hard nuts, onion, an little wine and nuts and them leek, a to ; stuff garum eggs ; mix into a saucepan fowls' livers and ; add pine add a pepper; with the pulp, Put " into a mortar the rest, and throw soaked in vinegar and the bread fresh squeezed out, some almonds, chopped onions, garum. Pluck Eggs with Roses. taking only the whitest part, Lesbian roses, gravy; of four stir small stir garum; stir and glass of brains the leaves of several " with mortar fowls and a the whole into Grease it,and the "Forme with a sauce saffron and salt. add half into a eight scruplesof ground then add to it eight eggs, cooked much as well the inside of over pepper, of Cury" of put them a small strain; put into the liquor the place it fire,cook, sprinklewith and long time, long time, and glass of wine, and a lastlya littleoil. with number a crushed paste with a with well be well must water, which cows' milk cheese, cucumber, eggs, yolks of mint, parsley,pennyroyal, cheese and pine pepper, well crushed these are add honey and vinegar, ; when and then a large number of fresh water and garum, whole In the d, la Macedonienne. of Eggs yolks of a mixture and gravy intestine an some place eggs, of pepper, cook. Dish some reduce eggs, ^Take " wine. several a four in egg benzoin. and garum lowing fol- little oil. a oil and " in and honey garum, Hard them in the der alisander, corian- pepper, some them cut eggs; seasoning composed a which Them. Use to Cook " bruise to rue, e. them over manner: and How and Eggs, There and find we yolks a of half wine^ and dish, pour slow charcoal serve. a recipefor poached and eggs is also very a per; pep- an ^gg milk soup seasoned (brewet ayren) composed of eggs, water, butter, cheese and saffron,mixed together and heated, but not boiled,with of verjuiceadded before serving. In "Two Cookery Books of the FifteenthCentury^'we How "^nd Egg^, Use to 13 Them. find three recipesfor eggs, two of which potage de eggs and eyron The third enpoche are merely poached eggs. is called eyroun en "eggs Lentyn, which probably means in Lent." In accordance with this recipe,the eggs are taken out of the shell and replaced together with milk " " of colored almonds, and Up to then and seasoned and saffron with namon, cin- roasted. the seventeenth century there was provement little im- very cookery, food being just as much There was a overspiced as in the days of the Romans. marked change for the better during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but the cookery books of that period in which evidence of the lavish manner are tinued spices conods. to be used, in spiteof the greatlyimproved methin the art of (1665), May, in his "Accomplished Cook" gives sixty-two different stylesof cooking eggs, among of Giles which he includes the recipe for the giant egg Rose. His recipes are nearly all very good, especially he mentions for making omelettes, of which twenty-one he does to not "divers wayes." Although give a name of these each omelettes, the reader readily recognizes fines herbes," "au fromage," the familiar "omelette aux Robert "au lard," " a la of "sixteenth making here. part of a or way, omelette," is curious an The hare, omelette is any other or with fried "one and and sippetsof twentieth apples,and a sugar and mustard. in the To dress eggs sauce pignons," et cham- rognons to the according^ small, pistachio nuts, hazel in slices,and sweet bread cut The "aux asperges,"etc. oignons,""aux "aux His Bonnefemme," Turkish enough garnished with to mode be tioned men- the "hinder minced venison," bacon of nuts, chestnuts, crusts orated herbs, the dish being dec- bread way" of and is an slices of lemon. omelette vinegar, or with ions on- ter, verjuice,but- Spanish fashion, called "wivos me quidos,"is something of a sabaillon served on toast. tioned way," is menEggs d la HuguenoUe, or "the Protestant latter day cook in many books, and consists of 14 Eggs, and Hozv to scrambled with mutton, or eggs and juice grated nutmeg. orange Use Them. beef gravy, mushrooms, the Among queerly named recipesare "eggs fried as round a as ball,""eggs in moonshine," "eggs, or quelquechose," "egg bisk," "a great dish of farced eggs," of similar others "egg caudle," and many quaintness and of oddity expression. As the science of cookery developed, new recipes for the preparation of eggs were published from time to time. Vincent de la Chapelle, in his "Modern Cook," mentions in which seventy-eightdifferent ways eggs be could cooked, and it is certain that them extravagant in their requirements. In the of extravagant recipes,Mrs. Glasse, an English were very matter authority on the subject,expresses She most emphatic manner. says: his and of many will dress country own an genteel and English Lord to of a, eggs, when that half used, but blind a fine dinner in Frenchman of twenty dishes, will put I have heard he expense dressing one dish. six pounds of butter to fry twelve that used cooking) everybody knows (thatunderstands is full than need be enough, or more pound by for it would then folly of on "A pretty, for the all cook a opinion in the her a not this age, French be So French. that they booby than would much rather is the be posed im- give encouragement good English cook!" The absurdity of the above needs no comment, yet it cooks is a positivefact that the imagination of many ways limit. To render a dish expensive is not alknows no it taste better or more to make appetizing. Viard, in his Cuisinier Imperial,gives a recipe that to a recalls the extravagance of Lucullus. them twelve ducks underdone; score of them, and press all the juice out dish fifteen poached eggs." This poches a Vessence canards." down it is : "Roast the bone, put the juice under called "Oeufs was It reminds to one of Bril- cumstanc gravy," and the cirunder which he first prepared it. "One day," said this famous authorityon gastronomy, the story, "I was conducting two ladies to Metelling lat-Savarin's in de Here famous dish, "eggs in Eggs, lun, and and How Use to Them. 15 reaching Montgeron, after several hours felt hungry enough to eat an v/e travelling, Alas! ox. the inn we Stopped at, though it was decent enough looking, had Three nothing but an empty larder. stage on coaches and like the Egyptian locusts, had post chaises two had been before and, us, devoured everything. Looking saw, turning on the spit,a leg of mutton, the very The thing wanted. in vain, for it belonged longing glances of the ladies were to three Englishmen, who had bought it,and who were now pagne. patientlywaiting and chattingover a bottle of chaminto the kitchen, however, I "But surely,"said entreaty in the and the cook, in country With in cream a mingled "you might fry annoyance, of this roast. gravy with I to that it,we us and shall be a some cup of tone eggs fee of cof- resigned to our fate." "Certainly,"answered right to dispose of, and your the in cook, "the gravy minutes two you I have a will have dish." he While breaking the eggs I went to the fireplace, and, with my travelingknife, made a dozen deep wounds in the forbidden "gigot,"lettingevery drop of gravy run out. Then, watching the preparation of the eggs, lest anything should spoil my plot,I took possession of the dish was carried and it to our of We, room. course, made capitalmeal, laughing loudly every time we thought of ourselves having the best part of the roast, and our friends, the English,chewing the remainder." The recipe of the livelyauthor of the Physiologie de Brilwith that of Viard. Gout, has nothing in common lat Savarin proved that a true gastronomist will always food agreeable to the taste, while find a way to render a Viard when ambitious was in realitythe to shine chief as a feature cook of his of great merit, recipe was its costliness. In modern those of hens and reptilesare cookery and geese; also the eggs ducks, and though in demand. the most more eggs commonly used rarely those of of certain are keys tur- fishes and 16 How E.ggs, and his Verdot, in ducks' Them. Historiographie de la for pastry from the fact that they butbrighter color, better taste, and require less ter, a be due to the fact that the oil in may exceeds that of a hen's egg by so much as one- which egg In of Europe, plover the in United In hard eaten inhabitants birds, many water said "For a as to be of the on which, good eggs cacy. great deli- boiled. feed of fourth. by ban vivants, and usually served as hors countries, especiallyislands and many shores, the duck's a States, the upon are d'oeuvre, and are than more looked by many They are highly esteemed fetch fancy prices. They are the often that Table, claims best are eggs give Use to of the eggs spite of in along their the sea different fishy diet, taste. cooking the eggs of wild birds less valuable, though in the preparation of some are where is only the yellow portion of the egg sauces, teemed, used, and where high color and high flavor are both eswild bird eggs considered two are equal to three domestic the kinds many food of The ones. of the flavor bird, all of an of most or is determined egg it resting in the by low yel- portion." (Simmonds.) The of collection the wild of eggs birds forms a countries. industry in many Islands send the Jutten and Dassen During the season, of 30,000 penguin eggs to Cape Town, a daily average of Stylt some and 50,000 gulls'eggs at the little Island of other sea collected annually, and quite as many are of branch considerable birds. In Africa ostrich equal Alexandre of a the Dumas Dictioncdre Grand and bush him preparation eggs. Emu by and the are of Australia. as of eggs our is one domestic sidered con- hen. also author the greaf novelist," therein de Cuisine, describes cook making nearly frequently eaten eggs are pere, of which eaten, twenty-four to recipe given the are eggs of the of an large as by hunters Bey of omelette those and Arabia, for of of the ostrich ostrich, settlers in the 18 Eggs, the as would you As dainty most How and tid-bits;and, contrary of think, eggs condition in that what to odorless. are eating eggs, the old adage, It disputandum," reigns suprenie. the different ways to "De est gustibus nan that "fancy goes simplest way, and the of is true have to Use, Them. to the far conflictingideas generally followed, again, however, many Here Dumas encountered. are The taste." of matters most one boiled. eggs in is that asserts that is to is a la coqiM, the best way to eat a fresh egg of its qualities. say, soft boiled in that fashion it loses none which His recipe is to put the egg into cold water, be must gently heated which at experience it method, the and water the be can it all as degree properly cooked. stated depends that this is certain un- an quantity of the upon the underneath of heat boilingpoint, the to comes will be the egg instant From until it vessel taining con- tgg. Mattieu Williams, in his Culinary Chemistry, recommends the boilingof eggs in the "bain marie," or water "In this case," he says, "a thermometer bath. should be used, and the water be surrounding the egg must mersion 180 degrees Fahr-enheit,the time of imkept at or near being The results ten another The third cooks, method, depend is that an to and four ten In water, sudden part being hard, no slimy." usually practiced by and the "tender are one into boilingwater. plunging eggs adopted by everybody as the true and one on which satisfyconsumers. egg, half immersed the A as cook most can in standing law though Al- only safely cookery stated above, from two to minutes, is very soft boiled; from three it is medium, minutes, it is soft; five minutes a that is the white to and other, any of it is the to two throughout; so is the not in this way part is semi-raw method, superior to are cooked eggs delicate, evenly while minutes." this method of it is claimed, and and twelve or minutes' plunging is firm immersion eggs, and the makes to is soft ; from the egg especiallyfresh the shell is liable to burst. exposure yolk the eggs, This heat, which eight hard. into is caused expands boiling by the the albu- and Eggs, and men breaking should of the the water liquidof that the There of a allow burst. not lower the through Stale ner the in- the shell, not are eggs permitted the has being porous ture tempera- little of a its way force the shell 19 ' To prevent the way. small quantity of water will thus eggs the egg to latter will Them. give sufRcientlyto likelyto. burst,as evaporation shell to The Use to shell,only be used. of so the causes Hozv the fluid. different ways in which to judge the freshness of eggs. The most is to test their popular method translucencyby holding them in front of a bright light. If the eggs are fresh, they will be clearlytransparent; are if they are stale,or and cloudy. Another of water of way of decomposed, testingan salt and to one of salt. sink slowly to the bottom. slowly it will sink, and a There of is still another place there are If the egg is The bad lightwill is to egg in which water, ounce the older the it in ten a lution so- ounces fresh,it will the egg, will float egg dull seem more the on face. sur- of testing the freshness by touching the larger end of the way that is egg, and egg with the tipof the tongue. feel cold ; if stale,it will feel an air bubble between If the egg is fresh, it will This is due to the warm. skin,which in stale is much larger than in fresh ones, owing to the eggs The evaporation of the fluids. eggshell is perforated with innumerable small pores, which, though too minute with the naked to be seen eye, are -largeenough to permit air entering them, and by taking the place of the the decay'of the egg. evaporated fluids causes used to prevent this evapare Many different methods oration, in condition and thereby preserve good eggs The most effectual method is by coverfor a long time. ing the they these to wax, An with liable a or some into dipped are use with egg are the shell and to greasy melted become parafine; excellent way solution of gum the even to Sometimes substance. mutton rancid. and beef It would olive oil would preserve arable and eggs is to suet, but be answer cover gelatine. Some better ter. betthem deal- 20 "^^ ^SS^, ers, I have been with water, is dissolved which in to Use Them. in oil of vitriol diluted eggs the result that a part of the shell told, immerse with the fills up How forming sulphate of lime, Great quantitiesof eggs are acid, thus the pores. preserved by liming. These, however, fit for not are. as iDoiling, they generallyhave a disagreeabletaste. is to plunge Scotch of preserving eggs The method them into boilingwater, heated to 140 degrees,keep them there five seconds next in order to coagulate the albumen the to shell,and afterwards rub them with oil or suet. preserving eggs is as follows : salt and with a paste of quicklime,sea They are covered in oak for three months ashes, and thus packed away As ter boxes separated by each other by rice husks. a matof taste they are not nice, the white being coagulated and the yolks having turned green, while the smell is anything but pleasant." be to pickle A better method of preserving eggs would In England and the United States this is done them. often enough. When are plentiful,as in Spring eggs the early part of Summer, or they are boiled hard, the shells removed, put into earthen jars,and boilingvinegar with whole-pepper, allspice, seasoned bayleaves,thyme, onions and garlicis then poured over them; and in this for years. time, even they will keep for quite some way Thus pickledthey form an agreeableaccompaniment to "The Chinese fashion of cold meats. dessication The practice. They all the others contain this eggs only soldier. used by more and into n;ore taining prepared in three forms, the first conprinciplesof the whole egg, while the but the yolk or the white only. that dessicated eggs are just as palatable are just as nutritious as is reallyso they would and comes . It is claimed and of At the bakers when be in very present time and those who their useful fresh to state. If the traveler dessicated eggs are have the point more than qualityin view. of economy the small end should be stored away, When eggs are uppermost, as the yolk is liable to adhere. to the shell if thev are laid on the side. Eggs, The packing likelyto prove through Eggs should these and of How to Use Them. 21 in bran, wood ashes, or salt, is the air will find its way as unsatisfactory, eggs substances to the eggs. be in musty packed away impart an unpleasant flavor to of eggs to surrounding odors susceptibility never it is liable to as This used fresh truffles advantage when with these tubers Eggs placed in contact hours will absorb the agreeable perfume A to soft-boiled flavored egg with in are for straw, them. be can season. forty-eight of the truffle would truffle. delightthe exactingof gourmets. most The mention of soft boiled eggs brings to mind the that have arisen as seemingly, endless arguments to their digestibility. Table of Digestion,the According to Dr. Beaumont's soft boiled egg requires three hours for digestion;the hard for taking thirtyminut'es longer. The reason egg this difference in time is that the white of the egg, being almost albumen, is more readilyacted upon by the pure reason a raw gastricjuiceswhen it is soft. For this same only two hours for digestion. egg needs stomachs of sedentary habits, or those whose Persons are easilyaffected, should only eat eggs that are soft boiled,or poached ; while those fortunate individuals who kind of cooked eat any have plenty of exercise, can eggs without fear of injuringtheir digestive powers. with mixed and Raw or sherry, brandy, sugar eggs many, , are stimulant excellent an and restorative,and, at the Hard on slightlylaxative. eggs, said to cause the contrary, are constipation. On this he be quoted once where more, point.Dr. Muffett must tells in quaint language, that "Brassavola reporteth a same time, they monk to art was "The been have available Johnston, egg, are in as a to his made costiff with hard give him on stool." Chemistry of Common whole, is richer in fat than eggs that Life, no says fat beef. : It kind of food, this respect, among common and by eels. It is of interest to remark, however, that the white of the egg is entirelyfree from is a very constipatingvariety of fat, and that albumen equalledin only by pork is 22 Eggs, animal and How Use to Them. food, so that it requires much it, when consumed quahty in be may with fat to be eaten quantity,in order that this any counteracted. It is experience has long ago proved this the people, that 'eggs and bacon' have dish Gentile among Eggs in the been time from parts, in nutritious,as they contain hundred, of albumen. They are a A in this by furnished shows This barn a weeks two story is told of of amount from -lived man a not the hen, whose only that one a man but nourishment, egg was within can subsist nest also that perfectfoods possessed by the most eggs mankind. It is true, however, that eggs are not of a very delicate Some one. persons satisfactoryand a eggs far others A year robust more figuresas few of the egg as Science factory boarding houses of eggs Qgg every to comes other three who took his on reach. small a among are of diet, while extremely hurtful. each of eggs consumed the widespread larity States will show popuarticle of food. an Dr. E. Atkinson, in The our which beneficial to every digestionmay find article find them may food, they the number to in the United pleasant Eggs brain soldiery. During a day, innocently infuriated on flesh. scholar German a for valuable as strengtheningand tissue making as muscular also regarded by many excellent are as an owing to the large percentage of phosphorus refuge popular the immemorial." therefore, weight for weight, almost contain. because of stomach certainlyvery are fourteen nations doubt no adult per day, sixteen at dollars is a year of Nutrition, says, in Massachusetts the one other day. every and a half per adult. cents We a "In sumption con- One dozen, may pute com- present populationas being equal to fiftymillion adults; fiftymillion adults, at three dollars each, would our spend one hundred and fiftymillion dollars a year for eggs." Food Resources of the Simmonds, in his book, Animal ceedingly World, says "the egg traffic of the United States is ex- large." "The are aggregate transactions in the City of New said to amount $8,000,000 in value." York Eggs, The How and 23 Them. Use to authoritysays that "over 20,000 carloads of live and dressed poultry are York carried into New City yearly, and 25,500,000 dozen of eggs go to the same same "According to the best authorities the United States produce nine thousand million of eggs annually." Figures are facts, and the above, which is far from being exaggerated,tends to prove that eggs play a greater than many part in the preservationof mankind persons admit. are willingto market." Why then, Forbidding That to For it ! here on fit for And and That's neat And brings to That peg. : brings kings ; " I need For 'tis find newly laid! egg ne'er be afraid ! Peg' me ways an egg. there are of eating them; boiled,then fried with salt, of treating them. there's a particularway First But an me different Three fowl maid. fast can tender egg! an Sweet She owl. meat a Clean learned a platter. a Margaret food A the matter no by beg. I yonder on rot Sweet of eat MAHONy). FRANCIS made was by which hangs But, it sure "rule" The (rEV. PROUT FATHER BY SONG. O'MEARA'S FRIAR " 24 Where For with 'Tis in Neither fowl, meat, A fish; nor call't they Paris in But power dish, a up : flour and Margaret's make fault at parsley Them. Use to cook's a many To How and Eggs, neat Omelette. Sweet truth, In Och she casting To a of Sure, Success That to the While the, From In that Who If Not When feel it herrings keg, a the folk sensible all turf-smoke. fragrant the egg-shell the on pan fire ; yolk yellow sweet ! broke is pan, can, have he joke. a egg. round curls pearl, yoke; sorrowful for enough and eye, my an a omelettes. Dublin-bay And Is in all 'tis ! is name gets nice of platter a her Latin, in as When Me ! girl the burns the but flame soft to a heart of clinker of a man. desire. the heart of a friar? 26 Egg-s, and Hozv Boiled various in which ways surprisingthat, in questions many before should saving who man of method should is his to for arise is reached made was boiled, and so simple to as boiled eggs and employed the it is matter, a consideration which of the where to expects several where circumstances consideration, and no to be serious Under be, "tender be can seemingly adopted. time orders they ought as be allusion eggs is can final decision a methods the what Them. Eggs. first part of this book the IN so Use to get them, delicate," the following : For six eggs have one water; plunge quart of boiling. and for five to eight minutes the eggs leave them in without of the than boiling. water, and The will lower the temperature eggs bring it to about 180", that is 30" less the white will then be of a boilingpoint. The consistency,and more apt to blend with the yolk, creamy and also be easier of digestion. Another method, commonly adopted in hotel and into boiling restaurant kitchens, is to plunge the eggs water; and minutes the four to and and immersion an regarded are eggs minutes, soft; after five after I do after not eight to ten consider restaurant rely of the fact that oftentimes even when, watch as to to very two and a half soft; after three six minutes, medium; minutes, hard. this method cooks of two in upon as the best, though hotel it as the safest,in spite the result has been hand, exactitude ing, disappointin time has and Eggs, been of observed. such the Mention the fluids coagulate egg, which will usual kitchen former therefore latter. Every founded so his upon fact ing leav- fore there- of a in boiling fresh that box been and the than the certain a which tastes have cook to adopt ice an hours, experience different the suit to as those time longer personal which from several should by day, white taken temperature cook of the of egg, the than more require made day cause freshness considered Eggs much water be to temperature. the cool the factor the substance. in watery important than that the to the of quickly more fact evaporate white the to the previously will egg 27 Them. largely been is very is their eggs of is due the will Another in of Use to aware has density greater laid are disappointment eggs. that Few How system, in boiling he endeavors eggs, to satisfy. Still into another sufficient a When the served. of system This, of quantity begins water in boiling cold writer's the to and water boil, the to is eggs ready is the opinion, them them. cover are eggs put be to second best method. Eggs in adopted few Some the which had with basket in been desired basket by the of mechanical and satisfactorily cooked. out of boiling water ordering person the of been It the water the them. number correctly into all attachment, automatic for many welcomed warmly was them came has introduced relieved an method device was eggs kitchens, it as not were wire hotel cooks, many eggs boiling and restaurant a ago that hotels. of years the timing by number a and steamed, be also can blame if consisted by when of a of means the of the eggs minutes 28 Egg^j "^wd How Use to Poached POACHED eggs boiled' without The be fresh,as There the care two that the reader methods judge preferable,the recipes for of the with in accordance French authors eggs shell. distinct may less than nor the that stale eggs will never poach is used in handling them. are method, more important requisiteis most greatest Eggs. nothing are Them. both the well, should if the even poaching for himself the on of eggs eggs, is the which appended. The directions given by of cookery, is as art are and more first most lows fol- : Have and three for each quarts of quart add in a shallow boilingwater a tablespoonfulof vinegar three teaspoonful of salt. Break and it is boiling, water, just where turn the Soon as and for egg the eggs put them a that it may so few are into firm cold take with an them water; minutes, into hot water and a into the eggs skimmer gently elongated shape. As out a with the skimmer, before serving put them, again. and usually followed in America England, is the following: Have in a shallow three quarts of boilingwater pan; and salt it slightly, drop into it three or four eggs ; do the water leave the eggs not allow to boil any. longer,and three minutes, until the white is firm; then in it about them take "out,trim them, and serve on toast, or as The second take four or pan, method, directed. There is very little difference between the above two and Eggs, recipes the save Many cooks of being giving I poached. that bygone of method, eggs it as Mattieu put and Poached into it. In and the result beneficial to They in butter, puff-paste of perfectly bread; moulds, like the and can they according such These with filled be are on to the taste of to into scooped cook. valescent con- always of crusts on round the for condiments. or out, bread fried of Crusts garnishings. of the theory should for advantageously shaped. second after boil eggs are divers substituted then or crusts the physicians sauces toast, white eater. the without in satisfactory more by cases plain, egg. the ordered served usually are shaped In is perience, ex- the the follow is used make to it from so prefer water I this often are the the was to I therefore, allow do which than one. while tgg I and second possesses the to effect not more vinegar verjuice, other the in however, does eggs served shape and, patients. be good (or no Williams, cook that 29 Them. vinegar claim claim, tough; are the has egg of vinegar days) the a Use to omission French property How or oval those tartlet 30 and Eggs, Hozv Poached a la Agostini Eggs Them. Use to Poches Oeufs " Agostini. " Eggs served with tomato plain boiled rice surrounded prepared as follows : chop one bed a on sauce large onion of in olive oil until smother fine,and very which were throughly cooked, then add six tomatoes previouslypeeled,the seeds pressed out and cut in reduced to a small the tomatoes are pieces; when pulp add a little rich gravy and a tablespoonfulof beef extract; season lightlywith red pepper. a " served Eggs I'Alsacienne Alsatian " Eggs served sauce over (2) Tartlet a Cut in with cream; of sorrel top of the on ;a round sorrel and with rich Style. squeeze out the seeds; son sea- ; besprinklewith butter and pepper then fillwith a lobster hash cooked the eggs on top, and with cover sauce. I'Amiral hash put puree all. halves; salt and in the oven, Fill liver; Madeira top of the ham, on up over bake cream placed American " tomatoes with a ham poured I'Americaine fat goose filled with crusts dished eggs gravy Style. them. slice of lean the with mixed sauce them. slices of on Sauce. Madeira toast; on jellypotiredover currant a Sour-Sweet imth I'Aigre-doux " some and top and Admiral's Fashion. crusts, made truffles in cover with cream cream of with pufifpaste, ; a chicken put the poached eggs sauce. on "^nd Hoiv "gg^j Poached a a Eggs Oeufs " 31 Them. Use to Poches I'Arlequin Harlequin'sFashion. sauce poured over; Eggs served on toast; cream besprinkle with chopped beeftongue, truffles and parsley. " I'Aurore Eggs Aurora. " covered mixed with half tomato besprinklewith ; and chopped half sauce cream boiled hard of yolk egga la Baron Brisse dished Eggs cream a la poured slices of bread croquettes; and with streWn and of some size,just a little larger than fry them both in butter, put the same Ggg; the bread cream and the the on egg mixed sauce finely with pumpkin pumpkin of the poached pumpkin on over ; pour a of onions. puree Bayard Bayard. Eggs served on pate de foie gras toast, covered and a ham, truffles, garnishing of shredded " heated a over flat chicken truffles. round the la round on Style. Bayonnaise. Cut a up sauce chopped Brisse Baron " la Bearnaise in with " served Eggs on Madeira rooms mush- sauce. Bearnaise Sauce. and covered Helena Style. toast with with Bearnaise sauce. a la Belle-Helene (1) Eggs cream " served sauce asparagus (2) Belle Another poured tips tossed method croquettes made poured a la flat,round on with chicken and over croquettes, with garnished in butter. is to dish asparagus up the tips; eggs cream on sauce over. Belloy Belloy Style. Eggs on a thick sHce of " in Madeira; puree of pour spinach. over smoked cream beeftongue sauce blended heated with 32 Eggs, and Hoiv Poached a la Benedict toast round poached a la Bignon dress with reduced cream and Blcmchard sauce curry minced finely dish d la Bohemienne sauce la Boieldieu toasted; over put veloute a a slice of eggs top on has been boiled added peppers, some poured on Style. of stuffed tomatoes chopped mushrooms; mixed rice. rice. halves on plain red and the of which to Bohemian Eggs served gooseliver and the centre good chicken stock and chopped tarragon leaves. bed a green " ; for all. on sauce, around cook Style. " Cream and half, poached over Bombay Bombay Eggs dished up be served In pour some Style. each on to oven. and split and ham truffle Fill slack a the eggs with some muffins cream in besprinklewith " broiled a a ring put sauce the the eggs are buttered paper, white with bag) pastry a which on five minutes or and sauce. forcemeat, cream (with the aid of the dish them Have Hollandaise some which la Blanchard la over pour " of each a muffins; put on each a the broiled ham, and on the ham slice of egg; ringson a small some Have four Poches Oeufs " Bignon. some light chicken cover Them. Benedict. " Splitand nice Kggs Use to with puree pour of tomatoes. with over a Boieldieu. " bread some with crusts fresh tomatoes which previouslypeeled, squeezed and cut in eighths (or if the tomatoes are largestill smaller)and cooked in oil until perfectlydry; put on each crust an egg; were and a la with cover Bonnefoy " Make gras puree eggs with of which add and on game cream sauce. Bonnefoy. puree a to veloute put in half game some some top and stock. cover and half pate de heat chopped truffles; china cases with ; serve veloute foie the the poached reduced sauce 34 and Eggs, Poached a la Celestine How Eggs and Than. Poches Oeufs " Celestine. " toasted Rd^uffins split and which of broiled ham upon over pour Use to cream some gratinateunder covered with poached eggs with are mixed sauce salamander a in or a slice a laid; are cheese, hot very oven. Champignons aux Mushrooms poured a la the eggs. top ; cream Colbert " or ; extract in cream of puree poured in tips; asparagus on eggs sauce. Style. Condi 'sauce with forcemeat chicken filled with with top covered on Colbert with Style. Countess Puff-paste crusts " rings of covered sauce. la Comtesse" la a ; cream little beef Style. serve the abo.ve Eggs with sauce slices of bread fried on la Conde truffles in shredded over. la Colbert sauce filled with of bread on Eggs a sauce " poured a Madeira in heated and Chantilly Chantilly. eggs a Mushrooms. sliced over Crusts a with " foie gras garnished over; ithe shape with small of Veloute toast; Coquelin Coquelin Style. broiled ham on Eggs served balls cream chicken (2 quettes cro- each to " quartered artichoke Hollandaise top a d la Creme Eggs sauce and bottoms poured over garnished tossed the in eggs with butter; and on slice of truffle. " with served Cream. on toast and covered with cream sauce. Eggs, and Poached a la Creme d'Asperges of asparagus a de Served Celeri the with cream sauce; served eggs ivith Cream, " same way of celery instead Croute sur Cream top. la Crhne of mixed Poches of Asparagus. filled with a puree puff-paste, of or 35 Them. Oeufs " with " Use to Eggs Crusts of bread, on How Crusts poached eggs puff-paste. or Bread puree asparagus. for bread a Crusts. on " the as of Celery. aforegoing; use Crusts. Cut " be either can slices of made sandwich of bread plain about inch in thickness; three-eighthsof an inch to one give them an oval shape, or they may be cut round ; with small pointed knife make incision on the an a top all around the border ; then fry in clarified butter ; after the crusts cooled take off the of? slightly, are and cover out scoop this hollow all the soft part of part is generallyfilledwith garnishings,etc. Roll Puff-paste Crusts. bread; the the diverse purees, out " to line with some splitpeas or Cussy Bread fat la Daumont the. crusts liver veloute Eggs ; bake are in ; take minutes filled with with d la Danton beans fillthem and ready quick oven a the out for with up peas using. Cussy. " goose with fifteen to crusts mixed a dried white and beans and of about tartelet moulds twelve from d, la thickness a mings puff-pastetrimone-eighthof an inch ; some sauce; cream sauce. in quail, squares and covered top and on eggs of Style. toasit, Venetian with calf's brain on " ragotit of breast all cut truffles, brown Danton " and a poured sauce fritters a over, nished gar- la Villeroi. Daumont. Eggs served a la Bignon, in chicken and covered forcemeat with onion borders, cream as sauce. eggs 36 and Eggs, Poached la a Dauphine Bread Use to Eggs Poches Oeiifs " Them. Dauphine. " filled with crusts Madeira and How sliced with sauce tips; asparagus eggs on top poured mushrooms over. a la Diable Deviled. " Eggs fried slices of bread; deviled on sauce poured them. over d la Ducliesse served Eggs small on with covered Style. Duchesse " Colbert flat Duchess cakes potato sauce. d la Dumas^-Dumas. covered Eggs horseradish with grated Parmesan butter; gratinated under cheese with melted in a Ecarlate. Eggs slices " on cream with aux of smoked " with toast on or pickled beef-tongue or covered with crayfish sauce, mixed crayfishtails. Epinards " with Spinach. of finelychopped with a and well-seasoned rich gravy. I'Espagnole Spanish Style. Eggs on a layer of risotto " and saffron a salamander the Crayftsh. Eggs on a bed spinach,surrounded a little a sauce. Ecrevisses Eggs and oven. I'Eca/rlate and aux hot a sprinkle be- sauce, cream I'Bstragon " Rich veal poured over surrounded tomatoes, with seasoned with with tomato onions, sauce. Tarragon. gravy with the eggs. chopped tarragon leaves o^d ^Si^i Hoiv Poached a la Fedora Fedora " served Egg parboiled d, la Florentine chicken poured " la baked la hot in cut cream sauce small squares in halves cut in each with and half and Parmesan scooped the with cover cheese out and ; a melted in a or salamander oven. " a covered large-sizedfresh mushrooms colbert,to which chopped tarragon on sauce are Gourmets Gourmet's " on naise sauce., Eggs a well-reduced Halves with Bear- and buttered covered oil, and tomato sauce. Heloise. " truffles,chicken d, la Hussard in cooked mushrooms, filled with Puff-paste crusts on toast, covered Gounod. " on la Heloise eggs leaves Fashion. pate de foie gras Eggs with with added. d la Gounod a mushrooms Gerifiaine Germaine. Eggs des bottoms; gratinateunder butter, then a over. artichoke egg mixed sauce very of Style. potatoes poached one cream puree cubes Georgette. " put small over. Georgette Large and with sauce poured on filled with bottoms Bordeaux Florence served with artichoke marrow " Poches Oeufs " 2)7 Them. Style. on of foie gras; Eggs Eggs Use to and smoked top with thick " of mushrooms; tomato a ragoiitof square beeftongue in cut cream; sauce. Hussard. stuffed tomatoes eggs on with top covered chopped with cream ham and sauce. 38 and Eggs, Hoiv Poached d d au Eggs I'Indienne Jambon " with " minced Bard with and leanette served added poured over The if a la au little beef Karolyi Eggs on " " Eggs (cut sauce) ; each on to in small cream small a artichoke and squares Veloute egg with use sauce round slice is veal eggs some extract is by some light brown added, may ever, gravy ; howother kind, and to sauce, be which used. Karolyi. broiled seasoned with slices of with ham, paprika covered with tomato pepper. Bacon. served toast, fried stripsof bacon. d la eggs. over substituted hand at none Lard- juice Gravy. best gravy it can be sauce, ter) but- beeftongue (heated). mth " lemon filled with crusts truffles and of smoked Jus small brown to in Style. on and (cooked pour Mix ham. finish with Supreme sauce; chopped parsley and bottoms curry cream slice of a mushrooms with Eggs rice; Style. itoast on shallots " boiled fried slices of ham. or Jean " served la Jeanette truffles. Ham. broiled on Bard and over sauce Indian Style. Eggs on a bed of plain sauce surrounding it. Eggs a Podies Oeufs " " d la lean au Them. I'Imperiale Imperial Fashion. Eggs on foie gras toast; veloute cream the eggs and besprinkledwith shredded Eggs a Use to on garnished Lyonnaise Lyonese Style. Eggs on artichoke bottoms ; brown poured over. puree with broiled or " sauce with onion and Eggs, Poached a la Magenta Eggs on cream a Oeufs " 39 Them. Poches Magenta. " crusts sauce, la Marec.hale Round Use to Eggs. the eggs, over Horv filled with crayfishtails in cream; finished with crayfish butter, poured garnished with asparagus tips. Style. Marshal " of slices cream-chicken (coated ham forcemeat on and oven) placed on a dish; with cover Supreme sauce on side one cooked each slice mixed with in with slack a one egg; chopped truffles. en Matelote Eggs small la Maximilien and onions muffins thick layer of and covered of puree la Mazarin red mushrooms splitand puree with of spread with chicken; eggs placed on toasted cream sauce and mixed of la Melba stuffed tomatoes with liver with Melba " Eggs on Newburg a la Mignon Pastry " toast and Style. garnished with oyster small anchovy fritters. forcemeat beeftongue on top and crabs a la Mignon Style. crusts butter; eggs poured a / peppers. mushrooms, chopped truffles, and breast of partridge or chicken ; eggs brown poured over. tarragon sauce mixed with Masarin. " Halves a garnished poured sauce Style. Maximilian " English top a glazed ; claret them. over a Fashion. fried slices of bread on with a Mariners' " over. filled with served on tips tossed in asparagus sauce top and Hollandaise 40 "gS^' ^'^^ Hozv Poached Eggs d la Mirabeau Use to Them. Poches Oeufs " Style. Eggs on toasit with fine strips of anchovy fillets stoned in star shape ; garnish with laid over them and sliced Spanish olives and Julienne potatoes; Madeira a Mirabeau " " sauce. la Monthoicm dished Eggs with Montholon " on up shredded Style. anchovy mushrooms toast; and sauce cream poured chicken over. a la Mornay Mornay. with cream Eggs covered and then gratinated. " d la Moutarde served Eggs mix d la Moscovite Eggs Moscow over and and lobster mixed sauce puree a la Nelson " served cut on of onions Neptune Eggs on " mustard Style. poured parsley,truffles small pufif -paste sauce caviare. National. " cheese, poured Eggs or with be for eggs would with French mustard coral; garnish with filled with d la Nationale la Nelson sauce fried slices of bread; cream besprinkled with chopped crescents a covered English some cheese, sauce. " on Cream and toast with Sauce. best mustard either Hollandaise Mustard on The sauce. to with " mixed sauce over with tomato the eggs and then and grated gratinated. puree Style. fish cakes poured ; Hollandaise mixed with over. Neptune. fried slices of bread, garnishedwith in small squares in cream. and stewed lobster 42 (^'^d Hozv Egg^j Poached a la puree a la puree Eggs d'ArtichoMts Poch.es Oeufs " puree of Artichokes. imth " Them. Use to a d'Asperges ivith puree of Asparagus. la puree de Champignons ivith puree of Mushrooms. la puree de Gibier with puree of Game. la puree de Lentilles-^-^itnthpuree of Lentils. a la puree a la puree de a la puree d'Oignons a la puree d'Oseille a la puree de a a a " " " de Marrons Pais zinth " with " zvith puree " Tomates " the with puree of Chicken. purees of others. and a the it; however, upon be served eggs put the former top of these on dish the on generallyadopted la Renan be served can eggs used for The purees in bread served or puff- named be can puree Tomatoes. of quite a number either garnishing can and Sorrel. puree with crusts of zmth " la puree de Volaille Besides the above paste of Peas. puree of-Onions. puree vuith " Cliestnuts. of puree the and is way ; or, laid eggs elegant more , in first-class houses. Renan. " Garnish china some cream; put veloute cream a poached egg minced in each finished with sauce spinach. (2) Eggs served with cases chicken and a over pour puree in of a chicory or sauce a mixed la Rossini Eggs " on with on pate de puree of foie gras toast; spinach poured cream over. Rossini. slices of fat gooseliver; truffle sauce poured over. a la Rothschild Rothschild. " Puff-paste crusts pate de foie gras; d la filled with eggs on a puree top with of truffles and Madeira sauce. Rou,gemont Rougemont Style. Eggs on a bed of a Risotto a la Milanaise, covered and sauce partly with cream partly with tomato to give it a marbled as sauce so appearance. " and Eggs, How Poached a la Russe Egs a la Russian " SagoM Eggs Sagan. " fried slices of bread on poured Sevigne hash chicken top covered with truffles and cream sauce. crusts filled with poured sauce of puree chicken over. Souhise. toast; on poured onions cream sauce mixed with of puree over. la Stuers"Stuers. a Eggs of truffle aux pate de foie gras on essence " with TruMes. toast, covered on sauce with on poured egg. Eggs la Turque truffles each on Truffes Eggs a bread " Eggs and chicken Sicilian Fashion. " tomato la Soubise shredded sauce separate. filled with on eggs on livers ; a be served crusts in cream; Eggs veloute cream Sevigne. " la Siciliewne with ; a over. rice may Puff -paste a garnished curry, cepes a Fashion. less toast, garnished with stripsof bonewith Madeira sauce. anchovies, and surrounded Boiled la Poches Oeufs " 43 Them. caviare on with a Eggs Use to " toast; cream over; a either with with sauce glazed Madeira slice of or cream sliced truffles. Turkish Style. fried slices of tgg plant and tomato sauce. la d'U xelles-^d'U xelles. with a sauce fried slices of .bread, covered and fine herbs made of chopped shallots,mushrooms with white wine, finished in butter, reduced cooked mixed. with half brown, and half tomato sauce Eggs on 44 and Eggs, Poached a la Valois in a la Tomato cream. in poured filled with truffles;eggs and Bread with lobster butter. Small filled with top and Waldorf Egg on Veloute foie gras curry toast, on Zaza Egg served and tomato toast, fresh Zingara ; (cut eggs over. poured sauce in squares lobster cut tomato finished sauce with the eggs. over Style. on anchovy sauce over. Scott. cream; poured top of on toast; blended " pour over pepper previously adding red gherkins, sweet breast of chicken. Zingara Style. " ham. sauce) ; mushroom equal parts of finelyshredded ham and mushrooms, peppers, thick truffles poured sauce garnished with in cooked Served cream finished sauce foie gras and Madeira with cream Walter " lobster butter la in cooked meat cream Perigueux Scott d la Walter a cream Waldorf Style. " and egg mixed and in squares " with Volney Style. " crusts and crab with top covered on Volney chopped beeftongue covered " eggs Eggs eggs. gratinated. Victoria. filled with crusts la Victoria d la Zaza top on cheese ; then and the the over bottoms sauce on finished sauce ; cream cream crayfish tails with anchovy Veron. " and d la over. filled with crusts lobster butter la Veron la poured " Artichoke a truffles cooked lobster and sauce Vefour Vefour. tartelet Eggs on and a Poches Oeufs " filled with crusts on stewed a Eggs Them. Use to Valois. " Eggs How on tomato fried crusts sauce of bread mixed with and covered with finely shredded Eggs, and How Eggs MOLLET EGGS of In the the be the cover not immersion of cold into they cold clean water or for five Stated Eggs as by among the ing mean- bring the take the ofif. from and for can in minutes a them Then when to and ofiE the are use liable them of corner boil, and, shell, put ready the after an them put shell very break. to back heat into in them minutes. few also the soft boiling water, it to out, take being quite eggs fresh to water that necessary into in, and are cool to absolutely them minutes, ten water, broth indicated Plunge permitting are mollet Eggs they water cautiously, When fresh. very it is mollet, eggs vessel range, clearly classified "mollet." preparing eggs the word be properly is as eggs, 4S Them. Mollet. should soft-boiled Use to be prepared boiling water, and usually served on by cooking then the eggs proceeding above. mollet are toast, crusts, etc. as 46 la Bechamel Eggs a la Berlioz toast Oeufs (soft) " MoUet poured sauce ; cream breast and squares and poured over. la Bordelaise Eggs Them. over. Berlioz. " Mushrooms a Use to Bechamel. " on Hozv MoUet Eggs. a and EggSj stewed partridge in cream; Bordeaux " of top. on Style. fried slices of bread on served eggs small in cut ; Bordeaux poured sauce over. a la Bourguignone Burgundy Style. filled with scrambled Puff-paste crusts " tips and asparagus truffles;an with eggs mollet on egg each crust. a la Bruxelloise Eggs Bnusel " fried slices of bread, on sel sprouts ; d la Catalane Eggs in d, la Fashion. cream poured sauce bread on the over covered cream, filled with crusts with tomato Brus- eggs. crab stewed meat, sauce. Chantilly Chamtilly. Eggs on small puff-pastecrusts filled with onions the eggs. " ; thick tomato sauce over " seasoned; around Eggs puree Madeira game; la Constance Set a the " top. with Serve good well and cream, rich gravy chicory. Hunter's " on on eggs the la Chasseur of puree with Chicory. Chicory chopped fine,mixed a with Catalane. " d la Chicoree a garnished Fashion. of sauce Constance eggs tossed in tips on reduced with with puree of stock. game Style. small butter. besprinkledwith inate quickly. mixed chestnuts grated crusts Pour filled with over Parmesan asparagus Bechamel cheese, and sauce, grat- EggSj Eggs D emi-deuil en and Hozv MoUet " Eggs " over Epinards aiLv on cream besprinkled with sauce, with Crayfish. crayfishtails stewed bed and in cream. Spinach. zinth " a cream MoUet Demi-deuil. " Eprevisses Eggs 47 Them. Oeufs (soft) with Eggs covered chopped truffles. aux Use to of with spinach chopped fine,mixed seasoned, surrounded well with rich gravy. a la Frangaise Style. filled with a ragout on puff-paste crusts and combs cock's kidneys in veloute cream Eggs cock's French " of sauce. a la Garlin Garlin. " Eggs artichoke on shredded a la du chicken Guesclin Eggs " truffles poured filled with crusts with paprika poured truffles,lobster chopped cream ; with sauce over. Guesclin. du sauce cream and bread on bottoms coral and curried over lobster; the eggs ; parsley sprinkled over. a la Heloise Eggs Heloise. " fried on ; Hollandaise with sauce and truffles poured over the beef tongue well-reduc'ed tomato around them serve a shredded eggs, slices of ham and sauce. a I'Indienne Eggs a on ritalienne " Broiled ham; " Fashion. Indian a bed of rice with ItalidM sHces surrounded of cream curry sauce. Style. risotto,and ham on with tomato sauce. eggs on the 48 d la Mexicam. Eggs with " and on sauce mixed Montglas Eggs on red sweet shrimps (stewed peppers), with the eggs. over Montebello. pate de Eggs Mollet Oeufs filled with crusts poured sauce Them. Style. onions, tomatoes la Montebello la " in served Use to (soft) Mexican " Cream a How MoUet Eggs a and Eggs, foie with toast; gras of tomatoes puree thick Bearnaise poured over. Montglas. " filled with crusts a brown truffles,beeftongue, and ragoiitof rooms, mushcut in stewed in chicken squares. a la Nantua Nantua. " Eggs crusts, filled with on crayfishtails cream. a I'Oseille Eggs with " served d I'Ostendoise Eggs a a on brown prunes " Parisian artichoke la a la pwree cream sauce. ; cream sauce with truffles over. a bed Fashion. of plain boiled rice,surrounded with sauce onions, ham, and curry in small cut " d'Asperges " puree de Celeri a oysters in Fashion. bottoms puree d'Artichauts d la puree of sorrel. Fashion,. Persanne^-Persian Eggs d la bed a crusts, filled with la Parisienne d la on Ostend " on Eggs on poured Sorrel. " de Marrons squares. with with puree puree zvith puree " with of Artichokes. of Asparagus, of Celery, puree of Chestnuts. with stewed 50 and Eggs, How Use to Scrambled all the many OF for In at order that ought of the cooks scrambled of time. I do in good be should that eggs, cream the eggs is dried are of ing leav- are liable that to when keep to period it unless sauce cream never up after reasonable a use remembered appear sauce, I consider as scrambled; are quality. and for rule, is a form in that or prepared should eggs eggs recommend not they as* immediately condition point in cooking Scrambled as cream, absolutelynecessary, It when in tastefulness use eggs which, none served cook, be can eggs scrambled be to deterioration Some be of dish a its best, it rapid is unsatisfactoryas so the hands to table, there the liable to be Eggs. in which ways Them. factory. satis- more the portant im- most overcook served, them. not are only lacking in tastefulness,but they are also difficult of digestion. Here is a recipe that will give satisfaction if the directions Butter beaten fire. Keep ounces of little cream, added; appearance. salt and with and pepper, with an stirringcontinually season spoon, when scrambled be flat saute a eggs, wooden followed out: strictly liberally, put into pan are until the eggs cannot about cooked one be and as soon tablespoonfulto this way they are the on whisk, egg add well more as two or sistency; itjcon- about two immediately. serve served put creamlike done sufficiently they are good butter, eggs become it six cooked, eggs, custardlike If a may in and Eggs, Oeufs aux Anchois Brouilles with " Boneless anchovies Artichauts Artichokes 51 Them. Scrambled " in cut Eggs small with pieces mixed eggs. mth " Use to Anchovies. plain scrambled aux Hozv Artichokes. cut with mixed scrambled into dices with kidneys, garnished eggs. a la d'Aumale"d'Aumale. Scrambled eggs puff-pastecrusts a la Balzac filled with shredded with eggs truffles, garnished with la Bordelaise fine herbs chopped la Bretonne in thick a can sauce, which scrambled put o be mixed the eggs. with Mushrooms. served either and mixed with Scrambled lobster with tomato cut Uruska eggs in cut sauce. good up and If no centre. are with of dished are in the mushrooms la Conitesse be must eggs the or Calf'sBrains. in cubes with " onions minced without or the are ; centre. first case, if fresh mushrooms with in butter and mixed cooked In aftd cepes cooked. toast, with on with " cut Champignons These of bread when in the sauce de Veau Calf's brains aux added served eggs brown la Cervelle fried cubes BrittanyStyle. " Scrambled soubise. Style. with eggs and beeftongue filled with crusts Bordeaux " Scrambled a of tomatoes. Balzac. " Scrambled a thick puree small with in are sauce. used they sufficient brown consistency; the the rooms mush- stewed sauce cubes, cooked is required in butter the eggs. " Countess with Uruska Style. tips,and crayfish asparagus cubes, served on toast; surrounded 52 Crevettes aux These la Scrambled " Eggs Shrimps. with mixed the eggs. in Crusts. " crusts be can with (See paste. Them. Use to in squares cut Croustade en with " Shrimps How Brouilles Oetifg a and E^^s, ^i"i" bread of either made puff- or poached eggs.) Dieppoi^e Dieppe Style. " Scrambled in small d la Dumas served oysters arid mushrooms, with eggs puff-pastepatties. Style. Dumas " fine herbs, served small grilledmushrooms Eggs scrambled garnished with with and toast on slices and of bacon. a I'Ecarlate Serve the Ecarlate " the and fill with added thicklyreduced to hollow a small in cut Madeira in sauce. I'Espagnole Spanish Style. a " Onions, in oil can d toast, make beef tongue, buttered on eggs and center squares Style. ham and tomatoes peppers, with the eggs, or if butter,mixed or be dished aux with with " Fine professionalcook herbs, the and raw shallots Herbs. knows the parsley,chervil of cooked ; kinds two the raw of consists and chives, sometimes fine herbs are prepared with ; the cooked cooked then and the eggs. Fines Herbes chopped of the eggs. Tarragon. leaves are parboiled,chopped, " The in the centre up preferred, with I'Estragon Tarragon mixed cooked green and parsley,all chopped fine of ragon tar- rooms, mush- fine and in butter. For scrambled raw herbs are eggs, or omelette generallyused with unless fine herbs, the otherwise fied. speci- Eggs, Oeufs d la Forestiere French " Artichoke Scrambled " S3 Eggs rooms mush- style. bottoms, previouslyheated filled with scrambled with in mixed eggs truffles, sprinkledover butter; put in the oven au Them. with previously cooked eggs mixed bacon (both cut in small cubes). Frangaise brown Use to Forester's Fashion. " and la How Brouilles Scrambled a and with grated cheese for a broth, are chopped and melted minute; served with sauce. Fromage Plain with " Cheese. scrambled cooked, Parmesan grated some which, to eggs, or when they Gruyere are cheese is added. a la Geo. de Forest Plunge hot good some fat, so rubbing that with a the Geo. " de Forest sized green outer skin off the napkin,cut Grant. into very peppers be detached by may seeds, boil for about the out empty Grant stalk ten end and minutes in salted water, and then fillthem with scrambled eggs ; wifh a glazed slice of truffles them upside down serve on a la each, and Georgette Scrambled a la Gordon of baked " sauce on in scooped out potatoes. Gordon Style. Crusts filled with scrambled slices of the dish. Georgette Style. with shrimps, served eggs " halves Madeira eggs dipped parboiledmarrow truffles.With with in meat glaze placed on top. au Hareng Skinned Saur " and pieces,tossed with the eggs. with boned Smoked Herring. smoked in butter for herring cut a few into small minutes, and mixed 54 Huitres (mx The oysters when gravy; proportion Them. Scrambled " "ggs cooked, dished and with cooked are cream Httle of their a is added sauce in the centre in of the eggs. into squares cut Or, up the soft part of the and cooked, the liquidstrained and the oysters mixed with au Use to zi'ith Ovsters. " bearded own Hoiv Brouilles Oeufs au ^"^ "SS^' the Jambon with " cut with eggs. Ham. in butter fried mixed and Gravy. served Eggs cubes, in small zvith " are eggs. Ham Jus oysters toast, surrounded on with good veal gravy. a la Livingstone Livingstone. " Eggs pate a la spread toast on with of puree gooseliver,or foie gras. de Lyonaise Lyonese Style. minced Onions finely, smothered " with mixed d la Marseillaise Tomatoes the " butter in and eggs. Marseille Style. in olive cooked with scrambled oil,mixed beaten being cooked, were eggs, which, previously to in a bowl rubbed with garlic. a la Montglais Montglas Style. " Truffles, muslirooms, cooked smoked few a up a la beeftongue,cut minutes in well in the centre of Mornay Mushrooms eggs. " Mornay and breast in small reduced chicken of squares, Madeira stewed sauce, and for dished the eggs. Style. shrimps cut in dice, mixed with Eggs, Oeufs a la Nerac Hozv Brouilles Nerac " Eggs and Use to Them. Scrambled " 55 Eggs Style. served Pate on slices of truffles on de foie gras toast, with with top and surrounded glazed truffle sauce. a la Offenbach Offenbach " Tunny, crayfish tails squares mixed with and anchovies in cut small the garnished with small eggs, filled with thick tomato puree. puff-pastecrusts au.v Style. Oignons-^uith Onions. with chopped Eggs mixed onions ered previouslysmoth- in butter. a. la Orientate Eggs cooked tomatoes an Pain Oriental " Small with " Petits Pois Green peas Petit Sale eggs mixed aux rashers mixed with Piments with aux Green mixed with with " in the over up oven. bread, the green this eggs; with " with dish the is called grated Parmesan cheese. Peas. the eggs. cut in small or, the bacon Green peppers strips,fried and be broiled may the garnishing around as mixed Bacon. of bacon Verts phopped dished Cheese. with with " Fume served white Parmesan Thin and fried with Scrambled au baked German-Switzerland (In Vogelheu.) au.v of squares Parmesan and butter Bread. eggs. au in halves cut with " Style. anchovy eggs. Peppers. cooked in butter and mixed the eggs. Pointes Cooked the eggs. d'Asperges " asparagus with tips Asparagus Tips. cut small and mixed with 56 la Princesse Princess " Scrambled of How Brouilles Oeufs a and Eggs, puff-paste;a Scrambled " Eggs Style. truffles,served with eggs Them. Use to little veal served gravy made in crusts the over eggs. a la Provencale Onions the a and mixed la Reine with Queen " Cooked " with Puree, puree of celery. Style. breast chicken of the scrambled Ribot " ; served eggs and water on very are eggs filled with sauce. cream scooped are seasoned spoon, Hard eggs. in cut Style. fresh tomatoes Firm truffles and with the cubes, mixed in salted hollowed, heated la Ribot rooms. mush- stuffed small of Celery. small a with oil, mixed in garnished with de Celeri la Puree Style. smothered tomatoes and eggs, Eggs a Provencial " and with out in the cooked covered filled up with scrambled eggs, and slice of truffle glazed over, set on the table vegethen oven, with nice a light cream sauce. d la Cafe Eggs on on au Ris Riche Cafe " with lobster toast; tomato the dish. de Veau " Riche and truffles cut finished sauce with Style. with or either brown if this is done the centre or white the sweetbread of the lobster butter Sweetbread. Sweetbread, previouslyparboiled,is in butter; it may be mixed cooked eggs, cubes, served in eggs. sauce must in dices and cut thus may be with the be added dished up ; in 58 Eggs, Oeufs T ruffes aux and How Brouilles with Them. Use to Scrambled " Eggs Truffles. " These be can either into with and cubes, the other and nice without or if the way truffles of slices in up are the of mixed deira Maeggs the with laid are cut are into put centre truffles glazed truffles sauce, the rooms, mush- with eggs sauce; with served dished and sauce scrambled like served ; eggs, of top on them. a la Turque Eggs served on fried with a I'Union salt truffles a la slices Club and ; Madeira or filled sauce artichoke la Volontaire" Volunteer olives, in squares Madeira bled sauce), eggs. sweet peppers, up with scrambled the red served heated are and eggs in served peppers, sauce the on dish. Style. mushrooms and nished gar- crescents. dish. sweet Tomato bottoms. Truffles, small with in out Style. " eggs cut red on Valencia Valencienne and tomatoes Style. " water of eggplant, morrones, Scrambled a fried Union Club Pimentos in Style. Ttwkish " and with mixed in red the center peppers thickly of the (cut reduced scram^ E-ggs, and " miroir. in the school for the kind of eggs miroir au dish, but when done served garnishingdirectly. These modern difference made was In school. between are the shirred a cooked in a and purpose, cooked also are on au eggs they are either ference dif- cookery, the of dish, especiallymade the overrefined cut with toast, crusts', teachings of good old days no the and egg an egg miroir. au In cooking into it either over a and eggs are : the what eggs follows as paste cutter, and the or the modern therein ; while same round a to shirred Plat) le writer shirred is served are 59 Them. the asked between is china small have persons According difference Use to Eggs(Oeufs sur Eggs au Miroir. Shirred MANY HoTV shirred three or yolks,and until the yolk the the dish butter eggs, four cook in looks as slow a hot pour eggs, it melted for oven though break lightly, was a few coveted butter utes, min- with veil. "The should seasoning of be left to if eggs, the eater, no as sauce salt beauty of a well cooked egg. The following description of accompanies them, and pepper destroy the adapted eggs cut to out either and shirred served eggs on on toasts. be garnishings can the dish directly, or 60 Shirred a and Eggs, (Oeufs Eggs la A dele Hozv Use to le sur Them. Plat) " Oeufs Miroir au A dele Fashion. " Eggs (when cooked) garnished with mushrooms in Madeira and atewed (cut in squares sauce) and in halves broiled sausages cut lengthwise. o a with Sweet-Sour I'aigredoux (See poached eggs.) I'Alsacienne Alsatian " Style. pork on Slices of boiled salt cheese sprinkled over; with littlethick a in aM.ii; a Anchois oven. with Anchovies. anchovies the la eggs dish, eggs them. over la Bayonnaise and " noir with " Brown Butter turn bacon top ; when cooked sauce. brown plain, put : the latter brown, then add Champignons cooked in squares the with small sausages sauce. cooked Eggs on Bercy. cooked plain,garnished Eggs pan, the dish, eggs on tomato tomato Beurre be them, over Bayonne Style. " with Bercy Eggs the dish, eggs cooked plain and top. on cover aux the on may Slices of ham au cream " served a the dish, grated Gruyere broken on top covered eggs and for a few minutes cooked I'Angladse English Fashion. Broiled stripsof bacon on or a slow " Chopped a Sauce. " and " a two (black) Butter. brown butter poured of butter ounces in until the butter over. frying- a becomes gently tablespoonfulof vinegar. with Mushrooms. plain, garnished with stewed in Madeira mushrooms sauce. cut and Eggs, Shirred (Oeufs Eggs d la Chasseur Eggs mushrooms a la a la a Cluny " chicken with of Tomato livers mixed sauce sauce. chicken la Colbert cooked Good thick same, and cream on cooked in Colbert in small a broken dish, eggs slow onions, extract it,and put this cook cut in in in a the on slow Lesseps De Lesseps Style. .Eggs garnished with calf's brains. poured over. butter, quarters, the added, and are ; peppers green all smothered peeled,squeezed and over into the oven. squares, IS minutes for the eggs the sliced and little beef cooked whole dish, break oven. " Derby cooked plain,garnished mushrooms la Diabie Eggs Brown butter Derby. " Eggs and sauce. Style. tomatoes la de with plain,covered mushrooms a use croquettes. Creole " cut and of sausages vuith Cream. " la Creole instead Colbert. " la Creme la with sauted sauce. small fresh a "^ Same and a Miroir au Style. Cluny Style. as Bercy Style, but " Ham a " " Eggs a Oeufs Plat) Chipolata Chipolata. Eggs cooked plain,garnished with chestnuts cooked and in broth, glazed small onions, small sausages, Madeira a 61 Them. shallots in Madeira and dash a Use to le sur Hunter's " garnished with Hoiv " cut in squares, with fat with brown gooseliver, sauce. Deviled. cooked plain,deviled sauce poured over. 62 Shirred a a la DucJiesse as potatoes instead Eggs cooked stewed with la Florentine Cover on Cream a a brisk la Folette of chestnuts. tomato kidneys stewed sauce. plain, garnished with onions and chicken livers mushrooms. Style. dishes with a thin layer of plain Set the grated cheese. them with a thin top of ithe spinach, cover sauce (mixed with grated cheese) and bake and spinach in mashed use Fashion. shirred egg eggs Miroir au Fashion. Florence " Style, but of puree Farmer's " " plain, garnished with cooked la Fermiere Oeufs Plat) le Nesselrode Student's " Them. Style. truffles in thick and a for Use to sur Duchess " Proceed I'Etudiante How (Oeufs Eggs Eggs a and EggSj sprinkle oven. Folette " with Style. a hollow Spread puree of sorrel on the dish, make and lay the yolks in. Whip the whites to a stiff the sorrel, sprinrklewith froth, place over grated cheese and melted and butter bake in medium a oven. d la Gouife Gouffe. " Same as Parmesan a la Creme, with the addition of grated cheese. Grecqu^ Greek Style. Eggs garnished with "gg " sauted ail la a Jambon Fried in butter. ou or au Lard broiled dish, eggs oven. Tomato " sauce with Ham slices of ham broken in squares and poured around. plant, cut on or Bacon. or bacon top, and on cooked- the buttered in a slow ^"ggs, and Shirred la a Eggs (Oeufs Jockey Club Eggs cooked Eggs Eggs a a la truffles cut au Miroir kidneys, veal in squares liver with and stewed tomato sauce, Grbvy. rich plain, with poured gravy Knapp Knapp Style. butter, garnished Eggs with brown and (split broiled). over " la Lorraine Lorraine " a as a la Marchamd a la sausages Fashion. Crane, with la with the addition of -chives and cheese. grated de Vin Wine Merchants' Style. Eggs garnished with small (split and sausages sauce broiled). Marrow poured over. Marigny Put white la on " Marigny Style. tomatoes top and Pour cook. egg dish; break Lobster sauce on the the part of the eggs. broiled lamb's kidneys and sauce. Montagnarde Eggs the on Meyerbeer^Meyerbeer. Eggs cooked plain,with truffle la " stewed eggs d Oeufs done. Same a " 63 Jules Jcmin. " cooked when Plat) slices of fat goose on Jus-^with au le sur Them. sauce. la Jules Janin a and in Madeira , Use to Jockey Club Style. plain, garnished with " mushrooms, How " Mountaineer's garnished with and small stewed sausages Fashion. rooms, veal, kidneys, mush- in Madeira sauce. 64 Eggs, Shirred d la a la la in onions kidneys " with small Nesselrode " the dish the bake " onions la Omer Opera of of puree thick the cream are put cream and in butter plain and on onion the sauce Pacha. and quartered put are top, and the on cooked in cooked tomatoes egg slow a dish, the gether to- eggs oven. Opera Style. " Garnish the livers and Parmesan " eggs with of stewed chicken tips tossed in butter. asparagus with clusters Parmesan Cheese. The grated cheese is strewn and also the eggs, slow into eggs cooked are Omer " onions on border a them. in butter broken the smothered with Pacha Sliced it on affixed tube Onions. the eggs is served quettes cro- game oven. with Oignons channelled a tablespoonfulsof two dish, break dish, or or Style. with and Pour in the Sliced chicken truffle sauce. pastry bag make a on au lamb's ' cream. Negus Negus. Eggs garnished chestnuts. r Miroir au " to a " Fashion. Mousquetadre Musketeer Eggs garnished with finely sliced Butter a Oeufs Plat) le sur Them. " la Nesselrode aux Use to Montwrgis Montargis. livers chicken a Eggs around ragout of shredded (previouslycooked), mushrooms, and beef tongue, mixed with thick cream besprinkled with sauce, cheese and little tomato done a gratinated; when is poured around the eggs. sauce and a How (Oeufs Eggs and a and oven. some over on the buttered and then egg cooked dish in a 66 Eggs, Shirred d la (Oeufs Eggs Them. Oeufs Plat) le sur and put the on slow a sweet mixed squares, la Use to Miroir au " Venitienne. Anchovies d Hozv and with dish; stewed tomatoes broken eggs butter in top on small in cut are peppers and and cooked in oven. Vicomtesse Viscountess Style. " Eggs Pour chopped d la with garnished Hollandaise over finely or Victoria Victoria and lobster the sauce eggs. tossed and sauce shredded in ter. butstrew truffles. Style. " Lobster tips asparagus truffles and cut poured in small over squares the white added part to of and Eggs, How Fried THERE and the other The the French apply .the aid of the English under and butter ; while or the a American includes term to asked the French, method. the cooked head of in very French A customs to ing fry- frying, hot fat, English and American anything that is cooked with American therefore, when of the fatty substance. or methods be termed may or is immersed either oil,lard cooks EngHsh cook that anything Eggs. of which one egfgs, 67 Them. distinctlydifferent two are Use to serve cook, fried whom unknown, are a to egg, will, plunge the of fat, similar to the way large quantit)' eggs cook The are English or American poached in water. would simply melt a little butter in a frying-pan,break into it,and cook them the eggs only on one side ; or, as into egg many a bacon cooking ham, or then fry the eggs do, when and eggs, cook the remaining fat. In addition two to those or "vy^ys, poached eggs eggs breaded also be fried ; they simply need to be mollet can mersed bread and beaten with crumbs, and then be imeggs hot fattysubstance. in some meat first and It lies with eggs fried just as later any way cook, the on in which the consumer, with eggs are few to have the scribed garnishingsdeexceptions,be adapted to taste, directs. his can, or in the fried. The 68 E.ggs, and How RECIPES First lard a French or the bursting the turn white latter. a yolk) gently When and skimmer, absorb all put the garnishing. is It it napkin a the egg, best fry to (without one the with out egg that the and place only spoon envelop to as so the turn always so oil, over wooden a take cooked, on by olive place and, with yolk, of pint one pan) the over then fat, gently the sufficiently half a frying-pan a break into EGGS. Put into hot, Them. FRYING : butter when fire; good FOR method clarified or Use to latter one may the over at egg a time. method Second or when and pan, four second eggs a it were would fried to slow is the a for two Many according to the ter, but- followed who fried them in to or three minutes. commonly first, frying- a melted three or eggs for impossible hot persons, eat in it, gently, little most one can into with oven food, be break hiss butter of ounce yolk cooks. fried to one the method domestic our aversion when in Melt begins scald cook The by it eggs, and : do French have an this sO way, if method. the and Eggs, Fried d I'AUenumde^" Eggs Eggs German on cooked Horn bed a beef to Oeufs " Style. spinach of in tongue Them. Use 69 Frits with shredded Madeira smoked around sauce on the dish. a I'Anglaise English Fashion. Eggs on fried or broiled ham " d la or bacon. Bayonnaise Bayonne Fashion. Eggs on broiled Bayonne ham, tomato " sauce over the ham. a la Berenger Berenger. " Artichoke an " la Bordelaise Eggs la Conde artichoke ham. garnished sauce with marrow Conde. " Eggs on " a prepared puree Yi spinach; and a tomatoes, and between mushrooms. and a Bordeaux on stewed Fashion. Bordeaux " each on slice of broiled small a tgg with covered fried in oil egg each bottoms la Creole Eggs " Creole ham haricots, beans, % as garnishing. Style. as sauce on broiled of prepared for "Shirred Eggs " la and fried ":reole." " I'Espagnole Spanish Style. Slices of bread are dipped " in oil,the the eggs ham on the in beaten tgg also fried in oil is put ham; tomato sauce oh is the poured the whole. aux Epinards with Spinach. Eggs served on a bed of chopped spinach. " bread, over 70 ond Egi^j Fried a I'huile " Eggs au with " served d la Jules Janin" Eggs Frits Oeufs " Ham. ham. on Janin. Jules pate on poured foie de tomato toast; gras sauce over. la Proz'engale d, la Them. fried in oil. Jamhon oil,served Eggs fried in in the ; tomato oven Fashion. Proveneial " on Eggs Use to in Oil. Eggs a How halves on baked of tomatoes (witha suspicion of garlic) sauce the dish. Reforme Eggs Reform. " fried in oil served beef truffles,mushrooms, white of mixed with Fried d, la Cicile Eggs currant " in brown stewed tgg, little red a garnishing of shredded tongue, gherkins and the a Oeufs sauce jelly. Poches, Frits Cecil. " dipped into crumbs, then plunged eggs minute and a lobster butter d la Colbert Eggs boiled hard Poached Poached bread a on " half; served beaten eggs into very tomato sauce and fresh hot fat for finished one with separate. Colbert. cooked as above, served with Colbert sauce. d, la Montebello"Montebello. Eggs prepared mixed with puree as "a la Cecile;" Bearnaise sauce of tomatoes served separate. and Eggs,- Fried a la Hozv Poached Villeroi Use to Them. Oeufs Eggs 71 Poches, Frits " Villeroi. " Poached cold very and in coated eggs they then served with Villeroi rich or Smice: veal Reduce stock and thicken through Villeroi become use a sauce firm of veal some must when stock. be cold few when towel; until "gg cold gelatinous ; we hot very fat; sauce. cream, a more once veloute some with sauce in Bearnaise crumbs bread rolled fried When sauce. fresh eggs, then and tomato into beaten in crumbs Villeroi rolled are dipped bread with therefore use or with sauce of good yolks and for else recommend pass the it sistency, con- will eggs. not the 72 Bggs the cocottes the contain or of shape one resist the water in in which of attached; though there designs. Cases made This are is done be to easier cases the to made are outside, and handle To erally, gen- deep enough if the former the oven. have, in put in are used they dried for make them when ing serv- silver a stands glasses containing soda cooked in china or water ; with surrounded six to cases, ten cocottes, should be put they requireto be in the minutes, according to the heat and preparation. In a on is served. from oven and guests, they should those are pan a the to to Eggs shapes slow humidity. them similar a Cocottes garnishing. They handle a in cases, or being merely saucepan, porcelain; or in minutes few the slightlyoiled be difference small a have either of paper should of of different some. cocottes, themselves. and egg the Cases. or in eggs same, cases porcelain,and are Them. Use to in Cocottes preparation THEentirely the How and Eggs, many coating longer is laid time on recipes the cocottes, or of these to forcemeat; cook the bottom. than and those cases, where are lined with certainly require only a garnishing 74 in Eggs a and EggSj I'ltalienne Cocottes Italian " How Oeufs " and and tomato half while ; this the eggs on la Leontine with mushrooms white is added sauce top lined are and broken the into with and cooked done mixed with in small truffles cut in cooked squares, eggs and the oven, sauce. " mixed with as with this line and of ounce form to so chopped mushrooms one eggs of each butter smooth a bread and paste, and cocottes some crayfish tails crumbs an and of each ; cook in the oven before serving. little cream sauce a are of well, and season break or yolks two the centre into egg with cover Reine-^Queen's Fashion. Breast are and of cut into small put la Victoria on lobster in the and with cream of the cocottes, for six to seven oven truffles the sauce on eggs minutes. Victoria. " are mixed and with truffles covered on with sauce cream butter; this is put cocottes, eggs done mixed squares, the bottom Lobster, mushrooms squares chicken, mushrooms cooked top; cooked a a Mo/rly Marly. spoonfuls lobster,chopped la for of the cocottes, for six or oven fish forcemeat centre, covered with tomato Two a cooked are wine, half brown is put on the bottom in the cooked and sauce crayfishtails when la reduced and Leontine. " Cocottes a Cocottes en minutes. seven a Them. Style. Chopped shallots,onions in butter Use to on top and cooked tomato sauce. the into cut small finished bottom in the oven of with the ; when Eggs, in Eggs d la Voltaire Line Cocottes^ and Use to 75 Them. Oeufs " Cocottes en Style. with cases the eggs d la Hoiv Voltaire " the with and chicken in the cook puree of asparagus. Eggs in CaseSi force When oven. Oeufs " break meat, done, in cover Caisses en ' Bonnefemme Bonnefemme. Prepare a paste of two spoonfuls each of fresh bread crumbs and cooked fine herbs, two yolks of eggs and " one of butter ; line the cases with this in the centre, break hollow space ounce leaving a into each minutes ; the mixture, one egg eight to ten anchovy finely-cut from and cook in when done garnish with oven fillets. a la Cairola Cases Carola. " with shredded broken done a lined with are mushrooms into the centre they la Colbert chicken cream and besprinkledwith are in the oven ; eggs when truffles. chopped Colbert. " The cases with chopped truffles,the lined are in the cooked beeftongue,the cooked and mixed forcemeat chicken with eggs put in the done covered ; when oven mixed forcemeat centre with and Colbert sauce. aux Crevettes the cooked a Cases cut from la Czarine " lined aux brown Ecrevisses Prepared sauce " with in the in stewed and cases the cream are put top; eggs on and chopped Style. with in and eight minutes. six to Csarina truffles,eggs with Shrimps. in squares bottom of the Shrimps on with " forcemeat game covered cooked centre; when with game stock. reduced the Crayfish. same manner as "with Shrimps." 76^ ^^^ ^SS^y in Eggs " la Edison How Cases Use to Oeufs " Them. Caisses en Edison. " Cases lined chicken with with mixed forcemeat liver ; on of goose the bottom of the case comes the egg truffle sauce, on layer of brown top of it puree a and in with covered slow a the rest when oven; of the glazed done cooked forcemeat; beef with over extract. a la Florentine Line Florence " the cocottes the break When oven. strew with the into half done, cheese cover in butter, tossed plain spinach eggs grated over Style. in the center, and put with Cream and finish to sauce, in the cook oven. Hultres aux The in cream la Jaures over eggs butter; when each Puree a la and two the on it and over crayfishtails sauce, it and cooked a Lorraine " in d la Lucullus when in stewed of bottom in the cooked the oven. put cut in the bottom on with covered glazed small. squares, of the little lobster a slice of truffle is laid egg. la Lorraine the is put broken Madeira in cases, Eggs is cut laures. " stewed on this sauce; the egg oysters truffles and Ham, a Oysters. soft part of cases, a with " cream Style. with grated mixed cheese and chives, Lucullus. " of foie gras of the bottom cooked mixed with chopped truffles broken on eggs with Madeira sauce. cases, covered on top, and Ma/rignam, Marignan. " The cases with chopped mushrooms, of eggs when are and done truffles. lined butter; with eggs chicken forcemeat fresh bread are mixed crumbs, yolks put in the centre, and besprinkledwith chopped beeftongue and o/nd Hoiv EgS^, in Eggs d, la Monte Carlo Chopped beef of truffles d la Montfort The cases when la covered bottom of the cases, cooked covered with eggs slices fish forcemeat broken into lobster with with mixed the centre, and sauce. " Line the cocottes eggs with and cook de de on done with " put on when la Vatel cut in cut the of puree another toma- layer and a stewed on eggs cases, little cream in cream put top, and when Madeira sauce sauce. Truffles. squares bottom covered with mixed of the with a eggs cases, slice of truffle on top, and glazed over. Vatel. Sweetbread puree of with covered in squares with with " done " layer a Sweetbread. of the covered Truffles on cooked bottom Trulfes pitree of Tomatoes. puree. Veau the with " when same oven. sauce. (truffle) broken are of foie gras, add the When done, cover puree the in TomAte eggs toes, and Ris with Perigueux Sweetbread a little a Perigoiirdine Perigord Style. of the aux with lobster, eggs The au with over. lined are cooked d,la Puree " mixed Montfort. " chopped a glazed Caisses en mushrooms the put on top, and when on 77 Them. Carlo Style. Monte " Oeufs " truffles and extract broken Cases Use to and truffles cut of tomatoes with thick cook in the cream oven. ; eggs ; in squares broken besprinkle with on mixed top and bread with covered crumbs and 78 Eggs THE has much so, termed The the the in in greatly indeed, that with moulds, the applied is extended moulds many the the in anything to goblet; small a Them. Timbales. cookery, of been of treatment retaining Use meaning, of course different of time, shapes timbales. same Eggs in shape preparation cases, to in timbale, term however, are Hozv Moulded having so '^"'^ "gS^" the this difference but are prepared bainmarie for as in or eggs only, turned of form moulded eggs the this water out in in that upon timbales cocottes, they the requires or are in eggs served not dish or plate, mould. manner bath. should always be cooked (^lid Hozv Egg^i Eggs in Moulded Use to Timbales Oeufs " 79 Them. Moules en Timbales I'Arlcquin Ha/rlequinFashion. a " Buttered timbale moulds besprinkled parsley,and are chopped beeftongue,truffles and lined with a thin layer of chicken broken six a in the eight minutes; to la Cardinal coral, an for six minutes la Colbert la Comtesse moulds scrambled lobster chopped cooked each, and sauce. thin layer of ; cooked chicken and usual as with meat forceserved Fashion. la Colbert, and filled with asparagus tips,cooked just lined are as a is done; served forcemeat on sauce. Coquelicot Coquelicot. " timbale red sweet moulds eggs broken served with cream " the eggs serve truffles), la Henri Eggs sauce. are put into buttered the they adopt them into shape cooked and as of the usual; sauce. Georgette Style. Georgette over peppers that so mould, Cook a with a eggs until the cream Parboiled d la sauce. sauce. long enough la from moulds, fancifullydecorated Countess " Timbale a in in the centre Colbert veloute broken ; served lined with ; eggs with egg timbale are truffles, a tomato on tgg Colbert. " Buttered with served an oven Style. moulds besprinkled with timbale lobster in the cooked then Cardinal " Buttered a, and centre, forcemeat, with in buttered them on moulds broiled (besprinkledwith mushrooms and pour tarragon gravy^. IV. " cooked Henry in IV. moulds and served with Bearnaise 80 and Eggs, Eggs Moulded Hozv in Use to Timbales Them. Oeufs " Moules en Timbales a la Maintenon Maintenon. " Moulds truffles and with truffle " la Marechale and la buttered of yolk soft and very Timbale usual; served as anchovy butter, one with one with served cooked served Usual; as in put egg each anchovy Polignac. moulds besprinkled with " eggs cooked eggs beeftongue, Marechale. the Polignac chopped sauce. moulds cooked a parsley; " Timbale egg with besprinkled mould, sauce. chopped truffles; with HoUandaise sauce. a la PortugiieseFashion. Portugmse Besprinklethe buttered timbale moulds with chopped parsley,break in the eggs, cook in the bainmarie and halves of tomatoes serve on (previously broiled). " Tomato a la a, la puree a la sauce puree d'Asperges " de Marrons puree de Tomates The la Renaissance puree of Chestnuts. with puree of Tomatoes. " timbales for as landaise sauce. " ct can the moulds la be served be can the cook's or under Renaissance " Proceed Eggs zvith is served puree d la Scobeleif puree of Asparagus. eater's the to with " in Eggs moulded variety of purees; a the dish. on with great a decorated cording ac- taste. own the eggs. Style. Colbert; with serve Hol- green Scoheleff. cooked in moulds and served with rich ragon tar- gravy. a la Vicom^tesse " Viscountess Besprinkle the eggs pour and over and buttered Fashion. moulds with small add the truffles, artichoke bottoms, cook; serve on Cream sauce (blendedwith place slice of truffle. on top of each of asparagus) puree timbale a glazed 82 and Eggs, Hard a I'Aurore Hoiv Eggs Oeufs " Them. Durs Aurora. " Hard in Use to of which eggs, mixed sUces and yolk the with retained, are is cream cut put into sauce, a the are yolks which besprinkled with melted squeezed through a wire sieve, and some dish and butter ; put in the before a they la Bechamel Hard a d and over Hards with Chicory. quarters, served in chicory, surrounded en " are cooked the la Dreux a different be can them is styles in served eggs with garnished in la Haz'anaise Proceed oven. eggs of way to tate facili- a sauce cream mushrooms truffles, and ivith in quarters with on a bed of rich gravy. Havana " as with gratinated. Spinach. Hard cut lengthwise eggs chopped spinach surrounded pour hard which shells ; this mixed sliced in shells and " on. gravy. especiallyrecommendable boiled hard Epinards egg of Dreux. ham, put aux rich bed a service. " Sliced and the of serving a with on in Shell. Coquille Most crayfish with of onions. puree cut eggs covered in slices and cut with " sauce cream Bernardine. " eggs mixed la Chicoree served and much. too lengthwise in four; gratinated. cut la Bernardine sauce minutes few a Bechamel. eggs Hards browned are " poured for oven for Style. Eggs, Chiinay style. half tomato Mornay sauce Place each half cooked in the oven), (previously the egg and gratinatein the over Eggs, and Hard di la a Eggs Indian " la Mmtre Durs d la Mathurin Hard with rounded sur- arranged on dish and a ered cov- butter. with on a dish by layers, the soft part of oysters cooked sliced onions in butter smothered matelote sauce. " and eggs served fat and in hot Nouilles a Border la Italienne noodles of covered I'Oseille with with " Eggs in cut in with piquant zvith " with Noodles, Italian Fashion. hard tomato sauce. in quarters cut eggs in the centre. sauce Sorrel. quarters on a bed of sorrel surrounded rich gravy. "J la Reine SHce rice halves, dipped into rolled in fresh bread crumbs, fried beaten with boiled of d' Hotel. Norfolk Fashion. cut lengthwise eggs and of sHces, arranged wine, and mixed Hard addition sauce. d'hotel in cut alternated Norfolk the Mathurin. eggs and curry in sHces maitre " in white bed a Maitre " cut eggs with on cream d' Hotel Hard a Oeufs " 83 Style. in halves cut with aux Them. " I'Indienne d la Use to Hongroise Hungarian Fashion. Same as "Eggs a la Tripe" with fine herbs and paprika pepper. Eggs a Hozv Queen's Fashion. " the eggs, add to Cream sauce with sliced mushrooms or truffles, shells,besprinkled put in cases with bread crumbs, grated cheese and melted butter, and and d la bake in the Religieuse " Hard eggs with cheese oven. Fashion. Nun's cut and in slices,covered with lightlygratinated. butter mixed 84 and Eggs, Hard a la Robert Use to Eggs^ Them. Durs Oevifs " Robert. " Hard Hoiv in quarters cut eggs with onions mustard and sauce. d, la Soubise Eggs d la Soubise. " in cut Tripe Minced onions with mixed added d la " heated stuffed with been added finely chopped and bruised shape, cheese and foie gras and sauce Stuffed Eggs with two cut a seasoned are with and and with baked in the the them, sauce. with Parmesan grated Pour cubes). over oven. Oeufs yolk Farcis bread with taken bread yolk salt, and this put oven. of rice cooked added the eggs with pepper, cream tongue, Give Fashion. halves, the with bed a (hard)" German stuffed have crumb bread tomato in the bake Eggs in beef sauce. and in small cut stuffingprepared whole slices Style. broth " in which to smoked with serve quartered eggs on (to which has been I'Allemande and cut yolks egg the Mornay butter boiling., little Bechamel and Verdi " Place lard the a their natural in hot in eggs without Eggs la Verdi puree. Tyrolean Style. Tyrolienne fry a hard sauce; it and 'to eggs "nion cream lightlysmothered are cream mushrooms a with Tripe. as " quarters served on crumbs and in raw is rest melted on milk; ones, the nutmeg; dish, the eggs mixed and soaked three of mixture, the a out eggs diluted sprinkle top, be- butter and. and Eggs, Stuffed " la Use to (hard) Eggs Them. Oeufs " 85 Farcis d'Annecy d'Ann^cy. Eggs cut in halves, the yolks cut up and mixed with and mushrooms chopped onions previously in butter, some cooked raw yolk of egg is added, and the mixture put back in the eggs and gratinated; " with serve a Hoi^' la Bennet cream sauce. Bennef. " in halves Eggs cut yolk taken and out fine herbs arid with this and with bread some put in the mixed shape of a barrel,the with chopped anchovies, cream sauce or on crumbs shirred a and ; the eggs dish, besprinkled egg butter; baked melted filled are in the oven. a la Carmelite Carmelite. " the Eggs stuffed with onions, parsley,sorrel, and chopped yolks, baked in the oven. a la Celerini Celerim " Style. laid Eggs quartered, Cream with baked in a Champignons aux Mushrooms a la Chasseur of brown a la with white some mixture, crumbs dipped and the with the sauce; in beaten fried in hot fat. Fashion. game forcemeat; with served Style. halves lengthwise. Chop in eggs mix fine and the Fill the buttered a mixed sauce. very herbs. in this with Chimay"Chimay Cut spinach (covered grated cheese) and squares, and eggs Hunter's " stuffed Eggs small in rolled in bread and eggs with of oven. cut stuffed bed zt^jV/tMushrooms. " chopped yolks eggs mixed sauce, brisk a on brisk eggs dish, pour oven. with with over d'Uxelle this or the yolks cooked mixture, place Mornay sauce and fine on "a bake 86 Stuffed a and Eggs, la Cointesse Eggs and a cream a Eggs Farcis halves, the yolk taken out butter and chicken, baked in the some served and oven, Constance. " chicken, ham with cubes, mixed small Oeufs " cauliflower. of puree stuffed some in cooked sauce; la Constance in with Than. Style. lengthwise pounded oyer a Countess Use to (hard) Eggs " cut litle Hoiv cream sauce ; with mushrooms and the yolk and chopped gratinatedand served cut with cream sauce. d la Dauphine Dauphine. " Eggs stuffed with chicken, pounded together with cream oven; Epinards aux Eggs same circumference Eggs toast a sauce. the as rich a is egg top of placed on gravy. placed and quarters chopped ham ; sauce poured over. with la Fedora on Veloute a buttered blended with Fedora. " Eggs stuffed with a puree of gooselivermixed with truffle sauce. the chopped yolk served d la Garfield Eggs " crumbs , sauce. with Gariield. stuffed chicken, cream eggs the Style. in cut a with Fabri Tomato in shape, the yolk taken out, filled round slice of beeftongue of the spinach, " sauce, baked of in barrel cut with la Fabri Madeira yolks Spinach. ivith " each; served a with served the and ham sauce, and with and forcemeat the dipped fried in in ' yolk beaten hot of cooked made of eggs mixed egg, fat; served rolled with with in bread piquant and Eggs, Stuffed a la Gibson Proceed Soft with " Tyrolean Fashion, eggs, sauce with serve of puree but ery. cel- Oysters. part of oysters mixed wine, Farcis Oeufs " 87 Thcni. Style. of Tomato Huitres Use to (hard) for stuffed as instead aii.Y Eggs Gibson " Hozv with in cut four, cooked cream and sauce with the white chopped yolks of eggs. Eggs stuffed with this,besprinkled and with bread crumbs melted butter then and gratinated. a I'Indienne Indian " stuffed Eggs I'ltalienne and curried cream mixed with in beaten fat and a la Leda as the with halves, stuffed fine herbs in bread tomato of crumbs, with in butter cooked chopped yolks for eggs a dipped eggs, fried in hot sauce. melted and artichoke tripe,fill some with grated cheese, bread la sprinkle over bottoms, crumbs the Style. Leda Proceed into and rolled eggs served " with sauce. lengthwise cut shallots,mushrooms and mixed rice Italian Fashion. " Eggs Style. with yolk chopped a ' and butter bake in a brisk oven. a la MagdU " Style. Magda the Mix yolks chopped of Cut Stuff in halves. eggs with half the amount fine each egg shape of Serve with a and herbs whole with this tgg; Piquant a sauce. the finely chopped grated Swiss cheese, mustard. little French mixture bread and and fry give in hot it the lard. 88 ('nd Egi^, Stuffed a la Hozu Marius Them. Farcis Oeufs (hard) Eggs Marius Use to " Style. " Have ready ends so and to an the the boiled the of and bind with fine herbs and 1;he with melted partly and truffles parsley, season sauce preparation chopped with top bairel coarsely, lobster, cut some a yolk Mayonnaise this with eggs the finely of shape Chop yolks. amount taste the both off cut eggs, eggs equal chopped Fill give to as remove add hard some jelly. besprinkle and lobster coral. a la New Yorkaise Nciv York Style. " Cut the size sauce hard six and to good sized have been serve of amount with the green removed; Madeira (cut butter) in ; eggs and heat sauce. well with up in fill the the same Cream and which half the enough well season from peppers mix and squares mushrooms fresh cooked bind in eggs oven into skins and . 90 and Eggs, Cold a la Boulonaise Eggs Use to Froids Oeufs " Them. Boulogne Style. " dished mollet Egg How around salad a crayfish,crahmeat, mussels, with a French mustard la Cumberland of cauliflower, prepared seasoned well fine herbs. and Cumberland. " Equal quantitiesof chicken cooked breast,ham, pate cheese grated Parmesan pounded together and passed through a fine sieve; of this forcemeat oval shaped slices of on put some and toast place on each part of an egg cut lengthwise de foie slice put some and decorate la Danoise a covered rEcarlaiB and each gherkins, Fashion. into halves, filled with lobster and decorated. Mayonnaise sauce with Ecarlate " Proceed Style. "a for as sliced in slices ; between cut lengthwise cut salad then finelycut beeftongue with jelly. Danish " Eggs fresh half,and into a and gras liver goose instead Lucullus," but and truffles,use la sliced of beef tongue. a I'Estragon with Tarragon. Eggs cut lengthwise into halves, decorated " tarragon with a la Justine Eggs with and a with and game up and a into halves scooped p^uree of pheasant mixed covered with stock; Chaudfroid cold when with out whipped sauce, decorate and reduced with truffles gherkins. la Lucullus Coat with tarragon. lengthwise cut cream covered parboiled vored jelly fla- Justine. " stuffed and leaves with some with hard " Lucullus small alternate boiled Style. timbal molds slices egg and of with jelly;fillthem truffle,fat goose fill with jelly;allow to get thoroughly chopped jellyaround. partly stiff and serve liver melted with Eggs, and Cold Marines Eggs Use to Oeufs " Them. 91 Froids Pickled. " Hard eggs flavored peeled and put with spices and for ready d la Hozu Mayonnaise Hard in three use zvith " " la Mentonnaise fine four or covered Menton " a jar; boilingvinegar herbs poured over; days. Mayonnaise. sliced and eggs into with Mayonnaise sauce. Style. Eggs cut chopped lengthwise into halves, the yolk taken out with anchovies and capers. Eggs are filled with this stuffingand a slice of tunny laid on each ; decorated with jelly. a la Moscovite Eggs a stuffed la Normande the them cold skin in small up poached the lettuce gote Lay with a and few Style. from dozen one on the sardines, break in shells top of each of ithe shells with and leaves salad. pieces,lay egg border sauce Russian Norman " Remove Style. Moscow " fresh over the eggs place and a nish ^hell. Gar- finelyshredded pour sprinkle over chopped the egg shrimps around Ravi- some fine herbs. and serve cold. a la Norwegian Fashion. Norvegienne Eggs cut lengthwiseinto halves, yolks chopped " anchovies; stuffingand cut d, la Polonaise Egg " white decorated in the with eggs stuffed filled with olives and this chovies an- strips. Polish filled with oysters, and part of with Style. salad prepared gherkinsmixed with of lobster,pickled Mayonnaise sauce. 92 Cold a la Hoiv and Eggs, Eggs Use to Froids Oeufs " Them. Ravigote Ravigote Style. Prepare some poached eggs " hard so able be to as handle to rather (have ithem without them fear (when cooked) in breaking them), place them cold water, and, when thoroughly cold, drain and of trim them. same shape the of a la Russe strips of Salade with tongue the eggs top on Chaudfroid green jellyand with allow serving. Style. halves, the yolks scooped decorated with caviare, and into and anchovies chopped yolks. the Salad. " Hard quarters seasoned nice on vinegar, and,oil, dressed lengthwise cut eggs with beef lay the over before part stuffed white Then coat lengthwise cut with en cold cold of set, brush Russian " Eggs out, and tongue get very slices the eggs. as When sauce. to Cut salt, pepper, of leaves lettuce,and before into serving besprinklewith fine herbs. en Sandwich " Buttered ' Sandwich. slices of bread with cut eggs in slices between. Any variety of Mayonnaise or bread, adding la sandwiches anchovy can butter watercress, be served, using moistening for the lettuce leaves, fine herbs, the eggs. etc., to a egg Strassbourgeoise Strasshurg Style. Cut boiled hard some lengthwise in halves eggs and take out the yolks. Make of the yolks, a puree each of pate de foi gras amount adding the same " and eggs, butter, giving them Coat then them stand the eggs nicely jelly. Serve their on with and on to season the brown border and fill up original shape thicker brush a taste of ing mak- part. Chaudfroid over and the with jelly. sauce, partly rate decomelted Eggs, How and Use to 95 Them. Omelet. SAVARIN BRILLAT omelet an of than more and cook is not should " of the twelve is name, than Three the used in his the omelet rubbed with being taken other Second: have eggs a that the eggs a those mixed, and little white persons be pose, sup- followed in the towel be it. To and then towel, coarse beaten. of care red-hot, and whites Cooks method, strainer, which the strain as so often who the gives the most yolks become cooked, will the omelet, when are nor rough. exactness spots which with becomes never be well the water slightlyheated, become a neither a it in use, not in contact salt and should or extremely clean, and When come pan reputation for satisfactory result, as well ever fine kitchen through to purpose. it should the six omelet, worthy an many little greasy; a it is liable to otherwise than admit. be must pan for any pan if the omelet. an always be left other liquidshould clean production of are should any and " difficult than more still further, goes eight eggs profession,not more willing to important rules are preparation of never writer for be made never than the as some most First: The more adept an justlythat, very excellent,it should eggs. not be used, or be to that, says remarked seen not show in omelets. and Eggs, 94 which and fire; and that omelets not purpose, the scratch likelyto forks as fresh six an Put bowl. and when the eggs; two into or all the eggs are it very without layers,beginning with the towards the other To the part so it out turn pan with the the palm of left hand, the the gently over pan move with into hand kitchen and the so is the thumb pan the fold or it into the handle and then oval the in dish the inner ; of omelet the fold shape. of the being uppermost on same two the handle hold in that so the bottom long a pan, turn it for make to dish, grasp of the of are then as underneath; place the edge another spoon Knock spoon. well omelet side nearest the eggs egg into the part of the pan, right hand, the strain soft; leave that the omelet upon the being browned, range outer three beat stirring,and three done are sufficient a every cream; continuallywith a equally well cooked .seconds be for and without three can spoon utensils bowl, add a butter of ounces consistency, keeping this kitchen a sharp fork, and a it is melted stir stirred are OMELETS. FOR eggs whisk, tgg rule, such a eggs use other or quantity of salt and pepper, add one tablespoonfulof thick with to as it is true pan. RECIPE Break the when as fully without and but, way; is cook spoon, a It is advisable cooking. that in this delicate so or brisk a omelets cooking fork a succeed may in over the better it is. is made omelet pride with eggs are while for take cooks some his or the tested,as the quicker the stirringthe cook of the ignorance preparation of them. omelet must an always be cooked here is where the abilityof the : Some Them. Use to either the prove negligence in Third How and in the side of and Eggs, the dish, right this should the to this it it as In are stuffed the adorned is like is only the over served far from moving the made inside omelet under to difficult at cook over- to fire for but recipes fold the a the that and garnishing. special above heading. the and and omelet garnished the on Sweet omelets by delicate recipe. fiUed terms folding, folded the to so to folded, is Flat not are and omelet seconds. they means before the few a hue, golden a when necessary, Filled when with not care more of according following applied. much so and minutes, greatest omelets occasionally, those four or solidified. persons leave are down, three the it as greatly Some but exercising omelet, too attain 95 Them. upside pan take time same when the turn Use to left. to All the and How dish omelets garnished should be that means should are be scribed de- 96 and Eggs, Hozv Omelette a Use to Them. Omelet " rAfricaiiic African Style. " Omelet filled with with onions around and the rice cooked green flavored Tomato peppers. Garnished omelet. broth in with sauce slices small of fried eggplant. a I'Ail " ivith Garlic. The beaten a in bo'wl is for eggs with previouslyrubbed the in squares, filled cubes, and I'Aimral Omelette stewed and stewed Admiral " with and American " Omelet garlic. with artichoke in tomato bottoms sauce. with lobster with garnished and tomatoes in cut herbs. fine Style. sauce in oysters and surrounded cream with garnished fried sels mus- la Villeroi. I'Anglaise English Style. Plain omelet garnished with " au.v broiled stripsof Asperges^-with Asparagus Tips. garnished with cooked asparagus in butter. also be Asparagus tipsmay Omelet the a are Fashion. filled with shrimp a a omelet " it V Americaitu a the I'Algerienne Algerian Style. filled and Omelet garnished cut a , wliich la bacon. tips tossed mixed with omelet. Bayonncdse BcDyonne Style. " Omelet filled squares, surrounded la B earnaise"B Omelet ham and with tomato earnaise filled with cut The with in top of pepper cut in sauce. Style. and mushrooms artichoke toms bot- and stewed in tomato sauce. squares with the omelet chovy garnished rings of an- filletsinto which put. red some cold Bearnaise sauce is 98 and Eggs, Ho7v Omelette Clams aux aii,x with " filled and the soft part of clams Concombres in filled and Durs Omelet bellypart " i. e., cream. Cucumbers. cucumbers with stewed with " Hard Crabs. garnished crab with stewed meat cream. This d'Hmtres omelet be may Oyster Crabs. different in three served ways. garnished with crabs Oyster with " 1. Plain, omelet 2. in garnished filled and Crates aiix stewed the cream. Crates in Omelet " garnished with with " Them. Clams. Omelet Omelet aux Hard Use to fried oyster crabs. with fried in butter and mixed the beaten eggs. 3. Omelet filled and stewed in Crevettes aux oyster crabs cream. zvith Shrimps. " filled and Omelet with garnished garnished with shrimps garnished with fat stewed in cream. a la Derby Derby. " filled and Omelet mushrooms cut in squares and gooseliverand in stewed Madeira sauce. a la Diep poise Dieppe Style. " Omelet with stewed a la Durand herbs, filled with in white wine filled with cut " and rooms mush- sauce. tips and asparagus butter, garnishedwith artichoke d I'Ecarlate mussels Durand. " Omelet in fine fine and stewed in truffles tossed bottoms and rooms mush- cream. Ecarlate. well beaten Tliick puree of tomatoes obtain a in order that they may covered with tomato sauce. up red with the eggs tint; omelet Esg"s^ "^"d How Omelette^ mix Ecrevisses Omelet luith " Use to 99 Omelet " Crayfish. garnished filled and Them. with crayfishstewed in sliced breasts of cream. a I'Egyptienne Egyptian Fashion. " Omelet filled and quailsand aux Epinards Omelet garnished with truffles stewed with " " in brown sauce. Spinach. filled with spinach and surrounded rich with gravy. a I'EspagnoIe Spanish Style. Finely shredded onions and " oil with in cooked into some peeled this sweetbread I'Estragon " Herbes Eggs for omelet Fines filland to mixed with Fines to large,in twelve still minutes, garnish the omelet shrimps, oysters the above. " with Fine mixed the eggs. Herbs. with finelychopped parsley, chervil. chives and aux ten are Tairragon. Chopped tarragon aux for Sometimes added are with tomatoes and preparation. smothered peppers when sufficiently squares; and cut squeezed tomatoes gently beef extract some with in if the or stew parts; add a cut eight parts, more or add ham green Cuites Herbes with " Cooked Fine Herbs. and with previously cooked Eggs for omelet mixed chopped shallots,mushrooms, parsley and chervil. d, la Flamcmde Omelet aux " Flemish and Flews de brown " with cut calf's sauce. Co-urge Pumpkin buds mixed spinach and garnished with filled with brains Fashion. Pumpkin Buds. in small, fried slightly zvith the beaten eggs. butter and 100 and Eggs, How Omelettei la Florentine a Omelette and Omelet filled and in squares Artichoke mixed au Fromage Grated a Surrounded d, la Grecque with Greek " butter flavored Bottoms. fried in butter and with eggs ; the best sorts Gruyere. or Fashion. in tossed tips truffle butter. sauce. Fashion. egg plant to Madeira added and sauce. Parmesan are asparagus filled with Omelet beaten Duke's Grand with Omelette cut eggs. with mixed " livers chicl^en Artichoke for this purpose la Grand-Due with Cheese. cheese of cheese in butter Livers. in squares, cut the beaten with " with " bottoms with Chicken in Madeira stewed tossed sauce. garnished d'Artichmcts Fmids aux and cream with " Omelet " with de Volcdlles Thciii. Style. plain spinach filled with surrounded Foies aux Florence " Use to onions and (cut in cubes, sauted in sauce sauce). Tomato green around pepper the omelet. au Sour Hareng Smoked zvith Smoked " herring, boned fried in butter a la Havanaise (sauted a with " and mixed with Dutch in cut small the beaten squares, eggs, Style. chicken in Madeira la Hollandaise The Havana " Omelette and Herring. livers and red peppers sauce). Style. of eggs mixed with fine herbs, the whites well whisked with the yolks ; flat mixed to froth and yolk omelets with are prepared sliced broiled from smoked this mixture salmon. and served and Eggs, How Omelette an Homard with " Omelets and a la cream Omelet la Ifalienne Add the to omelette a in smothered' in highly season butter, with rika. pap- with wine Style. (before Parmesan the soft part of the and the cream omelette cheese stewed sauce. and cooked) garnish the is tomatoes. " sliced breast I'Indienne with the beaten eggs; with " Ham seasoned mixed with rice and boiled and curry powder; served with currj Ham. iu small cut the beaten la Jasrdiniere " Onions and mixed Fashion. fine, smothered the eggs ; omelet in butter 'and filled and stewed in then garnished with bean's,artichockes and in squares the omelet. around cut fried in butter eggs. Gardener's sliced with squares, carrots, turnips,peas, sauce in butter savice. Jambon mixed Style. filled with cream with of chicken Indian " soft part of oysters stewed in cream. finelysliced,smothered omelet a eggs with Onions mi cut I'Imperatrice Empress Fashion. Omelet filled and garnished with and a onions in white grated some lobster cream. garnished Italian " in with Oysters. filled and oysters stewed a garnished added, and with " Omelet " with omelette sauce HuUres 101 Hungarian Style. " Fill the aux stewed Hongroise Them. Lobster. filled and squares Use to and cream; rooms mushtomato 102 ^'^^- fioiv ESi^" Omelette Jus au lidth " Plain a la Same Lard au de Funue Boeuf with 1. The Omelet " surrounded "Omelet as " Thcin. Gravy. omelet Lanque Use to " with rich with Snwked grav}-. Becf-fongue. Jambon." au Bacon. beaten eggs mixed with small pieces of fried bacon. 2. Omelet a la Lorenzo garnished with Loi'enso " Garnished broiled stripsof bacon. Style. with creamed crab with flakes, mixed chopped The green top of omelette peppers. with glazed slices of truffles. a la Lyonese Fashion. sliced finelyand smothered nished gar- Lyonaise " Onions with the beaten eggs and some in butter,mixed grated Parmesan cheese. a la Macedoine Matcedoine. " Omelet filled and garnished with in vegetablesstewed a la Maitre d' Hotel filled and Omelet cooked squares, of d'Hotel. garnished in kinds cream. Maltre " different with with butter sweetbreads fine herbs cut and in beef extract. a la Malako'ff To four Malakoif " raw reduced tomato stewed fresh eggs Style. add one tablespoonful of thickly- puree. Garnish the mixed with tomatoes, omelette with plain boiled rice. des Matelots The " bowl is rubbed mixed smoked Sailors' Fashion. in which with with the eggs for. the omelet garlic;andiovies cut are in small the eggs, omelet garnishedwith salmon with tomato and surrounded beaten squares slices of sauce. (ind Hozv Egg^, Omelette a la-M edicts 103 Omelet " edicts M " Them. Use to . Omelet filled and garnished with an'd mushrcxjms Madeira a la Mexicaine Mexican " filled and la Milanaise Omelet Fashion. garnished small cut peppers inch in stewed and squares sauce. Omelet rt in cut fles, quail,truf- breast of and Milanese " filled and and long mushrooms, with stewed in shrimps and shrimp sauce. sweet Fashion. with garnished mixed with tomato spaghetti cut shredded and sauce one truffles,ham, grated Parmesan cheese. a la Moelle de Boeuf garnished with beef marrow parboiled and stewed in brown sauce. in squares, la Monselet filled and cut with a a aux la la garnished witli truffles and in squares in cream; and stewed beef around the omelet. extract chokes arti- tomato MoMglas"Montglas. Omelet filled and poached eggs. Mornay chicken stewed white "Poached with ragout Eggs Montglas.") as for Mornay. " filled and Moules garnished (See Omelet Omelet a cut Monselet. " Omelet sauce Beef Marrow. filled and Omelet a with " in la Mousseline and The whites and mixed " sliced truffles and sauce. garnished filled and wine cream^ with Mussels. with " garnished with mussels stewed in cream. Foam of eggs with the Omelet. are " well whisked yolks ; cooked as to a stiff froth usual. 104 ^SS^) Hozv ('"d Omelette a la Moicsseline Them. Omelet " Parmesan cm Use to Omelet Foam. " with mesan Par- Cheese. Same as cheese a above with the eggs. to la Nantim Nantua " Omelet a la Normande with small la Nouvelle both with okra 1. Shad mixed with 2. Omelet Oignons in small garnished green nish Gar- tomatoes. Roe. squares, fried in butter and the omelet. filled and garnished then and with shad in squares cut and previously stewed roe zvith Onions. " Nouveaux Oignons Olives with " in brown Olives then Spring Onions. small glazed spring onions. garnishedwith small olives stewed sauce. Farcies 1. Same as forcemeat 2. Stuffed cooked and Olives. filled and Omelet in butter with " garnishedwith Omelet aux Shad fresh sliced very fine,smothered with the beaten eggs. mixed aux and cream. Onions aux shrimps Orleans with with " cooked aux Nezu " cut roes oysters and stewed d'Alose Oeufs in Style. Style. with onions and finely-sliced in butter. previously cooked made peppers, with sauce fried smelts. Orleans Omelette aux cream filled with very grated Parmesan fles crayfishand trufcrayfishbutter. with garnished Norman " Omelet a in of Fashion. filled and stewed the addition with Stuffed " Olives. only use olives stuffed chopped truffles. above and olives in the usual mixed way. with beaten with chicken eggs; omelet 106 E,ggs, and Hozv Omelette Pointes mix Can de Houblon be prepared Pommes aux de Hop Sprigs. tips.'' asparagus "with as Terre ^Omelet " with " ivitk Potatoes. " Raw potatoes cut in small with the eggs. mixed a la " Prelats ; omelet Prelate " crab d la Princesse la Printaniere " and cooked and chervil d la Provencale in la puree a la with garnished with Spring in Top cream. glazed cream slices of sauce. Omelette. of well-cleaned " Provencial filled with Omelet tips asparagus (finely-shredded in butter), chopped parsley, chives with mixed Parsley sauce. eggs. handful a Fashion. Surrounded truffles. la sauce. sauce. filled with omelette the a wine Princess " Omelette A tomato with Fashion. in white stewed of with surrounded mixed garnished and filled witli herrings'soft roe, and truffles meat, crayfishtails,mushrooms Omelet d and fried in butter squares Portugaise Poi'tugueseStyle. Chopped fine herbs, olives,and anchovies the eggs des Them. Use to Style. minced puree d'Artichauts with " with d'Asperges " puree de Cliampignons " d la puree de Chouxfleurs h la puree d'Oseille d la puree de Tomates onions with oil,surrounded " sorrel " and tomato ered garlicsmoth- sauce. puree of Artichokes. puree of Asparagus. with with puree of Mushrooms. puree of Cauliflower. with puree of Sorrel. " with puree of Tomatoes. ^SS^" o-nd Hozv Omelette d la puree de Volaille Omelets like served with filled with brown la a Reforme Queen " omelette top glazed around Ris the Omelet filled squares and Royale Fill the in sweetbread sauce in cut with cut sauce. Kidneys. zvith Veal " kidneys mutton Style. fat goose liver and top of the glazed truffles cut omelette slices of truffles. may in be Madeira dish. Royal Style. omelette and garnish on the and added- tomato to sauce. outside of chicken (all previously cooked), one-third place Kidneys. Madeira truffles,sweetbreads, breast squares Reforme." bacon. ivith Mutton The squares. " and " with the with garnished with Rossini mixed on la a cream. stewed above. sauce in onions Same " Eggs Fashion.. and garnished la garnished de Veau small a and Rognofis d, la Rossini "Fried of chicken and puree of slices truffles. Cream Monton squares Eggs or gravy with filled and as for stewed with Omelet aux with Style. Sweetbread. Robert " Omelet in Club with " Rognofi-sde aux surrounded is omelette. de Veau la Robert " the omelet purees; Style. Fill the on a Reform " garnishingas la Reine aux and puree be mollets,can tgg sauce. Same a the 107 puree of Fowl. poached eggs, or great variety of a Them. Omelet " imfh " Use to supreme sauce cut with rooms ,and mushin small mixed with 108 and Eggs, Hozv Omelette a la Russe Russian " Small Style. cold ; but it can Soft Ckmts Prepared au.v clams is a be served with " caviare; generally served hot also. Clams. Soft with as Them. Omelet " filled with omelet Use to "Hard be too large,they may be cut preferableto have them small. la Soubise into the soft halves, but it Soubise. " Omelet filled with d, la Suisse should Clams;" Swiss " of onions. puree Style. cheese Gruyere white in small cut and squares with mixed the eggs. au Thon la Brillat-Savarin a Tunny Brillat-Savarin with " Style. The soft in water cooked of carp roe for a utes min- few ter chopped with some tunny, then cooked in butwith the beaten with chopped shallots and mixed is Omelet eggs. with melted cooked Tomates with " and served on a dish Omelette du Cure in his Physi- Tomatoes. filled and Omelet usual d'hotel butter. maitre (See Brillat-Savarin's ologie du Gout.) aux as garnished with peeled,squeezed, cut tomatoes in quarters and then previously stewed in butter. d, la TrafalgarStyle. Trafalgar " surrounded Omelette with Tricolores " fried in Three 'Small omelets mixed with with deviled cream sauce and nished gar- whitebait. Colors. of which one is cooked plain; one and one puree of tomatoes omelet. for "omelette verte" or green thick as plained ex- Egg-^j and Hozv Omelette Truifes aux with " Use to Them. 109 Omelet " Truffles. 1. Truffles cut in squares and mixed with the beaten with gravy. eggs ; omelet surrounded 2. Omelet filled and garnished w^th truffles cut in and stewed in Madeira sauce. squares d, la Tyrolienne Tyrolean Style. " Omelette filled with with Verte " Green fried stewed and tomatoes nished gar- onions. Omelet. Chopped parsley,chervil, tarragon, chives, spinach sorrel (the two latter previously cooked in butter) and mixed are des Voyageurs Travelers' " Omelet ; omelet cooked usual. as Omelet. flat,put cooked filled with and with the eggs a on plateuntil cold and then ham, chicken, puree prepared of cooked butter,seasoned with pepper, salt,and mustard ; a is rolled like the omelet French a pancake and eaten cold. a la Zingara Zingara Style. Omelette filled with " and mixed ham mushrooms truffles, thickly with reduced tomato with surrounded omelette The sauce. shredded brown sauce. des Zouaves Zouave " with with eggs; small crusts Sucrees Omelettes aux Bananes Omelet and " cooked omelet " and ham, truffles,mushrooms, Chopped mixed Fashion. as tarragon usual and nished garonions. of filled with puree Sweet Omelets with Bananas. filled and cooked sugar garnished with Omelet in syrup. and glazed with bananas bestrewn a red hot cut in slices with omelet powdered iron. 110 la Celestine Sweet " Omelets Celestinc. " Small omelets cream, apple and as Them. Use to Sucrees Omelettes a How and EggSj Frangipane alternatelyfilled with strawberry marmalade, etc., glazed above. with Preserves. fiux Confitures These omelets with souffle and " known commonly A and strewn with over iron, which omelet before water must sugar and be red hot Omelets using. omelets. sweet among serving should powdered glazed with the and dipped in be filled with can Abricots with aux Coings aux Praises aux Pramboises " d la Gelee a d with " Raspberry Groseille de Guava with " Currant Jelly. Jelly. Guava Bar le Due apple marmalade and le Due with " Currants. with " " filled with Omelets with la Red xmth " Jam. Orange Marmalade. Dauphirte Dauphine Style. I'Orange d la a Qidnce Marmalade. Groseilles de Bar aux preserves witJi Strawberry Jam. " de la Gelee many Apricot Jam. with " be always and different marmalades, jams, and jellies, from the following: be seen as can mix most are served before omelet sweet omelets rum whipped Prangipame Omelet with " filled with Prangipane and one one with Mix two "gg, together three egg of powdered ounces cream; put in saucepan boil,stirringcontinuously. As to boil take macaroons a off the fire and then mav ready be for use. added. add and set soon as sugar, ing, flavor- one ounce If desired milk the fire on it lows: fol- yolks butter,a little vanilla or lemon of flour,and ounces one gilleach of of ounce ; it is vanilla. Prangipane Cream. prepared as Frangipane cream Cream: whole four and flavored cream garnished to commences of some nut ter but- crushed and EggSj Fruits Confits Omelet with " Use to Sucrees Omelettes aux How Them. Sweet " Ill Omelets Fruits. Preserved filled and garnished with assorted preserved fruits,as peaches, pears, green gages, cherries,etc. Cut into small piecesand mixed with apricotmarmalade diluted rum ail or with other flavored with Kirschwasser, liquors. Kirschwasser" with omelet Sweet syrup, Kirschwasser. cooked serving Kirschwasser plain,glazed is poured over as usual; before the omelet and fire set to it. Pormnes aux minced and cooked glazed I'Alsacienne d Pommes, aux apples peeletjand fine and cooked omelet Apples. filled with Omelet then with " with cut butter in quarters, and sugar ; usual. as with " Apples, Alsatian Fashion. This is more a pancake it is called omelet ever, omelet; in Alsace, how- than and shall therefore we append above with a batter mixed as are Apples cooked prepared with one spoonful of flour,two whole eggs with a pinch of salt and one seasoned gillof cream and sugar ; cooked both sides like a pancacke ; before on servingbesprinkledwith powdered sugar. it. au Rhum " with Prepared ' latter Souffle e Rum. as Kirsch;" au instead of the is used. rum Nature "Omelette " Plain Puff Omelet. sires principalfacts to. observe if one dewhen to have success preparing puff omelets. with the be well mixed 1st. The yolks of eggs must 2d. The until quite foamy. they become sugar .There are whites must omelet must four be be whisked cooked to in a a hot stiff froth. oven. And 3d. The 4th, the 112 ^Sg^, Omelettes omelet its How O'^d Sucrees be must not Them. Sweet " Omelets immediately eaten qualityshould Use to without if delay deteriorate. RECIPE : The with yolks of three eggs are gradually mixed six tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, until it becomes smooth and are light; the whites -of six eggs whisked to yolks and the sugar; quick, only taking a A with. commence and stiff froth a then this must small dish be done hot a gently but is buttered froth and powdered sugar, the e.gg mass put with shape, oblong besprinkled powdered in the part of the egg with cooked with mixed to bestrewn on it in an and sugar oven. find pleasure in decorating the omelet Some but this is optionaland left to the cook. Puff lets omecooks be can as SovMee above as almonds, SoufHee be can " various from the and. perfumes, essences following: ivith Almonds. " with the of extract or Citron au with seen Amandes omx Same flavored ; imth addition of pounded bitter almonds. Lemon. plainpuff omelet with the addition of lemon flavoring; either finelychopped rind of lemon, or Same as lemon SoiiMee extract. Chocolat au Tablets until the as they vanilla are with Chocolate. chocolate soft, then are Same Confitures" aux as centre "Vanilla with Puff of the omelet. heated crushed and yolks of eggs, sugar for plainpuff omelet. SouMee the of " the and same in the oven mixed with proceedings Preserves. Omelet," with preserves in 114 and EggS; Oeufs Crenie How Sucres Use to Them. Eggs. Sweet " I'Angiaise English cream. of Five four with mixed ounces yolks of eggs powdered sugar are diluted with one pint of boiling rnilk,brought to the fire to thicken without boiling, witli to taste, either stirringconstantly. Flavor a " vanilla,almonds, lemon, Creme Cafe au Half of Caifee " boiling milk; for mixed with and eggs, the filled into boilingwater permitting the Crem" cool Put few a mould fill up stated Creme au Same with infused into sugar, all previously and more slack a fine a put into are pan a then with without oven cooked when serve of sugar whites sieve ; of three once boil ; when to and pan, in which Cafe, au powdered quart one put away cold. Custard. with the juiceof a lemon, cook until put on the range; light golden brown, and then pour into the a cold pushed Caramcel " the strained these water lumps into a. copper of of off ; unmold Caramel au six and together; and into through strained ounces moulds" thrown and herm,etically, covered yolks of six beaten to coffee hour, then half a Custard. of roasted pound flavor. orange or with with and the custard the same the is to be cooked; when preparation as omission of coffee for Crime and cook as above. Citrofih" Lemon proportions as the rind Custard. for of lemond coffee instead custard, but flavored of coffee. Eggs, and Meringuees cooked Eggs Custard. in small moulds, placed on cakes^ covered mdrisiguepreparation. slices of short paste or custard and baked See I'Orange in with slack a meringue oven, mass. beans a la Vanilla the into put Vanilla " Same proportioa orange rind. milk for other proceeding as same Custard. Orange " Vanilla Crime with "Meringue." d, Creme decorated and covered round mings, puff-pastetrim- with filled with then decorated and sponge 2. Pie dish lined 115 Them. Sweet " Meringue " 1. Custards Use to Sucre? Oeufs Creme Hozv custards. Custard. stated as boiling,the before flavored above, with Meringue. different sorts of In cooking and confectionerytwo meringue are prepared, which have this in common, that exclusivelyprepared with whipped they are Meringue " whites Meringue The and of eggs Ordinaire whites " gradually powdered sugar. One mixed egg and of " Meringue. eggs are beaten mixed with Italiam Menw-^w^. sugar cooked vigorously beaten a pound one to to the with blow the stiff froth of sifted degree froth of is six whites. preparation is Meringu"," but will This " Italienne pound Plain of twelve and Meringue sugar. not be quite found as light as useful on many "Plain casions. oc- 116 How and Eggs, Oeufs Sucres Them. Use to Sweet " JJggs Chantilly ChaniillyMeringites. Fill a pastry bag, into which tube of a half round a inch in diameter is slided,with plain meringue and to some on press it out in the shape of a half tgg tripsof paper cut about two inches wide ; besprinkle with powdered sugar; thick board on a place them previouslydampened, and bake in a very moderate with the door open of a light until they are oven color; meringues should be rather dried than baked. When off cooked, take them they are sufficiently the paper, and with the thumb make an impression in a warm their flat side ; put them on place to finish drying. When cold they are served with whipped cream Meringues a flavored la " with vanilla. Meringues can flavors,or with whipped with ice served be sweet a with of puree they cream; of creams chestnuts also be can different mixed served with creams. la Oeufs a en Neige Snow Eggs or Floating Islands. Have two quarts of boiling milk in a flat shallow with a meringue tablespoon drop in some pan; and of in the size an preparation shape Ggg, then the pan and draw it to the edge of the range cover ing; the milk boilthat the meringue will cook without so firm enough take out the meringues and when lay them on a hair sieve. With the rest of the milk and when cold put on an English cream, prepare dish and the meringue on top. a Oeufs Surprise with Make out Qose up as Blanc-manger au " Surprise Eggs Blanc-mange. little holes blow other " on their contents one both sides into of the holes with a of bowl eggs for further raw and use. paste and through the Blanc-mange prepared opening fillthe tgg with follows : Pound together half ounce of bitter and Oeufs eight of of milk hot and Silver water, and When the and Gelatine filled are firm, they of of stone Keyin soaked bowl. a this, ready are sheets into with pint one previously them set ice, on serving. for Surprise Chdcolat" au with nine straip melted Surprise en add tablespoon- two ; dilute cream; IV kite eggs when Oeufs of when with water 117 Eggs almonds sweet one Them. Sweet " flower orange Use to Sucres ounces f uls Hoiv and Eggs, with Eggs Chocolate. Same proceedings chocolate Pudding la a Fill in is water-bath the Sabayon Saybayon it wine, in cold When cook and unmould cream. often It is as ill served enough itself. wine served commonly generally a though al- sauce, glasses, an as white with made also preferable, but it can Kirschwasser, sherry, Madeira, rum, being be etc. a copper egg, one with pan four basin or five of ounces yolks wineglassful of dry white fire and whip vigorously until whipped the then cream', pudding as serve desired. and powdered half slow over is with brandy, of most dry a prepared a custard. English is by entremet of meringue Sabayon. " Put plain with as with serve Pudding. Moscow " mould pudding a and Moscovite almonds of flavoring. for used instead above; as in wine. of the glasses and sugar, Set the white it on a consistenc% or spread 118 and EggSj How Use to Miscellaneous Becassc Ecossaise cooks Many scrambled only cream. Beat four salt and Woodcock. when serving this dish simply dish up on ror, anchovy toast; but this is an eryolks should be used and be mixed eggs with Recipes. Scotch " the egg Proceed as with eggs a pour . : gillof one but in pepper, follows with season cream, fire,and the over sauce-pan continuously until thick this preparation over some stir Them. without boiling,then anchovy toasts and serve. Beignetsd'Oeufs Hard Fritters. Egg " eggs cut lengthwise into halves, stuflfed kind of cooked forcemeat, dipped in frying boiled with some batter and d'Oeufs Bouchees a napkin. Patties of Eggs fried in hot fat ; served la Creme a, Small " on in Creaxm. Small and pattiesfilled tossed in cut eggs in squares sauce. cream Chomesquis d'Oeufs hard with ainx Truffes " Egg Crovtesquiswith TruMes. Hard eggs cream sauce, aside to and truffles cut thickened cool ; when preparationin and fry in thin hot with cold wrap in squares, egg raw up some tossed yolks and in set of this egg ter pancakes, then dip in frying bata napkin. on fat; serve Eggs, and Hozu Miscellaneous Cromesquis d^Oeufs a Use to Recipes la Colbert Them. 119 Continued " Eggs Cromesquis, Col-- " bert Sauce. for Egg Prepare a mixture as Croquettes and' 2 inches spread it on strips of pancakes about wide by 3 long, roll up, dip in frying batter and fry in hot lard. Serve on a napkin with Colbert separate. sauce Croquettes d'Oeitfs Egg Croquettes., " Same as "Egg Cromesquis;" instead preparation them wrapping shape, and fry in hot dip in give pancakes in beaten fat and of ' serve a nice ; roll in bread eggs oval crumbs, napkin. a on them Croquettes(TOeufs a I'ltaliemie Egg Croquettes,Italian Style. and Cut eight hard boiled eggs in small squares mix into one pint of thicklyreduced cream sauce, with to taste and meg, salt, pepper season grated nutadd of grated Parmesan a good handful " cheese and then cold, shape them Tomato Fricasse hot lard. cold. get bread and Serve on When crumb napkin a with separate. sauce d'Oeiifsa I'Anglaise English Egg Fricassee. Hard as Eggs "a la Tripe," with the addition " 'Same of sliced Fritot to away croquettes, tgg some fry in and put mushrooms. d'Oeufs a la Frangaise Fritot " of Eggs, French Fashion. Cold poached put on dip them on serve Fondue an a Fondue a coated eggs oiled dish and in batter frying with set on and truffle thick ice ; when fry in very hot very sauce cold, fat; "apkin. la Brillat Savarin. is a mixture of prepared as follows: Put eight tgg yolks in cheese, eggs a pan with and a cream,- half and pound of 120 and EggSj How Miscellaneous butter broken grated Parmesan salt and Continued Recipes" little pieces,4 into cayenne tablespoonfulsof thick of each ounces Gruyere cheese; and pepper; continuouslyuntil of good bread Them. Use to with season put on the fire and whisk consistency, then add two toasted with serve cream; separate. The same made be can ordinary with American cheese. Hmtres du Bengale broken Eggs seasoned few a Huitres into cleansed with crumbs bread and and pepper and butter, and buttered oyster shells, salt, besprinkled with cooked in the for oven minutes. de Bombay" Bombay Oysters. egg v/ith only half of its white An goblet seasoned or Bengal Oysters. " if liked and with with swallowed sometimes or draught. one into lemon Tabasco These a juice, sauce, are eggs called Prairie oysters. Oeufs Deu.v Freres Prepare some cheese and salt,pepper Worcestershire with is broken and lay one and serve. "Two " Brother" scrambled Eggs. eggs in tartlet crusts. serve poached Oeufs tgg, pour with Parmesan On top of each rich over Files pour Garnitures Spun Eggs for in his "Cuisine Urbian Dubois de Tons " veal gravy Garnishing. les Pays," gives this recipe for spun eggs as a garnishingfor Spanish ham. Beat the tgg yolks of fifteen eggs and pass them through a sieve. Boil some lightsyrup in a copper the tgg yolks through a funnel into pan, and pour This the boilingsyrup. made for funnel, especially this purpose, should have several have an at the bottom, which size of When small tubes ed attach- opening, about the large vermicelli. the eggs are cooked they are taken out of the 122 '^'^'^How EgS^j Recipes Miscellaneous medium into Use to When oven. each, place the Them. Continued " done covers serve on and top on folded a in cook a napkin. Oeitfs SouMes la Parmesanne a san Parme- Eggs SouMed, " Style. Put into a fuls of thick spoonfuls pinch each blend all 5 the yolks, and 1 creain, two of ounce tablespoon5 butter, table- cheese, salt and a grated Parmesan of grated nutmeg and ; pepper cayenne these ingredients thoroughly, then whip of and whites egg mix into the small Fill up some with ithe souffle prepai-ation,strew grated cheese cook minutes. Pate 5 egg bowl and Serve entree on cases in a folded a slow ^ yolks, of their height over some 5 to 8 from oven etc. napkin. d'Oeufs a I'Anglaise English Egg and Bacon Pie. rashers of bacon on the bottom of a china Lay some pie dish ; pour over eight eggs beaten with a pint of " and cream seasoned dish with in moderate a Rissoles short with crust or serve oven; salt and pepper, pufi'paste trimmings when the cover baked cold. d'Oeufs Egg Rissoles. Roll out some puffpaste trimmings to the thickness of y% of an inch ; with the 'pastecutter stamp out sound some piecesof 2j4 inches in diameter, and in the centre lay a preparation of hard eggs as for "Egg Croquettes;"wet the border of the paste with a brush dipped in water or in beaten eggs, and double half circle ; fry in hot fat and it over to form a so as serve on a napkin. Royale " Jaune Beat with pour Potage together four egg " Yellow yolks and Ciistard one for Soups. whole egg, mix with season salt, cayenne gill of cream, and small tered butgrated nutmeg; fill up some pepper moulds, or one large mould, with the above preparation,and cook in the water bath as described one and Eggs, Hoiv Miscellaneous under in custard Green Red puree used. with is spinach Custard is the cooked fanciful or Custard with " When dice made eggs, the or colored by but and cold cut the but ored col- shapes. in green 123 Continued Recipes "Custard." Them. Use to then same manner, coloring. Breton green mixing a a little thick less tomato cream is 124 and Eggs, How Egg Them. Use to Drinks. Flip. Egg be prepared with Egg Flips can liquorSjto satisfyall tastes, we append With and Ale boiling put into Heat " whole ginger,and stirringall the several recipes: ale ; when ly nearale is heating beat the of brown ounces and grated nutmeg another jug ; then times several turn and sugar and little a into pour time, two kinds pint of one while jug; a with eggs wineglassfulof rum, twelve a Rum. of different add dered pow- the ale, from jug to jugWith three well beaten an a two whisk egg gillof beer, a another one saucepan and eggs, the fire,beat with add into Beer.^-Four of sugar; ounces until gill of beer, set on nearly boiling; then little nutrneg and ginger, and serve. With Milk ing milk egg and mixed pony a Brandy. and with of the white a the of an tumbler, and added drink One teacupful stiff froth juice of one straws. if desired. of boiling white sweeten to of an taste. Lemonade. of sugar, the quantity of crushed ice into lemon, one ounce egg and a small mix well with a shaker; add with the of brandy, stir well, and Egg Put " The yolk of an littleice water, also be egg may a and Eggs, Egg How Use to Baltimore Nog, 125 Thepi. Style. Beat up the yolks of three eggs, and J4 of a nutmeg of powdered sugar, to the congrated, with two ounces sistency of cream; add, pouring in quietlythe while, yi gillof brandy or sherry; add the froth),and, pint of milk. and rum, whites when This it forms a glass of one of the Marsala or brown (beaten to a stiff well incorporated, and gillof cream is not a warm drink and is easilydigestibl bilitate nourishingdietetic beverage for deeggs persons. Egg Beat the up and the Nog, of. yolk one Iced. with egg a tablespoonfulof of pounded white sugar; add one gillof sherry or half gillof brandy, ditto of rum, quarter pint of milk; mix together; add half gillof shaven ice. water Nog, Hot; Egg Heat each brown same yolks of two and ; beat up de Poule eggs two well and Mulled Beat Milk." pint of Scotch. ale; add while warming, a pinch of powdered cinnamon, grated nutmeg and powdered beat the of with two a little yolks ginger; eggs up in the ale gradually; when well amalgamated sugar ; pour add a glass of whiskey. sugar water Man's a Lait The "Auld or, up an egg with Hen's " mixed with Milk. two tablespoonfuls of add half Egg three pint of ounces orange of dered powflower boilingmilk. Wine. glassesof sherry and a tea- ly grated ginger,and carefulspoonful of sugar; add some the while ; grate half pint of boiling water, stirring before serving. little nutmeg on a 126 and Eggs, of Yolk Is for made the the to Them. it sickly, more of yolks the substituting being but Use Emulsion. Egg way, same whites; How requires eggs more flavoring. of White Beat the spoonfuls whites of gum-arabic This is very milk of or and efficacious fresh two half cream, a Emulsion. Egg small to eggs a quantity swallow with a of teaspoonfiil of gently honey in table- few or sore dered powsugar. throat. Eggs, and MuUed dear my Nine eggs, Into a The yolks bowl Let Betsy Till they into another beat rhe hand With sugar, Three four or Though Into Put Or half it good a pint while The wine and But, when it "With the half Mixing Into the skillet And stir it Then Grate pour it in nutmeg Then drink Who lets such water a more for a make he's precious " pour wine, time. the into heat, beat. gently the to it hot, boiling all briskly beating, heating; together with you: are be then " off for may of well too. two to pint a by eggs whites them more; strong comes and yolks pour or water but take water, too prove And The of sweet; do. would wine, rich. them maybe'Il you'll next of may make perhaps, skillet a bottle and beat must will switch. a froth*d spoonfuls some, it. with yolks which break; white. by whites the take you'll the quite appear Another drop 127 Eggs. must you carefully you'll Them, with madam, which JJse to Wine, First, A How pitcher; it a richer; fool liquor cool. two. 128 i^^d Eii^j to Use Them. 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