tablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan; add the macaroni, 1/2 cup of
chopped boiled tongue, 1/2 cup of chopped mushrooms, 1/2 cup of grated
cheese. Cover, let get very hot. Then mix a highly seasoned
tomato-sauce with a small glass of wine; let boil up and pour over the
macaroni. Serve hot with roast veal.
13.--Russian Stuffed Tongue.
Take fresh beef-tongue; make an incision with a sharp knife and fill
with chopped onions, bread-crumbs, a lump of butter, sage, thyme, salt
and pepper. Sew up and let boil until nearly done. Remove the skin.
Then stick cloves all over the tongue, and let cook until tender. Add
2 tablespoonfuls of vinegar and 1 tablespoonful of butter. Serve,
garnished with sliced beets, olives and sprigs of parsley.
14.--Hungarian Dumplings.
Mix 2 eggs with 1 tablespoonful of water, a pinch of salt and enough
sifted flour to make a stiff dough. Roll out on a well-floured
baking-board as thin as possible. Cut into three-inch squares and fill
with the following mixture: 1 cup of cottage cheese; mix with 1
tablespoonful of butter, 2 beaten eggs, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg to
taste. Fill the dumplings, press the edges well together. Boil some
milk, seasoned with a pinch of salt and sugar to taste. Lay in the
dumplings and boil until done. Serve with the sauce.
15.--German Stewed Fish.
Clean the fish. Cut into large slices; salt well and sprinkle with
black pepper and let stew with sliced onion, some celery and parsley.
Add a few slices of lemon; let cook fifteen minutes to the pound; then
mix 1 tablespoonful of flour with 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; add to
the fish. Let cook five minutes more and serve hot or cold.
16.--French Stuffed Partridge.
Clean, singe and draw young partridges. Season and stuff each bird
with chopped oysters well seasoned, and sprinkle with parsley. Put a
small piece of butter in each bird; place the birds in a baking-pan;
cover with thin slices of bacon; add a little hot water and bake in a
hot oven until done. Serve with toast.
17.--Russian Pickled Herring.
Soak 1 dozen herring over night in water; then mash the milch and roes
and mix with 4 tablespoonfuls of brown sugar. Put the herring in a
large dish with 2 large onions sliced; make alternate layers of
herring, onions and sliced lemon, 8 bay-leaves, a few cloves, whole
peppers and some mustard seed. Pour over all some vinegar. Ready to
serve in five hours. Will keep for one week. Serve with
boiled potatoes.
18.--Hungarian Duck.
Season and roast the duck; then cut into pieces for serving. Chop the
giblets; add to the gravy in which the duck was roasted, with 1 glass
of red wine, 1/4 teaspoonful of paprica, a pinch of cloves and the
juice of a lemon. Let boil; add the sliced duck and let simmer until
tender. Serve hot; garnish with fried croutons.
19.--Venison a la Parisienne.
Cut venison into pieces. Heat 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; add 1 onion,
1 bay-leaf, 2 sprigs of parsley, and 2 of thyme, all chopped fine. Add
the venison, salt and pepper. Let all fry a few minutes; then add 1
cup of consommé and let simmer until tender. Add 1/2 glass of sherry
and 1/2 can of chopped mushrooms. Let all get very hot and serve with
toasted croutons.
20.--Jewish Boiled Fish.
Clean and season a large fish with salt and pepper and let cook with 1
cup of vinegar, 1 large onion, 2 sprigs of parsley and 2 of thyme, 1
tablespoonful of butter, 1/2 cup of raisins, a few cloves, 1 lemon
sliced and 1 teaspoonful of prepared mustard. Let cook until done.
Remove the fish; add 2 large pickles chopped and 1/4 cup of sugar, and
thicken with the yolks of 2 eggs well beaten. Serve hot or cold,
garnished with parsley.
21.--English Stuffed Duck.
Clean and season the duck; then chop the giblets. Add 1 onion, some
celery and parsley. Mix with 1 cup of bread-crumbs and a beaten egg.
Season this highly and fill the duck. Put in the dripping-pan with
some hot water, 1/2 glass of sherry and a lump of butter. Sprinkle
with flour; bake until done. Serve with apple-sauce.
22.--French Stewed Rabbits.
Skin and clean the rabbits; cut into pieces at the joints; season
well. Heat 2 tablespoonfuls of drippings in a stew-pan; add the
rabbits, 1 onion and 2 cloves of garlic sliced fine, 1 bay-leaf, 2
sprigs of parsley and thyme. Let all brown a few minutes; then add 1
cup of hot water and cook slowly until tender. Thicken the sauce with
flour and butter; add a glass of claret; boil up and serve.
23.--Italian Salad.
Cut 1 pound of cooked veal in very small pieces; add 1 herring that
has been soaked in milk, 3 cooked potatoes, 2 pickles, 3 boiled beets,
3 apples, 2 stalks of celery, 1 cooked carrot. Pour over a mayonnaise
dressing and garnish with sliced hard-boiled eggs, olives and capers.
24.--Hungarian Stewed Pigeons.
Season the pigeons and stuff with chopped chicken. Let stew slowly
with chopped onions, chives, celery and parsley; add salt and paprica
to taste. Cook until tender. Serve hot with beet salad.
25.--Vienna Baked Goose Breast.
Take the breast of the goose and cut the meat from the bone; chop fine
with some onion, 1 clove of garlic, parsley and a little thyme, salt,
black pepper and paprica. Mix with 2 eggs and fine bread-crumbs. Put
the chopped breast mixture back on the bone. Place in a baking-dish;
pour over some dripping; sprinkle with flour and bake until brown.
Serve with sour apple compote.
26.--Italian Veal and Macaroni.
Season tender veal cutlets with salt and red pepper and sauté in hot
olive-oil; then cover and simmer until tender. Boil macaroni until
tender; drain. Add the macaroni to the veal with 1 cup of stock, and 3
tablespoonfuls of chopped cheese. Let all simmer ten minutes. Put on a
platter and cover with bread-crumbs fried in butter. Serve hot.
27.--French Squirrel Fricassee.
Cut the squirrels into pieces at the joints; sprinkle well with salt;
let lay one hour; then sprinkle with pepper and lemon-juice. Put 2
large tablespoonfuls of dripping in a pan; when hot, lay in a squirrel
with 1 sliced onion; cover and let brown. Then add 1 cup of
tomato-sauce, some celery seed and chopped parsley and 1 cup of hot
water. Let simmer until tender. Add 1/2 glass of sherry wine. Let get
very hot and serve with French peas.
28.--Irish Mutton Stew.
Season mutton chops with salt and pepper; put a tablespoonful of hot
drippings in a saucepan; add the chops, some sliced turnips, potatoes
and onions, salt and pepper. Then cover with water and cook slowly
until tender. Thicken the sauce with a little flour mixed with 1/2 cup
of milk. Season to taste and serve very hot.
29.--German Bread Pudding.
Crumb a stale loaf of bread to make 2 cupfuls and soak in 1 quart of
milk. Beat the yolks of 4 eggs with 1 cup of powdered sugar; add the
bread, a small cup of raisins and the grated peel of a lemon. Mix all
well. Put in a well-buttered pudding-dish and bake until brown. Beat
the whites with a pinch of salt, sugar and a little lemon-juice spread
on the top. Let get light brown in the oven. Serve with wine sauce.
30.--Hungarian Spice Cakes.
Sift 1 pound of flour; beat the yolks of 4 eggs with 1 pound of sugar;
add 1/2 ounce cinnamon, 1/2 ounce of ginger, 1/4 teaspoonful of
cloves, some grated lemon peel and a pinch of salt. Make all into a
dough and roll into small cakes about an inch in diameter. Put on
well-buttered baking-plates, sprinkled with flour, and bake in a
moderate oven until a rich brown. Serve with wine.
31.--French Braised Sweetbread.
Parboil the sweetbreads; drain. Put in the baking-pan with a piece of
salt pork, 1 onion, 1 carrot, 1 bay-leaf and a sprig of thyme, all cut
fine. Sprinkle with pepper, dredge with flour; add 1/2 cup of stock.
Let cook in the oven until done. Serve with mushrooms.