MOCK BISQUE SOUP.
SHAD WITH ROE. Potato Balls. CUCUMBERS.
CHICKEN TIMBALES. PEAS.
KIDNEYS AND MUSHROOMS IN CASES.
POTATO PUFF.
STRING BEAN SALAD WITH MAYONNAISE.
NEAPOLITAN ICE CREAM. CAKES.
COFFEE WITH HARD-TACK.
As the course of shad with roe is rather a solid one, the meat course is
lighter than usual. The kidneys are cleaned, cut in pieces and stewed
until tender, when they are browned in butter to which seasoning and a
dash of sherry have been added and mixed with the mushrooms; after a
thorough heating they are served in cases either of paste or of paper. A
few olives cut into small pieces may be mixed with the whole, if one
likes the several flavours.
The string bean salad is simply made of cold boiled string beans, young
and tender, which have lain in French dressing for a half hour before
they are put on lettuce and mayonnaise added; one who has not tried this
has no idea how good a salad it is. The Neapolitan ice cream is made of
alternate layers of cream and ice in contrasting colours; it is too much
trouble to make this at home, but another cream can be substituted if
desired, such as a rich vanilla with a hot chocolate sauce, or a white
cream in which chopped candied fruit has been mixed.
The hard-tack is of course a very large thin cracker, perhaps six inches
in diameter; it is much better heated in the oven before serving, and if
it is wished a cheese, either a cream, or one of the imported ones, such
as Camembert, may be passed with it.