This section is from the book "The Table: How To Buy Food, How to Cook It, and How to Serve It", by Alessandro Filippini. Also available from Amazon: The Table: How To Buy Food, How To Cook It And How To Serve It.
Prepare and cut into six equal pieces, as for No. 637, half a calf's head. Place them on a hot dish, pour over it half a pint of hot tortue garnishing (No. 239), decorate with three pieces of heart-shaped, fried croutons (No. 133), a little fried parsley, and send to the table very hot.
A pinch of salt represents 205 grains, or a tablespoonful.
Half a pinch of pepper represents 38 grains, or a teaspoonful.
A third of a pinch of nutmeg represents 13 grains, or half a teaspoonful.
 
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