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Menu for January 7 |
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This section is from the "The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book" book, by Victor Hirtzler. Amazon: The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book
Stewed rhubarb Boiled eggs Dry toast Coffee
Consomme favorite Broiled shad roe, maitre d'hotel Mirabeau salad Lemon pie Coffee
Potage a l'Anglaise
Fillet of flounder, Meissonier
Chicken, Valencienne
Jets de houblons
Sybil potatoes
Hearts of romaine
Macedoine water ice
Lady fingers
Coffee
Consomme favorite. Garnish the consomme with asparagus tips cut in small pieces, and chicken dumplings stuffed with goose liver, the size of a large olive. Teaspoons may be used to form the dumplings.
Broiled shad roe, maitre d'hotel. Season the roe well with salt and pepper, roll in olive oil, and broil. Serve with maitre d'hotel sauce, and garnish with quartered lemon and parsley.
Mirabeau salad. Cut in one-inch squares one cucumber, two tomatoes, and one potato. Put in salad bowl separately, cover with vinaigrette sauce. Add one teaspoonful of French mustard in the vinaigrette. Lay anchovies over the top, and a green olive cut in strips, in the middle.
Potage a l'Anglaise. Put in vessel two pounds of lean mutton, and one pound of barley. Cover with water, season with salt, add a bouquet garni, and boil for two hours. Then remove the bouquet and the meat, strain through a fine sieve, add one pint of boiling thick cream, three ounces of sweet butter, and a little Cayenne pepper.
Fillet of flounder, Meissonier. Cook the fillets in white wine. Make a white wine sauce and add a Julienne of vegetables, and pour over the fish before serving.
Chicken, Valencienne. Salt and pepper a jointed chicken and saute in pan with butter. Put on platter and serve with supreme with truffles and fresh mushrooms, cut in small squares, and quenelles (chicken dumplings), teaspoon size. Garnish with heart-shaped fried crusts of bread.
Coupe St. Jacques. Slice some fresh fruits, such as oranges, pineapple, pears and bananas, and add all fresh berries in season. Put in a bowl with one-quarter pound of sugar, and a small glass of kirschwasser and of maraschino. Let stand for about two hours. Then fill coupe glasses about half full with the fruit, and fill the remainder with two kinds of water ice, raspberry and lemon. Smooth the top with a knife, and decorate with some of the fruit used for filling.
 
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