This section is from the book "The Blue Grass Cook Book", by Minnie C. Fox. Also available from Amazon: The Blue Grass Cook Book.
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1 quart of oysters, 1 pint of cream, or rich milk, 1 dessertspoon of flour, Salt and pepper to the taste.
Strain the liquor and put in a saucepan to boil. Add the cream, then the flour, moistening with a little cold water. Let this boil till thick, then season and drop the oysters in. When they curl, take them off and serve in sauce-boat.
If milk is used, put in extra teaspoon of flour and a large spoon of butter.
Mrs. B. F. Buckner
Make a thick cream gravy of 1 teacup of tomato catsup and 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce. Serve hot with croquettes.
1 teacup of grated horseradish,
1 wineglass of good vinegar,
1 dessertspoon of sugar,
1 dessertspoon of mustard,
1 teaspoon of salt,
Mix well and serve on meat.
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2 cans of champignons, 1 pint of cream, 1 heaping tablespoon of butter, 1 tablespoon of flour, Nutmeg, salt, and cayenne pepper to taste.
Cut champignons in small pieces and put in saucepan with their own liquor and cook for one-half hour. Stir in cream. Rub flour and butter together and add gradually. Boil 5 minutes and season highly.
Use 2 tablespoons of this sauce for the quenelles, leaving out the champignons.
Given Mrs. W. W. Massie at Hotel Belle Vue,
Munich
Put the yolks of 4 eggs in a bowl with 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Beat in olive oil until it thickens; then pour in 3 tablespoons tarragon vinegar and oil alternately until half a litre (1/2 pt) of oil has been used. Chop fine
5 eschalots (a kind of onion),
1 tablespoon of capers,
5 small cucumber pickles,
A little tarragon and spinach.
Beat them together with 1 tablespoon of mustard into the prepared sauce. Add the juice of 1/2 lemon and a little cayenne pepper, as this sauce should be piquant.
Excellent for cold chicken or meats.
Yolks of 3 eggs. Place bowl over top of teakettle and stir till it begins to thicken. Then add teaspoon of butter; stir until melted. Stir in 6 more teaspoons of butter the same way. Then add 1/2 pint of cream, little by little, till all is used.
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The yolks of 2 hard-boiled eggs,
The yolks of 2 raw eggs,
8 tablespoonfuls of olive oil,
3 dessertspoonfuls of vinegar,
1 teaspoonful of chopped onion,
1 tablespoonful of capers,
Salt and cayenne pepper to the taste.
Mash the hard-boiled eggs; add the raw eggs to them, and beat until perfectly smooth and light. Then beat in well the oil and vinegar alternately. Add the onion and capers; lastly the salt and cayenne pepper. Serve cold in a sauce-boat.
1 pint cream,
1 heaping tablespoon of butter, 1/2 can mushrooms chopped, 1 tablespoon flour.
Rub the butter and flour together and add the cream slowly; add the mushrooms; season highly with paprika and salt; boil till thick, stirring all the time; serve very hot.
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1 pound can of truffles, 1 pint of clear soup, 1 tablespoon of butter, 1 teaspoon of white flour,
1 teaspoon of browned flour,
2 tablespoons of sherry wine, Salt and pepper to the taste.
Chop the truffles and put them with their liquor into a saucepan with the soup. Boil steadily for 1/2 hour. Rub flour and butter together, stir in truffles, and simmer till thick; then add wine, salt, and cayenne pepper.
Delicious for meats or entrees.
1/2 pound brown sugar, 1/2 pound butter, 1/2 pint currant jelly, 1/2 pint claret wine,
1 tablespoon ground mace and cinnamon. Boil well.
1 heaping teaspoon of flour,
2 tablespoons of butter, 1 pint of milk.
Parboil the mushrooms, either 1 1/2 or 2 1/2 cans, as you prefer, and add them to the sauce a few minutes before you take it from the fire. Add a little white pepper to the mushrooms.
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1 tumbler of currant jelly, 1 tumbler of tomato catsup, 1 teacup of brown sugar, 1 tumbler of wine, 1 wineglass of brandy,
1/2 pint of mutton gravy, from which the grease has been skimmed. Thicken a little with flour.
 
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