Breakfast

Oranges (104)

Pettijohn Food (170)

Shirred Eggs

Filets of Sole, Saute Meuniere

Broiled Devilled Ham (451)

German Fried Potatoes (242)

Sweet-Corn Fritters

564. Shirred Eggs

Lightly butter six shirred-egg dishes with one tablespoon butter; carefully crack two fresh eggs into each dish. Season with a light teaspoon salt and three saltspoons white pepper, equally divided; then place the dishes in a moderate oven for five minutes. Remove from the oven and serve.

565. Filets Of Sole, Saute, Meuniere

Procure a fine, fresh flounder of two and a half or three pounds. Remove the filets with a knife and neatly skin them. Cut each filet in two, crosswise. Place them on a plate; season with a teaspoon salt and half teaspoon white pepper and turn well in the seasoning.

Heat one and a half teaspoons melted butter in a frying pan, arrange the filets in the pan, one beside another, and gently fry for five minutes on each side. Lift them up with a skimmer and place on a hot dish. Sprinkle a teaspoon chopped parsley over, squeeze the juice of half a sound lemon over them; add half ounce butter to the pan in which the filets were cooked, heat well on the range until a nice brown colour, pour it over the fish and serve.

566. Sweet-Corn Fritters

Hash very finely a pint can well-drained sweet corn and place it in a bowl; add two tablespoons fine sugar, two saltspoons salt, one saltspoon grated nutmeg, a saltspoon ground cinnamon, half teaspoon baking powder, four tablespoons flour, two whole fresh eggs and one gill cold milk. Mix the whole well together for two minutes. Heat in a large black frying pan three tablespoons leaf lard; then drop the paste into the pan in six equal parts, keeping them apart from one another, and gently cook for five minutes on each side. Lift them up with a skimmer, drain well and serve.

Luncheon

Stuffed Devilled Clams

Beef Croquettes, with Asparagus Tips

Green-Gage Tartlets

567. Stuffed Devilled Clams

Open twelve large, fresh clams and place them in a saucepan with their own liquor, adding half pint cold water, and boil for five minutes. Drain well, chop them up very finely and keep on a plate. Thoroughly clean six of the best half shells, finely chop up one medium white onion and place it in a small saucepan with one ounce butter and fry to a nice light colour, lightly stirring meanwhile. Add two tablespoons flour, stir well and heat for half minute; then add half pint of the clam liquor, mix well and boil for two minutes; add the chopped clams. Season with one saltspoon cayenne pepper, a saltspoon grated nutmeg, a teaspoon English mustard and a tablespoon Worcestershire sauce. Mix well and slowly cook for ten minutes; add one teaspoon chopped parsley and half bean finely chopped garlic; mix a little and cook for five minutes more. Then add four tablespoons bread crumbs and two egg yolks; mix thoroughly and cook for two minutes longer. Transfer the forcemeat into a bowl and let thoroughly cool off. Fill the six cleaned half shells with the preparation, nicely rounding the top of each. Spread evenly a devilled butter, prepared as per No. 11, over them.

Place the shells in a baking tin, sprinkle a very little fresh bread crumbs over them; set in the oven to bake for ten minutes, or until they attain a good golden colour. Remove and serve.

568. Beef Croquettes With Asparagus Tips

Prepare six beef croquettes same as per No. 553. Open and thoroughly drain a pint of asparagus tips. Place them in a frying pan with half ounce butter; season with half teaspoon salt, a saltspoon white pepper and half teaspoon sugar and toss them well while cooking for five minutes.

Arrange the croquettes on a hot dish, one overlapping another. Dress the asparagus around the croquettes, and serve with a gill of hot demi-glace (No. 122) around the asparagus.

569. Green-Gage Tartlets

Carefully split fifteen canned green gages and remove the stones. Have three ounces powdered sugar and one gill cold water in a saucepan and boil for five minutes; then add the green gages and cook for ten minutes. Place them in a bowl and proceed to prepare the tartlets as per No. 161.