Blue Shark Cutlets

"Blue shark! What a formidable name, Isobel!" "Yes, ma'am; but they say they are as delicate as a chicken." "Cut them into slices, egg-and-bread-crumb each piece, then fry them in heated lard till quite brown. They are sent to table with sour sauce."

Sour Sauce

This sauce is made from cranberries. Bruise and lay the cranberries in white wine vinegar over night; then pass through a sieve into thoroughly heated butter and well blended flour.

Savoury Eggs

"Isobel, hard-boil six eggs, let them boil for about eight minutes, then throw them at once into cold water; by so doing you can remove the shells without disfiguring the whites. Cut each egg into pieces (lengthwise), brush them over with raw egg, dip into fine bread crumbs, put them into the wire basket, and set it in heated fat. They will be quite done in two minutes. Remove from the basket, set on kitchen paper to drain. Garnish the dish with the bacon rashers you have just grilled.

Oysters And Kidneys

"Isobel, I want you to order from the stores in Fourteenth Street, six kidneys and a dozen Blue Point oysters. First skin the kidneys, remove the white bit of pipe, cut them lengthwise, and dip in heated butter; pepper slightly; then set in greased tin in the oven, till the gravy begins to run. That is right; they are just done to a turn. Give me a fine wooden skewer. Now place one half of a kidney on, then an oyster, afterwards a kidney, and so on till you have half the materials. On another skewer arrange the remainder in the same manner; dip them in heated butter, then in bread crumbs, set in the oven, baste well while cooking, dish very hot; pour tomato sauce over all. Roast in the oven three large tomatoes, pulp them through a wire sieve into a clean saucepan, with a lump of butter, a dust of cayenne, and the juice of a lemon. Stir well; when thoroughly heated screen the kidneys with it Stick tufts of parsley here and there."

Sally Lunn

"This afternoon, Isobel, I would like you to make some Sally Lunns.

"Put one pound of flour into a pan or bowl, make a hole in the centre. Into this put a quarter of a pint of warm milk, mix in a tablespoonful of brewers' barm, flip the flour from the sides into the milk; cover the pan with a cloth, set it in a warm place till the sponge rises. Put two ounces of butter, one of sugar, and a gill of milk into a saucepan; set it over a slow fire. Take the yolks of four eggs, add a pinch of salt, beat them well, pass through a sieve into the flour and yeast. When the butter and milk are warm, mix altogether into a soft, light dough. Butter the tins, fill them half full, set to rise, put them into a quick oven. If properly made, they should mount to the top of the tins."

Custard For Invalid Luncheon

Beat an egg well with two tablespoonfuls of milk, then stir in one dessertspoonful of flour, which has been warmed and dried. When all have been thoroughly blended, pass the batter through a fine sieve into a buttered cup that will just hold the mixture. Over the top tie a wet cloth, and pop the pudding at once into a saucepan of boiling water. Let it simmer for twenty minutes. Turn it out carefully on to a small dish, without breaking, as it should be very light Lay a dice-shaped piece of butter on the top; screen with a little castor sugar. Garnish with maiden-hair fern. Invalids will often eat an ornamental little bit like this, when they would not look at anything else.