This section is from the "The Hostess Of To-Day" book, by Linda Hull Larned. Also available from Amazon: The hostess of to-day.
40 cts.
A : 2 lbs. sirloin steak, 1/2 inch thick ;
B : 1 c. bread-crumbs, 1 tbsp. butter, 1 tbsp. parsley and \ tbsp. onion, minced, 1/2 tsp. salt, dash pepper and cayenne, 1/2 tsp. Kitchen Bouquet, moisten with stock ;
C : \ c. stock ;
D: Brown Sauce No. 230 (Brown Sauce) and 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce.
Mix B thoroughly, spread over A, roll and skewer or tie with string, put on rack in roasting-pan, add C, bake an hour, basting often. Place on hot dish, remove with D and serve cut in slices.
$1.75.
A : 8 lb. pig ham :
B : 1 onion, 1 carrot, 6 cloves, 6 pepper-corns, and leaf :
C : 1 pt. white wine, cider, champagne, or acidulal water.
Clean A with brush and borax water, soak over night, put
B in kettle, add A. cover with cold water and simmer 4 then add (' and cook until tender, remove A. trim and brush with Glaze No. 226 (Glaze to Cover Meats, Entrees, o), reduce liquor to 1 pt., strain, cool, and remove fat, reheat, add to 1 tbsp. butter and 1 of flour browned together and serve in a boat.
Ham Supreme, Baked.
A : 1/2 c. liquor from ham, 1/2 c. sherry or Madeira;
B : 1 tbsp. brown sugar, 2 tbsps. sherry, mixed.
Boil only 2 hours, omitting cider or champagne, remove skin, place on rack in baking-pan, baste with A. bake 2 or 3 hours, cover with B, brown in the oven and serve. Liquor from pan may be strained, cooled, fat removed, reheated served in a boat.
55 cts.
A : 6 large French chops :
B : 2 tbsps. melted butter. 1/4 tsp. salt. dash paprica or cayenne ;
C:2 tbsps. hot butter, h an onion, sliced, and 4 tl>-1 flour. brown slightly, add 1 c. hot milk or stock, 1/8 tip. salt, dash cayenne and nutmeg, boil and cool : D : 1 c. bread-crumbs soaked in 1/2 c. hot milk. 1 tbsp. tongue or ham chopped tine. 1 tbsp. parsley, mil tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp. paprica or dash cayenne, and 1 mix and cool. Broil A 5 m., dip in B, when cool cover with C or D, when very cold crumb, egg and crumb and plunge in hot fat, or omit C and D, crumb and fry. Serve around a Puree of Green Peas No. 336 (Green Pea Puree or Timbales).
45 cts.
A : 6 large French chops ;
B : Champagne Sauce No. 238 (Champagne Sauce, for Ham).
Trim and flatten A, dust with salt and pepper, egg and crumb and saute in 2 tbsps. butter, put paper frills on ends, arrange around B in centre of dish.
55 cts.
A : 6 large French chops ;
B : 2 tbsps. melted butter, 1/8 tsp. salt, dash pepper and
\ c. fine bread-crumbs ;
C : Onion or Soubise Sauce No. 252 (Onion or Soubise Sauce).
Flatten A, dip in B, broil 10 m., turning often, serve with C.
$1.00.
A : 6 thick French chops;
B : 6 slices of truffle, or 3 truffles chopped, or 2 tbsps. butter browned with 1 of flour, and 1/2 c. chopped mushrooms, 1/4 tsp. Kitchen Bouquet, 1/2 tsp. parsley, minced, dash cayenne and nutmeg, enough stock or cream to moisten, when boiling remove from fire and cool; C : 6 pieces toast, spread with pate de foie gras ; D : Madeira Sauce No. 247 (Madeira Sauce).
Slit A to bone, spread with B, fasten together with wooden toothpicks, egg and crumb and saute in butter 5 m. on each side, arrange on C, and pour over D and serve.
 
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