This section is from the book "The Professed Cook: Or, The Modern Art Of Cookery, Pastry, And Confectionary", by B. Clermont. Also available from Amazon: The professed cook.
Done like a Cream, with Maca-roni-drops bruised, Orange-flowers preserved, Sugar and Cream.
Oeufs au Jus. Poached, and served, with Gravy Sauce.
Reddened with the Spawn of Craw-fish or Lobsters, sifted like a Cream, and finished in the same manner; garnish the Dish with the Tails.
Beat up with a little Gravy and Cullis, sifted in a Stamine, finished like a Cream, and served with a little Gravy upon them.
Oeufs a l'Espagnole, Done as the last, all to a bit of Partridge, and one Shallot pounded; sifted as the former, and finished in the same manner.
In Cups, as Cus-tard, to different odours and tastes.
Done in the Table-dish, with a .Ragout of Asparagus, Pease, or any other sorts of Garden-stuff.
Prepared as for the Poupeton, only done in smaller moulds: Serve with what Sauce you please.
With Verjuice Sauce; the Dish gar-nished round with Verjuice, or other Grapes, being first scalded a moment.
See Oeufs d la Coque, Page 482.
Mixed with any sorts of Sallading when hard boiled; or by themselves, with only chopped sweet Herbs, dressed as a Sallad.
Poached in Sugar-syrup, and served upon a Gratin made of Cream, Bread Crumbs, and chopped Pistachio-nuts, with a few hard Yolks.
One or two spoonfuls of Sorrel Juice, to make a Sauce with Butter, two raw Yolks, Pepper, and Salt; to serve upon poached Eggs.
The same Sauce and Sea-soning as is done for Chicken fricassee, made pretty thick, to serve upon poached Eggs.
How to make small Eggs or little Bullets for garnishing.
Pound six hard Yolks of Eggs with two raw ones; when well mixed, add a little Pepper and Salt, according to what use they are intended for; roll this into little bullets like marbles, some larger, some less, to imitate the groups found in Pullets, and then roll them in Flour to make them more or less hard. - They serve to garnish Pies or Ragouts of any sorts.
Pap or thick Mick. Mix a little Flour by degrees in Milk, (and half Cream, if agreeable) a little Salt and Sugar; simmer a long while on a slow Fire, stirring continually: When it is almost done, put the Dish you intend to serve it in upon the Fire, and a few spoon-fuls of Bouillie into it, to catch a little at bottom as a Gratin; pour the remainder upon it: Serve it in its natural colour, or colour it with a hot Shovel like a Cream.
 
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