This section is from the "The National Cook Book" book, by Marion Harland And Christine Terhune Herrick. Also available from Amazon: National Cook Book
While your steak is in broiling have two large, or three small onions sliced very thin and fried lightly in butter. When the steak has been dished, seasoned, and buttered, cover with the fried onions and let all stand, closely covered, for five minutes over hot water to draw the meat-juices toward the onions and the flavor of the onions into the meat.
 
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