Cookery for every household

Time to cook, about 30 minutes. Sufficient for 3 persons. Probable cost. Is. 6 d. 847. Beef Steak with Bananas 1 J lbs. tender steak. I A little flour. 2 or 3 bananas. | Seasoning. 1 oz. butter. Either grill or fry the steak according to above directions. Peel the bananas and cut them in halves. Roll them lightly in flour, and then fry in butter until a pretty brown colour on all sides. [illustration: Beef Steak with Bananas] Care must be taken that they do not break. Serve the steak on a hot dish, pour round a little gravy if wished, and garnish with the bananas. Sufficient for 3 or 4 persons. Probable cost, 2s. 2d. 848. Beef steak with Mushrooms 1| lbs. tender steak. I lb. fresh mushrooms. H oz. butter. Salt. Pepper. 1 table-sp. flour. 1 cup of stock. Prepare the mushrooms (see Recipe 513) and cut them in quarters. Put them into a small saucepan with half the butter and a seasoning of pepper and salt. Cover with the saucepan lid, and cook slowly from 15 to 20 minutes. Then mix the flour gradually with the stock, add them to the mushrooms, and stir until boiling. Cook 2 or 3 minutes longer, and add the remainder of the butter at the last. Either grill or fry the steak according to above directions. Serve it on a hot dish, and pour the mushrooms round. Note. — Both mushrooms and steak should, if possible, be ready at the same time. If either has to wait, it should be the mushrooms. Sufficient for 3 or 4 persons. Probable cost, 2s. 6d. 849. Beef Steak with Onions \\ lbs. tender steak. I Butter or beef dripping. 2 or 3 onions. I Seasoning. Skin the onions, cut them in very thin slices, and then separate them into natural rings. Put them into a saucepan with boiling water to cover them, add a little salt, and allow them to cook from 15 to 20 minutes. Then drain off every drop of water, and dry the onions in the saucepan for a few minutes. Add a small quantity of good beef dripping or butter, sprinkle with pepper and more salt if necessary, and stir over the fire until a golden brown. Either grill or fry the steak, put it on a hot dish, and serve the onions round. Note. — If preferred the onions may be simply fried in the frying pan before the steak, and then kept warm while the meat is being cooked. Sufficient for 4 persons. Probable cost, 2s. 850. Beef Steak with Oysters 1 £ lbs. steak. 1 doz. tinned oysters. A small piece of butter. 1 table-sp. lemon juice. Salt. Cayenne. 1 yolk of egg. 2 or 3 table-sps. cream. To Prepare the Oysters. — Drain them from their liquor, and put them into a saucepan with the lemon juice, a small piece of butter, and a seasoning of cayenne and salt. Cook for 2 or 3 minutes until the oysters begin to curl up, then add the yolk of egg beaten up with the cream. Make thoroughly hot, but do not boil again. If necessary keep the mixture warm over hot water. Grill or fry the steak according to directions given under Recipe 843 or 845. Serve it on a hot dish, and place the oysters round. Note. — Endeavour to have both steak and oysters ready about the same time. Sufficient for 4 or 5 persons. Probable cost, 2s. 6 d. 851. Porterhouse Steak (Entrecote)