The Hotel St. Francis cook book

Hashed fillet of beef, Sam Ward. Take the unused portions of roasted or larded tenderloin of beef and cut in small squares. Also an equal amount of boiled potatoes cut in the same way. In a saute pan put one chopped onion and two green peppers cut in small dices, with two ounces of butter. Simmer until soft, then add the potato and meat, one cup of bouillon, or two cups, if necessary, season with salt, cover, put in oven and cook for thirty minutes. Serve on platter with chopped parsley on top, and garnished with small pieces of toast. Cream of parsnips. Peel and slice six parsnips and put in vessel with one pint of chicken broth, boil, and when soft add one pint of cream sauce. Boil for ten minutes and then pass through a fine sieve. Put back in vessel, add one pint of thick cream, season with salt and pepper, and add two ounces of sweet butter before serving. Tomcods, Montmorency. Put four tomcods on a buttered flat saute pan, season with salt and pepper, put four canned heads of mushrooms on top of each fish, cover with Italian sauce, sprinkle with a little grated cheese, put small bits of butter on top, and bake in a moderate oven for twenty minutes. Before serving pour the juice of two lemons over the fish, sprinkle with chopped parsley, and serve in same pan. Chicken saute, Madeleine. Joint two spring chickens and put in saute pan with three ounces of butter, season with salt and pepper, and then simmer for five minutes. Then sprinkle two spoonfuls of sifted flour over the chicken and simmer for two minutes. Add one pint of boiling milk and boil for ten minutes. Then remove the chicken to a platter, bring the sauce to a boil, add one cup of cream, and strain over the chicken. See that the sauce is well seasoned. Sprinkle about one and one-half cupfuls of macedoine vegetables over all. Omelet au cognac. Sprinkle a plain omelet with plenty of powdered sugar, burn with a red-hot poker, pour two ponies of cognac around the omelet, and set afire before bringing to the table. Raspberries with cream Grapefruit en supreme Waffles Eggs a la Turque Chocolate with whipped cream Chickens' legs, deviled Crescents Asparagus Hollandaise Gauffrette potatoes Apple pie American cheese Coffee Consomme printanier royal Salted almonds Halibut, Richmond Roast tame duck with olive sauce Sweet potatoes, country style Stewed tomatoes, family fashion. Cold asparagus, mayonnaise Biscuit Tortoni Assorted cakes Coffee Eggs a la Turque. To shirred eggs add a few chickens' livers saute, in brown gravy. Place a slice of truffle on top of each egg. Deviled chickens' legs. Left over boiled or broiled chickens' legs may be utilized. Season with salt and pepper, spread with a little French mustard mixed with a little powdered mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Roll in fresh bread crumbs, and broil over a slow fire. When done serve on a platter with devil sauce, or sauce poivrade. Devil sauce. In a casserole put one chopped shallot and one ounce of butter, and merely warm, then add the juice of a lemon, one spoonful of French mustard, one spoonful of Worcestershire sauce, and one pint of brown gravy. Season with salt and pepper, boil for five minutes, and strain.