This section is from the book "The International Cook Book", by Alexander Filippini. Also available from Amazon: The international cook book; over 3,300 recipes gathered from all over the world, including many never before published in English. With complete menus of the three meals for every day.
Baked Apples (44) Grape-Nuts
Whitebait with Bacon, Farm Style
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Hashed Potato Sautees (50)
Flannel Cakes (136)
Place four heaping teaspoons Grape-Nuts on six saucers, pour a little thick milk or cream on the side, but not over, and serve.
Have three quarts boiling water in a saucepan with a tablespoon salt and a half gill vinegar; when thoroughly boiling carefully crack six fresh eggs into the water and poach for four minutes. Lift up with a skimmer and immediately drop them into cold water; poach six more in same way. Take them up, neatly trim all around, lay on a cloth, carefully turn in melted butter, then in grated Parmesan cheese, and gently drop in boiling fat for one minute; take up, drain on a cloth, sprinkle a half teaspoon salt over them, dress on a dish with folded napkin, decorate with a little parsley greens and serve.
Dip one pound very fresh, picked, washed and drained whitebait in a little cold milk, place on a sieve, dredge six tablespoons of cornmeal flour over them and shake well. Cut two ounces of raw, lean bacon into small, thin strips. Place both fish and bacon in a frying basket and fry in boiling fat for two minutes. Lift up, sprinkle a half teaspoon salt and a saltspoon cayenne pepper over, shake well in the seasoning, dress on a hot dish with a folded napkin, decorate with six quarters lemon and a little parsley greens and serve.
Oysters, Vaudeville (222)
Dhicken Pot Pie, American Style (159)
Celery and Apple Salad (127)
Croutes aux Ananas
Cut from a loaf stale sandwich bread six slices a half inch thick, then cut each slice in two-and-a-half-inch circles. Thoroughly mix in a bowl one fresh egg, two gills milk, one ounce fine sugar and a half teaspoon vanilla essence. Dip each piece of bread into the custard, two at a time. Heat one and a half tablespoons butter in a frying pan, place the slices of bread in pan and gently fry for three minutes on each side, or until a nice golden colour. Lift up with a skimmer, drain on a cloth, place on a hot dish and keep hot. Trim, peel and pick out the eyes of a medium pineapple, cut it in half and remove the stalk, then cut into thin slices. Place in a saucepan with a pint water, two ounces sugar, and a tablespoon Swiss kirschwasser. Boil for twenty-five minutes, drain, then cut into exceedingly small square pieces. Evenly divide the pieces over the six crusts, pour a teaspoon of kirsch into the liquor, lightlv mix, pour the sauce over the crusts and serve.
 
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