This section is from the book "Food And Feeding", by Sir Henry Thompson. Also available from Amazon: Food And Feeding.
(Christmas Dinners) | ||
Consomme, with Italian pastes. | Oyster. | |
Fish | Turbot, Hollandaise sauce with capers. | Brill and Tartare Sauce. |
Releve or Remove | Turkey stuffed with Chestnuts, or fresh Truffles. Fillet of Beef, Horse-radish Sauce. | |
Entree ... | Souffle' of Fowl, Sauce with fresh Truffles. | Westphalian Goose Breast with Winter Spinach. |
Roast | Game in Season. | |
Entremets | Spinach in gravy. | Slewed Celery. |
Plum Pudding, Brandy Sauce. | Mince Pies. Chartreuse of Oranges. | |
Welsh Rarebit. | Devilled Biscuit. | |
Eight more menus follow here, in French, requiring for their proper execution a first-class cook. Two are for winter, two for spring, and four for the autumn, as illustrations of more finished dishes than those previously given; all of which, although excellent and typical combinations, meriting the highest care and talent when available, are also within the reach of most middle-class households where an interest in cookery exists.
 
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