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The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book

by Victor Hirtzler

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October 14

BREAKFASTLUNCHEON
Stewed prunesEggs Nantaise
Bacon and eggsPompano sauté, d’Orsay
CoffeeBroiled honeycomb tripe
RollsMaître d’hôtel potatoes
Lettuce salad
Apple snow and cakes
Coffee
DINNER
Potage Champenoise
Ripe olives
Boiled brook trout, Romanoff
Hollandaise potatoes
Shoulder of mutton, Budapest
Peas à la Française
Laurette potatoes
Celery mayonnaise
Biscuit glacé, St. Francis
Assorted fancy cakes
Demi tasse

Eggs Nantaise. Split and toast two English muffins. Lay a few boiled asparagus tips on each half. Put a poached egg on top and cover with cream sauce.

Pompano sauté, d’Orsay. Season the pompano with salt and pepper, roll in flour and fry with melted butter. Then place the fried fish on a platter, and sprinkle with plenty of chopped parsley and lemon juice. In a hot pan put two ounces of butter, and when brown pour over the fish.

Apple snow. Peel, core and slice three large apples. Preferably sour ones. Cook in a little water and vinegar until soft. Then drain, and rub the apples through a sieve. When cold gradually add the whites of three eggs whipped very stiff, and half a cup of powdered sugar. Dress in dishes of fancy shape, and garnish with dots of currant jelly.

Potage Champenoise. Mix one quart of cream of potatoes with one quart of cream of celery. Add as garniture one-half cup of carrots and celery cut in very small dices, and boiled soft in consommé.

Boiled brook trout, Romanoff. Put six one-half pound trout in boiling water, to which has been added one-half glass of vinegar, and cook for about fifteen minutes. Serve on a platter on folded napkin. Garnish with parsley in branches and two lemons cut in half. Serve separate, sauce mousseline, to which has been added six chopped anchovies.

Shoulder of mutton, Budapest. Season the mutton well with salt and pepper and place in a roasting pan with a sliced carrot, an onion, a few branches of parsley, a leaf of celery and of leek, a few pepper berries, half of a bay leaf and a clove. Put an ounce of butter on top, and roast. Then remove the shoulder to a platter, drain off fat, and add to the pan one cup of bouillon and a spoonful of meat extract. Boil for a few minutes and strain over the meat. Garnish with risotto to which has been added a few pimentos cut in small squares.

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