Many Ways for Cooking Eggs

by S. T. Rorer

Hard-boil the eggs, throw them into cold water; remove the shells and cut them into slices lengthwise. Wash and dry the lettuce, arrange it on a small meat platter, put over the top slices of hard-boiled eggs, letting one slice overlap the other. Fill the center of the dish with sliced, peeled tomatoes. Put a half teaspoonful of salt in a soup plate, add a saltspoonful of pepper and the oil; put in a piece of ice and stir until the salt is dissolved. Remove the ice, add all the other ingredients but the parsley, mix thoroughly, pour this over the eggs, dust with parsley and serve as a supper dish.

EGGS A LA RUSSE

6 eggs
1 small can of caviar (2 tablespoonfuls)
1/2 pint of stock
1 teaspoonful of onion juice
1 dash of pepper

Hard-boil the eggs, remove the shells, cut them into halves lengthwise; take out the yolks without breaking the whites, and press them through a sieve, then add the caviar, onion juice and pepper. Heap these back into the whites. Boil the stock until reduced one-half, baste the eggs carefully, run them into the oven until hot, pour over the remaining hot stock and send to the table.

EGGS LYONNAISE

6 eggs
1 onion
2 level tablespoonfuls of butter
2 level tablespoonfuls of flour
1/2 pint of milk
1/2 teaspoonful of salt
1 dash of pepper

Hard-boil the eggs, remove the shells, throw them in cold water. Cut the onion into thin slices; put it, with the butter, into a saucepan, shake until the onion is tender, then add the flour, milk and seasoning; stir until boiling. At serving time cut the eggs into slices crosswise, put them in a shallow baking dish, cover with cream sauce and run in the oven just a moment until they are very hot.

EGG CROQUETTES

6 eggs
1/2 pint of milk
2 level tablespoonfuls of butter
3 level tablespoonfuls of flour
1 teaspoonful of onion juice
1 tablespoonful of chopped parsley
1/2 saltspoonful of grated nutmeg
1 teaspoonful of salt
1 saltspoonful of pepper

Hard-boil the eggs and chop them fine. Rub the butter and flour together, add the milk, stir until you have a thick, smooth paste. Add all the seasoning to the egg, mix the eggs into the white sauce and turn out to cool. When cold form into cylinders, dip in egg beaten with a tablespoonful of water, roll in bread crumbs and fry in deep hot fat. Serve with cream sauce.