MAY 27

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON
Fresh raspberries with cream Eggs, presidential
Shirred eggs with bananas Frogs' legs, Greenway
Dry toast Broiled squab chicken on toast
Coffee Soufflé potatoes
Hearts of romaine, Roquefort dressing
Strawberries à la mode
Lady fingers Coffee
DINNER
Crème cardinal
Radishes
Crab meat, gourmet
Small tenderloin steak, Fedora
Artichokes, sauce mousseline
Watercress, salad
Wine jelly, au Chartreuse
Assorted cakes Coffee

Shirred eggs with bananas. Peel a banana and slice it very fine. Put half and half in two buttered shirred egg dishes, and allow to become hot. Then put two eggs in each dish, season with salt and pepper, put in oven and cook.

Eggs, presidential. Boil until quite soft some left-over roasted or boiled chicken, mix with a little cream sauce, season well, and pass through a fine sieve. Place on artichoke bottoms, put on a buttered dish, and set in oven to get hot. Then lay a poached egg on top, cover with well-seasoned cream sauce, and put two slices of truffle on top.

Frogs' legs, Greenway. Cut a dozen frogs' legs in two, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Melt two ounces of butter in a sauté pan, add the frogs' legs and simmer for five minutes, then add a spoonful of flour and simmer again for a few minutes. Then add one-half glass of white wine, one cup of chicken broth, or any kind of clear white broth, some chopped chives, parsley and chervil, and cook for five minutes. Before serving season well, and bind with the yolk of one egg and one-half cup of cream.

Strawberries, à la mode. Selected strawberries with vanilla ice cream on top.

Raspberries, à la mode. Prepare in the same manner as strawberries à la mode.

Crème cardinal. Pound the shells of two lobsters very fine, in a mortar. Then put in a casserole with three ounces of butter, a sliced onion and carrot, one leek and a little celery, and simmer for twenty minutes. Take care that it does not burn, and simmer slowly. Then add three ounces of flour, mix well, add two quarts of milk, season well with salt and a little Cayenne pepper, boil for half an hour, and then strain through a fine sieve or cheese cloth. Return to the casserole, bring to a boil, and bind with the yolks of two eggs and one-half cup of cream. Put in a soup tureen. Cut the tail of a lobster and two truffles in small dices, put them in a casserole, season with salt and a little Cayenne pepper, add a pony of good brandy and a pony of dry sherry, bring to a boil, and pour into the soup.

Small tenderloin steak, Fedora. Season four small tenderloin steaks with salt and pepper, roll in oil, and broil; or sauté in butter. When done place on top of a thin slice of heated, or fresh-boiled, ham, and cover with Bordelaise sauce.