Sauce marinière. Cut fine six shallots, put in casserole with one ounce of butter, and simmer just enough to have the shallots hot, then add one glass of white wine and boil until reduced nearly dry. Then add one pint of sauce Allemande and boil for five minutes. Season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with a little chopped parsley and chives.
Sauce Allemande. Put four ounces of butter and three spoonfuls of flour in a casserole and place on the stove. When hot add one quart of chicken or veal broth, and boil for twenty minutes, then bind with the yolks of three eggs mixed with one-half cup of thick cream. Strain and season well with salt and a little Cayenne pepper.
Mussels, marinière. Wash the mussels well to free them from all sand. Put in casserole with one-half glass of white wine and one cup of water, bring to the boiling point, then add six chopped shallots, and boil until the mussels are open. Remove the mussels to another vessel, strain the broth, and reduce. Then add one pint of sauce marinière, and pour over the mussels. The mussels may be served with the entire shells attached; on the half shell, or removed from the shells altogether, after they have been boiled.
Reindeer chop. Reindeer should be hung up for at least two weeks before being cooked, otherwise it will be very tough. The meat is very good, and easily prepared. Salt and pepper the chops, roll in olive oil, and broil; or fry in frying pan, in the same manner as any other kind of chop or steak. Serve with maître d'hôtel, or some fancy meat sauce.
Port wine sauce. Take the brown gravy from a roast, or use any kind of brown sauce, or sauce Madère; add one glass of port wine and boil for two minutes. This sauce is excellent with game. If a sweeter sauce is desired one-half cup of hot currant jelly may be added.
Filet mignon, Bayard. Sauté in butter, or broil, small tenderloin steaks, place on toast, spread with purée de foie gras, cover with sauce Madère with sliced truffles, and garnish with small round chicken croquettes.
Hangtown fry. Mix plain scrambled eggs with one dozen small fried California oysters.
MARCH 5
| BREAKFAST | LUNCHEON | ||||
| Pearl grits with cream | Eggs, Meyerbeer | ||||
| Broiled smoked salmon | Paprika schnitzel with spätzel | ||||
| Toast Melba | Gorgonzola cheese with crackers | ||||
| Coffee | Coffee | ||||
| DINNER | |||||
| Cream of bananas | |||||
| Ripe California olives | |||||
| Fillet of bass, Nanon | |||||
| Chicken sauté, Créole | |||||
| Boiled rice | |||||
| Escarole and chicory salad | |||||
| Nesselrode pudding | |||||
| Assorted cakes | |||||
| Coffee | |||||