This section is from the book "Food And Feeding", by Sir Henry Thompson. Also available from Amazon: Food And Feeding.
Potage | Cremed'OrgealaHol-landaise.+ | Julienne. |
Poisson ... | Aigrefin grille a la ravigote.++ | Sole a la Normande. |
Releive | Haricot de Chevreuil. | "Beefsteak Pudding a l'Anglaise. |
Entree ... | Filets de Poulet aux Truffes, Sauce Supreme. | Blanquette de Ris d'AgneaualaToulouse. |
Rot | Perdreaux. | Poularde au cresson. |
Entremets | Chou-fleur au gratin. | |
Charlotte aux pommes. | Omelette soufflee. | |
Croustades de la mer-luche fumee. | Champignons grilles. | |
* An excellent dish, first braised, then cooled ; finished with bread crumbs in the oven, or on the gridiron, and garnished with a PurEe of endive, or of spinach, or with tomatoes. The trimmed neck similarly treated makes a more substantial remove.
+ The distinctive and agreeable addition, besides the little quenelles of fowl, in this soup, is the handful of sorrel leaves, which are still in season during this month.
++ Merluche is generally used in this country to denote " haddock," but the French word merely designates any dried fish. Aigrefin. or aiglefin. is the true equivalent for haddock.
 
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