Season veal cutlets; dip in beaten egg and roll in fine bread-crumbs. Fry in deep hot lard; keep hot. Chop a few onions with a clove of garlic and fry in a tablespoonful of butter. Stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour until brown; add a little water and the juice of a lemon, salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste. Let boil well; then remove from the fire; stir in the yolks of 2 eggs, and let get very hot; pour over the chops. Serve with French peas.
31.--French Lemon Cookies.
Beat the yolks of 4 eggs; add 1 cup of butter and 3 cups of sugar beaten. Add the whites beaten stiff and a teaspoonful of lemon extract. Add enough flour with a teaspoonful of baking-powder to make a stiff dough. Roll out thin; cut into small cookies and bake in a quick oven to a light brown.
JUNE.
1.--Italian Stuffed Tomatoes.
Cut tomatoes in halves; take out some of the pulp. Fry 1 large onion in butter, add the tomato pulp, a piece of beef-marrow, 2 sprigs of chopped parsley, salt and pepper. Remove from the fire; add a beaten egg and mix with bread-crumbs and a pinch of nutmeg. Then fill the tomatoes, sprinkle with buttered bread-crumbs and bake until done. Serve on a platter with poached eggs. Garnish with croutons.
2.--English Salad.
Pick, wash and drain 2 heads of lettuce and break into pieces. Mix with some watercress, shredded celery and a few leaves of mint. Put in a salad bowl, sprinkle with salt, pepper, sugar and lemon-juice and pour over a salad-dressing. Garnish with slices of hard-boiled eggs and pickled beet-root.
3.--Scotch Stuffed Eggs.
Boil eggs until hard; remove the shells. Cut out the centres lengthwise; then chop cooked chicken to a fine mince; add the yolk of a raw egg and mix with cream. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Fill the eggs and dip them in beaten eggs and fine bread-crumbs and fry a light brown. Serve hot with cream sauce. Garnish with parsley.
4.--Oriental Vegetable Curry.
Peel and fry some small onions. Add 2 stalks of celery, cut into inch pieces; sprinkle with salt, pepper and curry-powder; add a few truffles and pour over all 1 cup of stock. Let stew until tender. Then boil some potatoes; mash smooth with butter and season with curry sauce. Place a border of mashed potatoes on a platter and put the stew in the centre; serve hot. Garnish with fried parsley.
5.--Chinese Noodle Soup.
Boil a large hen in 3 quarts of water. Add a few slices of ham, 1 onion sliced, some sliced mushrooms, 2 stalks of celery cut fine, 2 tomatoes and Chinese chopped herbs. Let cook three hours and strain; then boil up; add fine noodles and let cook ten minutes. Add chopped parsley and serve at once.
6.--Hindu Eggs.
Slice some hard-boiled eggs and place in a well-buttered baking-dish. Cover with well-beaten raw eggs; sprinkle with salt, pepper, cayenne and curry-powder, a few bits of butter rolled in bread-crumbs and some grated cheese. Let bake in a moderate oven until done.
7.--Portugal Veal Stew.
Heat 2 tablespoonfuls of olive-oil in a stew-pan; add 2 sliced onions, a clove of garlic and a few capers. Let fry a few minutes. Stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour until brown; add 1/2 cup of stock; season with salt, pepper, cinnamon, cloves and a pinch of saffron. Add 1 cup of white wine; let boil; then add cooked veal sliced thin. Let cook ten minutes in the sauce and serve very hot.
8.--Italian Coffee Cream.
Mix 1-1/2 cups of strong coffee with 1/2 cup of rich milk in a double boiler; add 1/2 cup of sugar, 1 tablespoonful of gelatin and a pinch of salt. Then stir in the yolks of 3 eggs beaten with 1/2 cup of sugar until it thickens. Remove from the fire; add the whites beaten to a froth and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Pack in a mold and freeze until hard and serve with whipped cream.
9.--Scotch Rarebit.
Cut 1/2 pound of cheese in very small pieces and add 1 ounce of fresh butter, 2 tablespoonfuls of fine bread-crumbs, 1 teaspoonful of prepared mustard, salt and pepper and a pinch of cayenne to taste. Mix well together to a smooth paste. Have ready some buttered toast; place on a dish, spread with the mixture and set in the oven until melted. Serve at once.
10.--Irish Ham Omelet.
