eggs. Add one-half cup of olive oil
slowly and dilute as needed with one and one-half tablespoon of vinegar.
Add one-quarter cup of chopped pickles, capers and olives mixed.
~TARTAR SAUCE~--Mix one tablespoon of vinegar, one teaspoon of lemon
juice, a saltspoon of salt, a tablespoon of any good catsup and heat
over hot water. Heat one-third cup of butter in a small saucepan until
it begins to brown, then strain onto the other ingredients and pour over
the fish on the platter.
~SHRIMP SAUCE~--Pour one pint of poivrade sauce and butter sauce into a
saucepan and boil until somewhat reduced. Thicken the sauce with two
ounces of lobster butter. Pick one and one-half pints of shrimps, put
them into the sauce with a small quantity of lemon juice, stir the sauce
by the side of the fire for a few minutes, then serve it.
~SAUCE FOR FRIED PIKE~--Peel and chop very fine one small onion, one
green pepper, half a peeled clove, and garlic. Season with salt, red
pepper and half a wine-glassful of good white wine. Boil about two
minutes and add a gill of tomato sauce and a small tomato cut in dice
shaped pieces. Cook about ten minutes.
ROLLS, BREAD AND MUFFINS
~BREAKFAST ROLLS~--Sift a quart of flour and stir into it a saltspoonful
of sugar, a cup of warm milk, two tablespoonfuls of melted shortening
and two beaten eggs. Dissolve a quarter of a cake of compressed yeast in
a little warm milk and beat in last of all. Set the dough in a bowl to
rise until morning. Early in the morning make lightly and quickly into
rolls and set to rise near the range for twenty minutes.
~EGG ROLLS~--Two cups flour, one level teaspoon salt, two level
teaspoons baking powder, two level tablespoons lard, two level
tablespoons butter, one egg, one-half cup milk. Sift together the flour,
salt, and baking powder, work in the shortening with the fingers.
Add the egg well beaten and mixed with the milk. Mix well, toss onto a
floured board and knead lightly. Roll out and cut in two-inch squares.
Place a half-inch apart in a buttered pan. Gash the center of each with
a sharp knife. Brush over with sugar and water, and bake fifteen minutes
in a hot oven.
~EXCELLENT TEA ROLLS~--Scald one cup of milk and turn into the mixing
bowl. When nearly cool add a whole yeast cake and beat in one and a half
cups of flour. Cover and let rise. Add one-quarter cup of sugar, one
level teaspoon of salt, two beaten eggs, and one-third cup of butter.
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