Soyer's Culinary Campaign: Being Historical Reminiscences of the Late War.: With The Plain Art of Cookery for Military and Civil Institutions

the cookery-book I had promised him, knowing well enough that it was not in his power to bring them out. He thanked me for my lecture on cookery, as he called it, and the following bill of fare. I paid my bill, and left. _New Bill of Fare for Tavern Suppers._ Rump-steak and fried potatoes; ditto with shalot, pimento, and anchovy butter. Relishing steak, fillet of beef, à la Parisienne; ditto à la Chateaubriand. Mutton chops à la bouchère; ditto semi-provençale; ditto Marseilles fashion; ditto with relishing sauce. Plain cutlets with fried potatoes, à la maître d’hôtel, à la Sultana, semi-provençale. Lamb chops à la boulangère, à l’Américaine, à la printanière. Pork chops with pimento butter, à la Tartare; ditto camp fashion. Veal cutlets en papillote; with maître d’hôtel butter; with relishing butter; with fried potatoes. Kidneys on toast, semi-curried; ditto with sherry or port; ditto with champagne. For kidneys à la maître d’hôtel, à la brochette, and à la Roberto Diavolo, see Receipts, page 10. Stewed and curried tripe; ditto Lyonnaise fashion. Lobsters au gratin in the shell; scalloped ditto; curried on toast; lobster cutlets; new salad, Tartar fashion; plain salad with anchovies; crabs au gratin in the shell; crab salad with eggs. Grilled chicken and Sultana sauce; à la Roberto Diavolo, with relishing sauce; new broiled devil, Mayonnaise sauce; chicken, American fashion. Stewed oysters on toast; ditto American fashion, au gratin; fried oysters. Omelettes with fine herbs, mushrooms, sprue grass, ham, and parmesan; poached eggs with cream; ditto with maître-d’hôtel sauce; semi-curried, with ham or bacon. Buttered eggs with mushrooms, sprue grass, ham with shalots, parsley, and chervil. Mirrored eggs with tongue, ham, or bacon; curried eggs; ditto with onion sauce and tomato sauce. Rarebit à la Soyer with sherry or champagne. Fried potatoes in slices; ditto with maître-d’hôtel butter; ditto with Cayenne pepper. Cold asparagus salad, while in season; new potato salad, German fashion; ditto, French and haricot beans.[1] For receipts in Bill of Fare, see Addenda. A Hansom cab was waiting at the door, so I jumped in. “Beg your pardon, sir, I am engaged,” said