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

it would have produced the same result. The decline of the sun apprised our Russian visitors that time was flying; and they had far to go. We parted from them near the top of the Crow’s Nest, one of the finest spots in the world to get a view of a good sunset. Early the next morning all the people in authority were astir. Generals, colonels, officers, and men in light marching order, might be seen quickly crossing and recrossing the plateau in every direction. I had, with my brigade of cooks, been busy since daybreak, and a white stream of communication had established itself between the general’s palazzo, built of fine white stone,[26] and the villarette of your humble servant, so conspicuously erected in almost the centre of the plateau. This was no other than my cooks in their white culinary attire, running like mad to and fro, fetching and carrying the portions of the collation which I had prepared in my kitchen. At ten, to the minute, the party were to sit down; at five minutes to ten the collation was on the table, and in military order. The bill of fare was as follows:-- DÉJEÛNER POUR VINGT-QUATRE PERSONNES, _Offert au Général Vassileffsky par le Général Garrett_. Filets de turbot clouté à la Dame Blanche. Cotelettes de mouton à la vivandière. * * * * * Relevées chaudes. Les hanchettes de mouton à la Brétonne. * * * * * Pièces froides. Le dindonneau farci à l’anglaise. Les poulets demi-rôtis. Le gros jambon de Westmoreland glacé. Le gannet garni d’ortolans à la Victoria. * * * * * La Macédoine Lüdersienne à l’Alexandre II. * * * * * Petits hors-d’œuvres. Les escaloppes de mortadelle de Verone. Le thon italien mariné. Les olives de Provence farcies. Les lamproies et sardines Les anchois. marinées. Les cornichons à l’estragon. Indian pickles. * * * * * Entremets de douceur. Gelées d’oranges. Idem au marasquin. Plum-pudding à la Exeter. Un turban Savarin au Madère. * * * * * The Crimean cup à la Marmora. * * * * * Dessert