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High-class cookery made easy
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of boiling. Then take the yolks of two eggs, mix smooth with a little cold milk, and two tea-spoonfuls of corn-flour, and stir into the boiling milk. A little cream is an improvement to this sauce, and a few drops of vanilla. SAVOURY DISHES. CURRIED EGGS. Boil four eggs hard, plunge them into cold water, skin and cut them in slices; place a half-ounce of butter in a sauce-pan, and one tea-spoonful of curry; stir the butter and curry over the fire, and slice one onion. Fry a light-brown. Stir in gently a half-pint of gravy, and stew slowly. Add one tea-spoonful of corn-flour, mixed with half-a-cup of cream. Boil a few minutes, and pour over the eggs. Serve hot. SAVOURY OMELET. Switch three eggs for five minutes, yolk and white separate; then have a little chopped parsley, a tiny piece of onion which has been previously boiled, pepper and salt, with the eggs. Have an omelet-pan hot with quarter of an ounce of fresh butter; fry lightly on one side, hold before the fire or place in a hot oven for a few minutes. Fold over and serve. POACHED EGGS. Have a flat sauce-pan with one quart of water boiling; put in a tea-spoonful of salt, and four drops of vinegar. Break the eggs into a cup, one by one; drop them into the pan with a table-spoon. See that the water is poured over the eggs. When the white is set over the egg it is ready. Have a round slice of toast buttered; place the eggs on it. EGGS À LA MAÎTRE D’HOTÊL. Boil six eggs hard, and cut them in halves. Dish them in a circle. Pour over them a sauce made as follows:--Place one ounce of butter in a sauce-pan, with half-an-ounce of flour, one tea-cupful of milk. Stir gradually till it thickens. Add a little cream and white pepper, and a squeeze of a lemon. KIDNEY OMELET. Mince fine two sheep kidneys; place in a stew-pan, with a small piece of butter, pepper and salt, a few chopped parsley leaves, a few drops of
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