The Boston cooking-school cook book

cooked chicken, veal, or ham. Remnants of fish may be flaked and added to White Sauce; or cooked peas, asparagus, or cauliflower may be added. Oyster Omelet Mix and cook Plain Omelet. Fold in one pint oysters, parboiled, drained from their liquor, and cut in halves. Turn on platter, and pour around Thin White Sauce. Orange Omelet 3 eggs 2 tablespoons powdered sugar Few grains salt 1 teaspoon lemon juice 2 oranges ½ tablespoon butter 2½ tablespoons orange juice Follow directions for Plain Omelet. Remove skin from oranges and cut in slices, lengthwise. Fold in one-third of the slices of orange, well sprinkled with powdered sugar; put remaining slices around omelet, and sprinkle with sugar. Jelly Omelet Mix and cook Plain Omelet, omitting pepper and one-half the salt, and adding one tablespoon sugar. Spread before folding with jam, jelly, or marmalade. Fold, turn, and sprinkle with sugar. Bread Omelet 4 eggs ½ cup milk ½ cup stale bread crumbs ¾ teaspoon salt ⅛ teaspoon pepper 1 tablespoon butter Soak bread crumbs fifteen minutes in milk, add beaten yolks and seasonings, fold in whites. Cook and serve as Plain Omelet. French Omelet 4 eggs 4 tablespoons milk ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons butter Beat eggs slightly, just enough to blend yolks and whites, add the milk and seasonings. Put butter in hot omelet pan; when melted, turn in the mixture; as it cooks, prick and pick up with a fork until the whole is of creamy consistency. Place on hotter part of range that it may brown quickly underneath. Fold, and turn on hot platter. Omelet with Croûtons 1 cup bread cut in ⅓ inch cubes Butter 5 eggs 4 tablespoons cream ½ teaspoon salt ⅛ teaspoon pepper Fry cubes of bread in butter until well browned and crisp. Beat eggs slightly, add cream, salt, pepper, and croûtons. Put two tablespoons butter in hot omelet pan, and as soon as melted and slightly browned turn in mixture and cook same as French Omelet. Eggs with Spinach à la Martin Cover the centre of a platter with finely chopped