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RECIPES TRIED AND TRUE


MAYONNAISE

  • Butter size of egg,
  • 1 tablespoon flour,
  • 1 cup milk,
  • 3 eggs,
  • 1 teaspoon mustard,
  • ⅛ teaspoon red pepper,
  • 1 cup vinegar.

Melt butter, blend flour; add gradually milk. Cook in double boiler until thick. Then add three whole eggs well beaten with remainder of ingredients. Cook a few minutes longer. This will make one pint. If it thickens too much, a little milk can be added to thin it.

MUSTARD DRESSING FOR BOILED FISH

  • 5 hard boiled eggs,
  • 1 tablespoon butter,
  • 1 teaspoon sugar,
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard,
  • Red & black pepper,
  • 1 lemon,
  • 1 small onion,
  • ¼ pint cream.

Mash yolks until smooth; add all ingredients. Cook in double boiler; add cream. Garnish fish with chopped parsley and white of egg chopped fine. Pour over fish when ready to serve.

MUSTARD SAUCE

Boil ½ bottle mustard with one cup fish stock adding salt, pepper, one teaspoonful sugar and paprika; when thick, add yolk of one or two eggs and served cold with chopped parsley. Good for salmon.

MUSHROOM SAUCE

Brown two tablespoonfuls butter or fat with two tablespoonfuls flour; add pepper and salt and one cup mushroom liquid: add one-fourth can mushrooms, drained, rinsed and cut in quarters or slices, with a little chopped parsley. Serve hot over meat.

ROULETTE SAUCE

Make a cream sauce, add one large tablespoonful of catsup and mushrooms.

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