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Sweetbread Croquettes
2 cups cooked and chopped sweetbreads 4 tablespoons chopped mushrooms 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons Gold Medal flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup cream 1/3 teaspoon white pepper A dust of nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon chopped parsley 2 eggs 1 tablespoon lemon juice Mix the salt, pepper, nutmeg, parsley and lemon juice with the mushrooms and sweetbreads, and set aside to season while making a white sauce according to directions with the butter, flour and cream. Add the meat to the sauce and lastly the beaten egg. Set away to cool or stiffen for two or three hours, then shape, crumb and fry according to directions above. Serve with Mushroom, White Sauce or Bechamel Yellow Sauce.--Miss Parloa, "Kitchen Companion."