Menus Made Easy

How to order dinner and give the dishes their French names — the 1907 course-by-course phrasebook of the Edwardian table.

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The Book

1 page

Hors D'œuvres

1 page

Soups or Potages

7 pages

Fish or Poissons

9 pages

John Dory

1 page

Red Mullet

1 page

Grey Mullet

1 page

Shell Fish and Fish Entrées

1 page

Shrimps and Prawns

1 page

Entrées

32 pages

Wild Duck

2 pages

Removes or Releves

18 pages

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Vegetables, or Légumes, and Salads. 157

Salade à l'Anglaise - lettuce, celery, beetroot, endive, etc., with oil and vinegar. à l'Allemande-slices of potatoes, Brussels…

Red Mullet

Rougets en caisse are broiled in papers, sprinkled with chopped parsley and oil. en papillotes are baked in papers and served…

Grey Mullet

Mulets au beurre fondu are broiled, and served with melted-butter sauce. They are also served au vert, with green sauce; or sauce…

Fish or Poissons (Cream served cold on cro tes)

of fish cream, served cold on croûtes of fried bread, garnished with a cucumber salad and aspic. À l'Alexandra, they are set in…

Shrimps and Prawns

These are dressed in Rissoles or Petits pâtés in the same way as lobster. They are called Rissoles or Petits pâtés, de…

John Dory

Jean Doré, or Saint Pierre, en ravigote is served in Ravigote sauce. à la crémière is boiled in milk and water, and served with a…

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