Menus Made Easy

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

Table of Contents

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

Black Game

1 page

Removes or Relevés

1 page

Roasts, or Rôts

1 page

Vegetables, or Légumes, and Salads

1 page

Jerusalem Artichokes

1 page

Vegetables, or Légumes, and Salads. 141

1 page

French Beans

1 page

Haricot Beans

1 page

Broad Beans

1 page

Brussels Sprouts

1 page

Vegetables, or Légumes, and Salads. 145

1 page

Egg Plant

1 page

Vegetables, or Légumes, and Salads. 149

4 pages

Vegetable Marrow

1 page

Vegetables, or Légumes, and Salads. 157

1 page

Eggs and Omelettes

3 pages

Cakes and Pastry

6 pages

Compotes, Etc., of Fruit

7 pages

Savoury Entremets

6 pages

Ices, or Glaces, and Sorbets

1 page

Sauces and Garnishes

3 pages

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