Menus Made Easy

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

Soups or Potages

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Soups or Potages

Soups may be divided into two classes: 1st. Clear, transparent soups, or consommés, of meat, game, or poultry, varying according to the…

Soups or Potages: Potage

This is sometimes called Potage Faubonne. à la Printanière, or Potage printanier, has early summer vegetables cut in small shapes, with…

Soups or Potages: Jerusalem

Consommé à la Colbert has a garnish of lettuce, celery, Jerusalem artichokes and button onions. à la Jerusalem, or à la Palestine, has…

Soups or Potages: Indienne

Of the thick soups there are also :- Putage queues de bœuf à l'Indienne. A curry soup with pieces of ox-tail in it.

Soups or Potages: White

Potage Bisque de homard. Lobster soup. à la bisque d'écrevisses. Crayfish soup. aux huîtres. White oyster soup.

Soups or Potages: Hollandaise

It may be garnished with macaroni, or with vegetables cut in shreds. à la Hollandaise is a white soup with cream and yolks of eggs. à la…

Soups or Potages: Cream

Potage à la crème d'orge. Cream of barley soup.

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