French Recipes
Green Soup
2 bunches watercress 2 diced potatoes 2 hard-cooked egg-yolks 2 slices bread 2 tablespoons butter Cook the watercress until almost done…
Codfish a La Benedictine
1 pound fresh codfish 4 medium-sized sweet potatoes Salt Pepper Butter Juice of 1 lemon 1 cup cream or milk Bread-crums Boil the codfish…
Codfish, Brandade Style
1 pound salt codfish 1 diced potato 2 tablespoons olive-oil 1 cup milk Salt and pepper 3 tablespoons lemon-juice Soak the codfish…
Crabs with Rice
15 small crabs 1 cup rice 2 or 3 small onions 2 small carrots 1 tablespoon butter Salt and pepper Clean the crabs. Cut off and crush the…
Fish Loaf
2 cups cooked fish or 1 can fish 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1 cup thick white sauce Drain the fish and tear into small bits. Add the salt, the…
Salmon a La Mornay
4 cooked potatoes 1/2 cup Swiss cheese 1 egg-yolk Buttered crums 1 cup medium white sauce 2 cups boiled salmon or 1 can salmon Mash the…
Fish En Coquilles
1 cup left-over fish 8 mussels or clams 1/2 cup bread-crums 10 tablespoons milk 1 clove garlic 1 teaspoon chopped parsley 1 chopped onion…
Sausage with Peas
8 pork sausages 1 tablespoon flour 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup peas 4 eggs Cut the sausages in pieces about an inch long, and brown them in the…
Ham Loaf
1/4 pound lean ham 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk 1/4 pound grated cheese 3 eggs Salt and pepper Cook the ham and chop it fine. Mix the…
Economical Sauce for Cold Meat and Fish
4 tablespoons salad oil 4 tablespoons cream 3 tablespoons vinegar Mustard Salt Pepper Mix the salad oil, cream, vinegar, a little mustard…
Red Cabbage with Chestnuts
1 red cabbage 1 tablespoon drippings 1/2 cup melted grape jelly 1/2 cup water Salt and pepper French chestnuts Select a nice red cabbage…
Stuffed Cabbage
1 cabbage Butter or butter substitute Parsley Spices 1 cup bread-crums 3 eggs 1 chopped onion Place a thin piece of cheese-cloth in the…
Eggplant Oriental
2 green peppers 2 eggplants 3 tablespoons cooking oil 6 ripe tomatoes 3 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon paprika Remove the seeds from the…
Lima Beans, Neufchatel Style
2 cups green Lima beans or 1 cup dried Lima beans, soaked in water overnight 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup butter 1 1/2 cups milk 2 egg-yolks…
Mushrooms Au Gratin
1/2 pound mushrooms 1 sliced onion 2 tablespoons cooking oil 2 tablespoons flour 1 cup mushroom stock (made from stems) 1/2 cup bread-crums…
Potatoes, Peasant Style
3 cups potatoes 6 tablespoons bacon fat 2 cloves garlic 2 tablespoons parsley 1/2 teaspoon paprika 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk 1…
Spinach a La Reine
1/2 tablespoon chopped onion 1/2 tablespoon butter 1 quart spinach 1 tablespoon flour 1 cup milk Salt and pepper 3 1/2 tablespoons grated…
Apples Baked with Bread
Remove the cores from good-sized apples; fill with jam and butter or butter substitute. Place round slices of stale bread in a baking-dish…
Rice Crown with Apricots
Cook rice in milk and put in a buttered ring mold. When cool, turn into a fruit-dish. Cook dried apricots and place halves around the top…