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Soups
12 recipes
Macaroni and Other Pastes
16 recipes
Rice, Etc.
15 recipes
Sauces
8 recipes
Eggs
5 recipes
Fish
2 recipes
Vegetables
12 recipes
Meats
8 recipes
Salads
3 recipes
Desserts
4 recipes
Highlights
Butter Sauce
Take eight ounces of butter, one tablespoon of salt, one of pepper, and two tablespoons of lemon juice. Stir with a wooden spoon…
Lightning Omelette
Butter a baking-dish and put in the bottom of it slices of stale bread (brown bread is better than white) which have been dipped…
Italian Salad
Cut one carrot and one turnip into slices, and cook them in boiling soup. When cold, mix them with two cold boiled potatoes and…
Polenta (Indian Meal)
3/4 of a cup of yellow Indian meal (fine) 3 cups of water Put the water into a granite or iron saucepan, add salt. When it begins…
Stracciatella Soup (Minestra di Stracciatella)
I egg I tablespoon bread crumbs 1/2 tablespoon of Parmesan cheese Beat the egg, yolk and white together; add salt and the cheese…
Eggs with Peas
Take one and one-half cups of green peas, and cook them with one and one-half tablespoons of good butter, and a pinch of salt…