The Cook Book by “Oscar” of the Waldorf

Three thousand recipes from the maitre d'hotel of the Waldorf — the hotel kitchen that taught Gilded Age America how to dine, from beef tea to watermelon with champagne.

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Kidney Bacon Rolls

Peel and chop a small onion fine, and mix it with one teacupful of grated bread crumb, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, the grated rind of half a lemon, and a small quantity of pepper and grated nutmeg. Moisten the mixture slightly with beaten egg, spread it over some thin slices of bacon, and place a small kidney on each. Roll the bacon round the kidney and tranfix it with skewers. Put the rolls in a baking dish and bake them in a hot oven for twenty minutes. When done put the rolls on a hot dish, garnish with fried parsley, and serve. Or they may be left until cold, and then served on a dish over which has been spread a folded napkin, or an ornamental dish-paper. Broiled Mutton Kidneys, Maitre d'Hotel Place some kidneys in boiling water to soak for a few minutes, remove them, dry, skin, and cut them down the center. Fasten them open with skewers, sprinkle over salt and pepper, dip into warmed butter, place them on a gridiron with the opened side downwards, and broil thoroughly. Dress them on a dish with a mixture of minced parsley, lemon-juice, salt and pepper and maitre d'hotel butter in the center and serve very hot.

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