With a Saucepan Over the Sea

Adelaide Keen went abroad with a notebook and came home with the recipes — cocka leekie from Scotland, petite marmite from Paris, the maids of honor of Richmond — each dish tagged with the country that gave it.

The Six Chapters

Soups

73 recipes

Fish, Eggs, and Sauces

63 recipes

Meats and Entrees

110 recipes

Vegetables and Salads

53 recipes

Cakes, Puddings, and Pastry

144 recipes

Ices, Preserves, and Confections

35 recipes

By Country

England

68 recipes

France & Paris

77 recipes

Germany & Austria

36 recipes

Italy & Spain

21 recipes

Russia & the North

9 recipes

Switzerland & the Alps

4 recipes

The Wider World

5 recipes

Elsewhere on the Tour

258 recipes

Highlights

Claret Jelly

(England.) Melt 1 ounce gelatine in 1/2 pint of boiling water, add 1 quart of claret, 3/4 pound sugar, rind and juice of a lemon…

German Noodles

Mix 3 fresh eggs with as much flour as will make a stiff paste. Knead this well, using plenty of flour, until all moisture is…

Lettuce Salad

(Normandy.) Wash and pick 2 heads of salad lettuce. Dry the leaves, and tear them apart. Make a dressing of salt, pepper, yolk of…

Banbury Tarts

(England.) Banbury, of nursery fame, is celebrated for a certain kind of tart or turnover which its bakers have sold for many…

Richmond Eel Pie

(England.) Skin, clean, and cut up 2 large eels, wash and dry them and cook with 1 ounce of butter, 2 tablespoonfuls of chopped…

Frangipane

(Italy.) This is another custard, old and good. Beat 6 eggs very light, add 1 pint milk and 2 spoonfuls of flour. Cook it with…

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