The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes, Lewis Webb Hill [iphone ebook reader .TXT] 📗

mushrooms, remove stems, and place caps on a buttered broiler. Broil five minutes, having gills nearest flame during first half of broiling. Arrange on serving dish, put a small piece of butter in each cap and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

SUPREME OF CHICKEN.

Force breast of uncooked chicken through a meat chopper; there should be one-fourth cup. Add one egg beaten slightly and one-fourth cup heavy cream. Season with salt and pepper. Turn into slightly buttered mould, set in pan of hot water and bake until firm.

SARDINE RELISH.

Melt one tablespoon butter, and add two tablespoons cream. Heat to boiling point, add three sardines freed from skin and bones, and separated in small pieces, and one hard-boiled egg finely chopped. Season with salt and cayenne.

DIABETIC RAREBIT.

Beat two eggs slightly and add one-fourth teaspoon salt, a few grains cayenne, and two tablespoons, each, cream and water. Cook same as scrambled eggs, and just before serving add one-fourth Neufchâtel cheese mashed with fork.

CHEESE SANDWICHES.

Cream one-third tablespoon butter and add one-half tablespoon, each, finely chopped cold boiled ham and cold boiled chicken; then season with salt and paprika. Spread between slices of Gruyère cheese cut as thin as possible.

CHEESE CUSTARD.

Beat one egg slightly, add one-fourth cup cold water, two tablespoons heavy cream, one tablespoon melted butter, one tablespoon grated cheese and a few grains salt. Turn into an individual mould, set in pan of hot water, and bake until firm.

COLD SLAW.

Select a small heavy cabbage, remove outside leaves, and cut cabbage in quarters; with a sharp knife slice very thinly. Soak in cold water until crisp; drain, dry between towels, and mix with cream salad dressing.

CABBAGE SALAD.

Finely shred one-fourth of a small firm cabbage. Let stand two hours in salted cold water, allowing one tablespoon of salt to a pint of water. Cook slowly thirty minutes one-fourth cup, each, vinegar and cold water, with a bit of bay leaf, one-fourth teaspoon peppercorns, one-eighth teaspoon mustard seed and three cloves. Strain and pour over cabbage drained from salted water. Let stand two hours, again drain, and serve with or without mayonnaise dressing.

CABBAGE AND CELERY SALAD.

Wash and scrape two stalks of celery, add an equal quantity of shredded cabbage, and six walnut meats broken in pieces. Serve with cream dressing.

CUCUMBER CUP.

Pare a cucumber and cut in quarters cross wise. Remove center from one piece and fill cup thus made with tartare sauce. Serve on lettuce leaf.

CUCUMBER AND LEEK SALAD.

Cut cucumber in small cubes and leeks in very thin slices. Mix, using equal parts, and serve with French dressing.

CUCUMBER AND WATERCRESS SALAD.

Cut cucumbers in very thin slices, and with a three-tined fork make incisions around the edge of each slice. Arrange on a bed of watercress.

EGG SALAD I.

Cut one hard-boiled egg in halves crosswise, in such a way that tops of halves may be left in points. Remove yolk, mash, moisten with cream, French or mayonnaise dressing, shape in balls, refill whites, and serve on lettuce leaves. Garnish with thin slices of radish, and a radish so cut as to represent a tulip.

EGG SALAD.

Prepare egg same as for Egg Salad I, adding to yolk an equal amount of chopped cooked chicken or veal.

EGG AND CHEESE SALAD.

Prepare egg same as for Egg Salad I, adding to yolk three-fourths tablespoon grated cheese; season with salt, cayenne and a few grains of mustard; then moisten with vinegar and melted butter. Serve with or without salad dressing.

EGG AND CUCUMBER SALAD.

Cut one hard boiled egg in thin slices. Cut as many very thin slices from a chilled cucumber as there are slices of egg. Arrange in the form of a circle (alternating egg and cucumber), having slices overlap each other. Fill in center with chicory or watercress. Serve with salad dressing.

CHEESE SALAD.

Mash one-sixth of a Neufchâtel cheese and moisten with cream. Shape in forms the size of a robin's egg. Arrange on a lettuce leaf and sprinkle with finely chopped parsley which has been dried. Serve with salad dressing.

CHEESE AND OLIVE SALAD.

Mash one-eighth of a cream cheese, and season with salt and cayenne. Add finely chopped olives, two lettuce leaves, finely cut, and a small piece of canned pimento, to give color. Press in original shape of cheese and let stand two hours. Cut in slices and serve on lettuce leaves with mayonnaise dressing.

CHEESE AND TOMATO SALAD.

Peel and chill one medium-sized tomato, and scoop out a small portion of the pulp. Mix equal quantities of Roquefort and Neufchâtel cheese and mash, then moisten with French dressing. Fill cavity made in tomato with cheese. Serve on lettuce leaves with French dressing.

FISH SALAD I.

Remove salmon from can, rinse thoroughly with hot water and separate in flakes; there should be one-fourth cup. Mix one-eighth teaspoon salt, a few grains, each, mustard and paprika, one teaspoon melted butter, one-half tablespoon cream, one tablespoon water, one-half tablespoon vinegar and yolk of one egg; cook over hot water until mixture thickens; then add one-fourth teaspoon granulated gelatin soaked in one teaspoon cold water. Add to salmon, mould, chill, and serve with cucumber sauce.

Cucumber Sauce.—Pare one-fourth cucumber; chop, drain, and add French dressing to taste.

ASPARAGUS SALAD.

Drain and rinse four stalks of canned asparagus. Cut a ring one-third inch wide from a red pepper. Put asparagus stalks through ring, arrange on lettuce leaves, and pour over French dressing.

TOMATO JELLY SALAD.

Season one-fourth cup hot stewed and strained tomato with salt, and add one-third teaspoon granulated gelatin soaked in a teaspoon cold water. Turn into an individual mould, chill, turn from mould, arrange on lettuce leaves, and garnish with mayonnaise dressing.

FROZEN TOMATO SALAD.

Season stewed and strained tomato with salt and cayenne. Fill a small tin box with mixture, cover with buttered paper, then tight-fitting cover, pack in salt and ice, equal parts, and let stand two hours. Remove from mould, place on lettuce leaf and serve with mayonnaise dressing.

TOMATO JELLY SALAD WITH VEGETABLES.

Cook one-third cup tomatoes with bay leaf, sprig of parsley, one-sixth slice onion, four peppercorns, one clove, eight minutes. Remove vegetables and rub tomato through a sieve; there should be one-fourth cup. Add one-eighth teaspoon granulated gelatin soaked in one teaspoon cold water, a few grains salt, and four drops vinegar. Line an individual mould with cucumber cut in fancy shapes, and string beans, then pour in mixture. Chill, remove from mould, arrange on lettuce leaf, and garnish with mayonnaise dressing.

TOMATO BASKET OF PLENTY.

Cut a medium-sized tomato in shape of a basket, leaving stem end on top of handle. Fill basket with cold cooked string beans cut in small pieces and two halves of English walnut meats cut in pieces, moistened with French dressing. Serve on lettuce leaf.

TOMATO AND CHIVE SALAD.

Remove skin from small tomato. Chill and cut in halves crosswise. Spread with mayonnaise, sprinkle with finely chopped chives, and serve on lettuce leaf.

CANARY SALAD.

Cut a slice from the stem end of a bright red apple and scoop out pulp, leaving enough to keep shell in shape. Fill shell thus made with grapefruit pulp and finely chopped celery, using twice as much grapefruit as celery. It will be necessary to drain some of the juice from the grapefruit. Moisten with mayonnaise dressing, replace the cover and arrange on lettuce leaf, and garnish with a canary made from Neufchâtel cheese, coloring yellow and shaping, designating eyes with paprika and putting a few grains on the body of the bird. Also garnish with three eggs made from cheese, colored green and speckled with paprika.

Note.—Do not use apple pulp.

HARVARD SALAD.

Cut a selected lemon in the form of a basket with handle, and scoop out all the pulp. Fill basket thus made with one tablespoon cold cooked chicken or sweet bread cut in small dice, mixed with one-half tablespoon small cucumber dice, and one teaspoon finely chopped celery moistened with cream or mayonnaise dressing. Spread top with dressing and sprinkle with thin parings cut from round red radishes finely chopped. Insert a small piece of parsley on top of handle. Arrange on watercress.

CUCUMBER BOATS.

Cut a small cucumber in halves lengthwise. Scoop out centres and cut boat-shaped. Cut cucumber cut from boats in small pieces and add one and one-half olives finely chopped. Moisten with French dressing, fill boats with mixture and serve on lettuce leaves.

SPINACH SALAD.

Drain and finely chop one-fourth cup cooked spinach. Season with salt, pepper, lemon juice, and melted butter. Pack solidly in an individual mould, chill, remove from mould, and arrange on a thin slice of cooked tongue cut in circular shape. Garnish base of mould with wreath of parsley and top with sauce tartare.

Sauce Tartare.—To one tablespoon mayonnaise dressing add three-fourths teaspoon finely chopped capers, pickles, olives, and parsley, having equal parts of each.

SWEETBREAD AND CUCUMBER SALAD.

Mix two tablespoons cold cooked sweetbread cut in cubes, one tablespoon cucumber cubes, and one-half tablespoon finely chopped celery. Beat one and one-half tablespoons heavy cream until stiff, then add one-eighth teaspoon granulated gelatin dissolved in one teaspoon boiling water and three-fourths teaspoon vinegar. Set in a pan of ice water and as mixture begins to thicken, add sweetbreads and vegetables. Mould and chill. Remove from mould, arrange on lettuce leaves, and garnish top with a slice of cucumbers and sprig of parsley.

CHICKEN AND NUT SALAD.

Mix two tablespoons cold cooked chicken or fowl cut in cubes with one tablespoon finely chopped celery and one-half tablespoon English walnut meats browned in oven with one-eighth teaspoon butter and a few grains salt, then broken in pieces. Moisten with mayonnaise dressing. Mound and garnish with curled celery, tips of celery, and whole nut meats.

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