Luncheons: A Cook's Picture Book

The midday meal, called luncheon, varies in character from a very informal service, where the dishes are placed on the table and the servants leave the room, to one of equal ela...

Clam cocktails Oyster cocktails Anchovy eggs Salmon canapés, heart-shaped Anchovy canapés Canapés of caviare Oysters on the half shell Clams on the half shell Bread and butter s...

Soups used for luncheon are served in cups. Any kind of soup can be used, but those given below are the ones generally employed. For other soups, see “Century Cook Book,” page 97.

Plain French Omelet Beaten Omelet Omelet Chasseur Eggs à la Romaine Eggs baked in Tomatoes Eggs baked in Green Peppers Scrambled Eggs with Tomato Creamed Poached Eggs Creamed Eg...

Sautéd Oysters Fried Oysters with Cold Slaw Oysters à la Newburg Fried Scallops Scallops on the Shell Creamed Lobster Broiled Lobster Broiled Smelts Broiled Shad Roe Shad Roe Cr...

Rissoles Vol-au-vent Sweetbreads, Baked Sweetbreads, Glazed Sweetbreads, Coquilles of Calf’s Brains à la Poulette Calf’s Brains à l’Aurore Calf’s Brains with Hollandaise Sauce C...

Casserole of Beef Fillet of Beef Filets Mignons Filets Mignons with Tomatoes and Mushrooms Mutton Chops à la Soubise Mutton Chops with Horseradish Sauce Mutton Chops Boned, with...

Any of the water-ices can be made into punches by adding to them when half frozen the whipped whites of two eggs which have had a tablespoonful of hot sugar syrup stirred into t...

Lettuce, Plain Lettuce Hearts Bouquet Salad, Lettuce and Nasturtium or Watercress Bouquet Salad, Lettuce and Hard-boiled Egg Bouquet Salads, Illustrations Nos. 94, 95, 96, 97 Da...

Farina Croquettes Pudding, Huckleberry Pudding, Chocolate Bread Pudding, Cocoanut Bread Pudding, Fig Pudding, Green-Gage Pudding, Tapioca, with Prunes Bananas, Sautéd Bananas, B...

Ice Cream, Plain Ice Cream with Hot Chocolate Sauce Ice Cream with Hot Maple Sauce Ice Cream, Strawberry Ice Cream, Melon Ice Cream, Peach Water-ice, Lemon Water-ice, Orange Wat...

This is a well-selected pine called the sugar-loaf on account of its tapering to a point on top. The top and bottom are cut off square, and then the rind on the sides. The insid...

Gingerbread with Chocolate Glaze Gingerbread with Whipped Cream Gingerbread with Preserved Ginger Orange-cake, No. 1 Orange-cake, No. 2, or Plain Cup-cake Chocolate-cake Cocoanu...

Stirred Bread Water Bread Whole Wheat Bread Unleavened Bread-chips Scotch Oat-cakes Pulled Bread Lace Toast or Zwieback Swiss Rolls Luncheon or Dinner Rolls, Braids, Twists Stri...