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A

BACHELOR'S

CUPBOARD

Bachelor

Bonnes

Bouchees

Kyrle

Bellew

paraphrases

the old

maxim,

and

says,

"

When

In

France,

eat

what

the

Frenchmen

eat

"

and

goes

one

better

by

adapting

his tastes

to

the

cook-

ery

of

the

country

in

which

he

happens

to

be

eating

at

the

moment.

He

admits,

however,

preferences

for

Hungarian

Goulash,

as

served

in

Buda

Pesth,

and

a

Spanish

Omelette

from

a

Madrid

cuisine.

THE

may

be

easily

prepared,

and

the

ranchman

GOULASH

may

find

it

a

delightful

change

from

his

Irish

stew\

A

pound

of

beef

is

cut

Into

little

squares

and

stewed

gently

an

hour,

without

coming

to

the

boiling

point,

when

the

"

first

dose

of

paprika

"

is

put

in.

Also,

tv^'O

carrots

and

two

onions

cut

in

dice.

Then

more

paprika.

Half

an

hour

before

the

meat

is

done

add

two

potatoes

and

celery

stalks

cut

fine

and

more

paprika.

When

all

is

tender,

serve

on

a

hot

platter,

with

the

vegetables

surrounding

the

meat.

THE

is

built

as

follows:

from

a

tablespoonful

OMELETTE

of

butter

and

a

tablespoonful

or

brown

ESPANOL

Aq^^

braided

in

a

frying-pan

or

blazer,

make

a sauce

by

stirring

in

a

cup

of

canned

tomato,

half

a

cup

of

thinly-sliced

mushrooms,

and

half

a

cup

of

chopped

ham.

Season

with

red

pepper,

onion

juice,

and

salt.

After

simmering

about

ten

minutes,

stir

in

four

beaten

eggs,

stirring

carefully

as

it

thickens,

and

w^hen

the

eggs

are

set,

serve

on

buttered

toast.

SHAVIAN

Arnold

Daly

likes

to

experiment

with

the

RABBIT

chafing-dish,

but admits

that

he

never

dares

to

avail

himself

of poetic

license,

and

always

lOI