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ey, salt and pepper into a saucepan. Add 1 pt. of water, cover and simmer 15 or 20 minutes. Then add 1 pt. of milk. Mix 1 tablespoonful each of butter and flour, add to the rest and stir carefully until it boils. 19.--A Spanish Fish Dish. Bone some nice pieces of cold fish. Warm it in a cupful of olive oil, 1 clove of garlic, some Spanish red pepper and a wine-glass of tarragon vinegar. Lay tomatoes, cooked down to a thick puree, in a dish; lay the fish upon it, pour the sauce over and serve. 20.--Stewed Celery in Brown Sauce. Cut the celery in six inch lengths, boil in salt and water, strain. Put 1/2 a pint of soup stock or gravy on the fire and cook the celery in it; add pepper and salt, a little nutmeg, 4 tablespoonfuls of cream, a little thickening of butter and flour. Simmer only a few minutes. 21.--Baked Oyster Dumplings. Drain the oysters and cover with a little lemon juice. Make a light puff paste and cut into pieces about 4 inches square; brush them over with white of egg. Place upon each square 2 or 3 of the prepared oysters and put a little piece of butter on them. Bring the four corners of the paste together and fasten them with a small wooden toothpick, leaving the crust open between the points. Bake in the oven until a nice brown, take out the toothpicks and serve. 22.--Barbacued Lobster. Cut up and chop a large lobster; add both black and cayenne pepper, mustard, salt, a small cup of sweet oil, two or three powdered crackers or bread crumbs; a wine-glass of wine, lemon juice; mix well. Shape into a loaf and cover with bread crumbs. Bake half an hour. 23.--Oyster Patties. Make a rich puff paste and bake it in small patty-pans. When cool turn out on a large dish. Stew the oysters with a few cloves, a little whole mace and the yolk of an egg boiled hard and grated, a little butter and enough oyster liquor to cover. When the oysters are cooked, set away to cool. When cold put two or three oysters and a little sauce in each patty-shell, serve with lettuce and French dressing. 24.--Jellied Tongue. Make a jelly of 1/4 a box of gelatine and a pint of soup stock; season highly when it begins to thicken. Wet a mould and lay slices of tongue all over the bottom and sides. When it begins to set fill the centre with chopped chicken, hard boiled eggs, or just use tongue alone. When cold and firm garnish with parsley. 25.--Dolmas (A TURKISH DISH). Chop fine 1 cup of cold mut
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