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(suggested summer dinner for fifteen guests)

 

One large roast beef

to be placed in the center of the table

FIRST SERVICE

Two soups:

Cucumber soup

Green pea soup with croutons

Four appetizers:

Fried mutton feet

Veal roast in pastry

Small pates

Melons

SECOND SERVICE

Boiled leg of mutton

Roast veal marinated in cream

Duckling with peas

Squab with herbs

Two Chickens with little white onions

Rabbit steaks with cucumbers

THIRD SERVICE

Replaced the roast beef in the center

by a large brioche

Four roasts:

One small turkey

One capon

Four partridges

Six squab roasted like quails

Two green salads

FOURTH SERVICE

Apricot tartlets

Scrambled eggs

Vine-leaf fritters

Cookies

Small white beans in cream

Artichokes with butter sauce

FIFTH SERVICE: DESSERT

A large bowl of fresh fruit

to be placed in the center of the table

Four compotes:

Peaches

Prunes

Pears

Green grapes

Four plates of ice cream

One plate of cream cheese

One plate of pastries

 

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