EGGS

The soft boiled eggs that are left from breakfast will be at once hard

boiled, put into the refrigerator, and when four have accumulated, use

them for Beauregard eggs, à la Newburg dishes or garnishes.



Poached eggs that are left over may be dropped at once into boiling water,

cooked slowly until perfectly hard, and put aside for chopping, to use as a

garnish for a curry or some vegetable dish with which they will nicely blend.



The tablespoonful or two of stewed tomatoes left in the dish from dinner

will be put aside to use for tomato omelet, or they may be added to the

roasted beef gravy for dinner, converting a plain homely gravy into one of

better flavor.



The half cup of peas may be added to to-morrow's consommé,

or used as a garnish for the breakfast omelet. The green portions of

celery will be put aside for stewing; the tender white part for serving

raw; while the leaves and roots will be used for flavoring soups and

sauces.



The yolk of egg left over, if put into a cup or saucer will, in less than

two hours, become hard, dry and useless. This same yolk dropped into a cup

half filled with cold water will keep for several days, and may be used

for mayonnaise or added to a sauce. When needed, it may be carefully

lifted with a spoon and used the same as a fresh yolk.





Whites of Eggs



The yolks of eggs are quite easily disposed of, as sauces frequently call

for the yolk of one or two eggs; then they may be used for mayonnaise

dressing, or added to various dishes. The whites of eggs, however,

accumulate.



One of the ways of getting hard-boiled yolks, without wasting

the whites, is to separate the white and the yolk before the egg is

cooked; drop the yolk down into a kettle of boiling water; then stand on

the back part of the stove for fifteen or twenty minutes until it is hard.



The yolk will cook in this way just as well as with the white in the

shell. Now, you have the uncooked whites, which may be used for a simple

white cake, apple float, soufflés, plain or with fruit.