The Kitchen

The First Meal

1 – Fish mayonnaise
2 – Squash à la française
3 – Pounded roast.
4 – Bread pudding
5 – Fruit.
6 – Coffee.

2 large fish
2 egg yolks
Olive oil or lettuce oil, 500 grams. Lemon – carrots – 2 green beans – cloves – bay leaves – two onions – a tablespoon of salt – a tablespoon of dry mustard.

How to make the mayonnaise

Beat the egg yolks with a spoonful of the mustard and the salt, and drip in the oil little by little with a little lemon juice, so that the eggs do not slacken. If we want it to stiffen, we add a quantity of oil without lemon. When the mixture is ready, we add to it two soup spoons of the fish stock, so that the mayonnaise turns white in color. In place of the fish stock, should there be none, add to the mayonnaise the equivalent of four or five leaves of fish gelatin.

Preparing and poaching the fish

Clean the fish carefully and salt it for an hour. Then place it in a vessel of lukewarm water with a little of the carrot, the lemon, the green beans, and the onion, a moderate quantity of salt, some bay leaves, and a few cloves. When it is done, take it off the fire, skin it, and draw out the bones — on condition that the fish keeps its shape; then lay it in a serving dish, pour the mayonnaise over it, and garnish with boiled greens according to taste.

15 squash.
An uqiyya and a half of cheese.
An uqiyya and a half of meat.
Eggs – salt – allspice – half the squash pulp – parsley – cinnamon.

Method

Wash the squash, then cut them into two long halves and boil them. When they are done, take out the pulp and put it on a plate. Then mince the meat with two boiled eggs and half an uqiyya of cheese [...]

and a little parsley. Add these to half the quantity of the pulp, add the salt, cinnamon, and allspice, and mix all well together; then stuff the squash with the mixture and lay them in a baking tray, one beside the other.

Put in a vessel on the fire half an uqiyya of vegetable shortening or butter; when it has melted, add to it two tablespoons of flour with a little salt. Then add to this mixture three uqiyyas of pure milk, and boil the whole on the fire for eight minutes. Then pour it all over the squash in the tray and put it into the oven.

4 uqiyyas of meat
2 egg whites
Pistachios – almonds – nutmeg –
salt – allspice – garlic – onion.

Pound the meat, then put over it the egg whites with the nutmeg, the pistachios, the salt, and the allspice. Mix all together, place it in a cloth, roll it up, and tie it with a thin string. Put this roll in a vessel with enough ghee, a little onion, and garlic, and turn it over a low fire, without adding any water, until it is done.

A loaf of European bread
3 uqiyyas of jam
An uqiyya of sugar
3 whole eggs and 3 whites only
3 uqiyyas of milk
Vanilla or grated lemon peel; wine or any kind of drink whatever.

Method

Take the crumb of the loaf and cut it small, then put with it some dried fruit cut into small pieces. Add the sugar to the eggs and beat well with the vanilla, then add the bread and mix them together. Butter the sides of the mold, and after you have filled it you must set it in a vessel filled with hot water, and then on the fire.

3 egg yolks with 3 spoonfuls of sugar and a glass of wine; beat all together with grated lemon peel, and bake.