The Pleasures of the Table: An Account of Gastronomy from Ancient Days to Present Times. With a History of Its Literature, Schools, and Most Distinguished Artists; Together With Some Special Recipes, and Views Concerning the Aesthetics of Dinners and Dinner-givingEllwanger, George H. (George Herman)
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The Pleasures of the Table: An Account of Gastronomy from Ancient Days to Present Times. With a History of Its Literature, Schools, and Most Distinguished Artists; Together With Some Special Recipes, and Views Concerning the Aesthetics of Dinners and Dinner-giving
Ellwanger, George H. (George Herman)
Gastronomy
Salad, 362;
virtues of, as defined by Savarin, 301, 411;
virtues of, as defined by La Reynière, 411;
its mission and place at the dinner, 418
Salads, remote use of, 10
Salmis. La Reynière's lost monastic recipe for, 286
Sandpiper (Bartramian). _Vide_ "Plover" and "Papabotte"
Sanzai (Archbishop), anecdote of, 304
Sardanapalus, as a gastronomer, 12
Sauce, a good, as defined by Baron Brisse, 334;
a good, as defined by La Reynière, 345;
anchovy, 345;
(a good), its qualification, 349
Sauce tartare, a novel, 256
Sauces old English, 84;
best for brook trout, 191;
(Francatelli's), for mutton and game, 209, 368;
(English), 277;
merits of, 249, 345;
Harvey's, origin and anecdote of, 277;
bread, 289, 368;
their relation to gastronomy, 345;
Marquis de Cussy on, 346;
mayonnaise, its history and etymology, 348-349, 421;
à la Schönberg, 352;
a list of, for the home cuisine, 352;
apple, 368;
à la Richelieu, 381
Saucier (the), 346
Sauerkraut, 371;
when invented, 150;
(French), not to be commended, 223
Sausages, the German the master-maker of, 152, 423;
German species and varieties of, 163-166
Savarin, referred to, 75, 113, 114, 225, 305, 351, 370, 434, 443;
denounced by M. de Courchamps, 158;
as a gastronomer, 181, 206;
his discourtesy to La Reynière, 195;
poem of, 197;
quoted, 300-302, 383, 395, 411.
_Vide_ also "Physiologie du Goût (La)"
Scott (Sir Walter), referred to, 309
Seasonings, used by the ancients, 28-30;
used by the English, 83, 108;
importance of, 446
Seneca, quoted, 5, 31, 32, 41, 46;
referred to, 40, 44
Sévigné (Marquis de), referred to, 175, 200
Shakespeare, quoted, 246, 441
Shelley, referred to, 234
Shooting jaunt, a, 375 _et seq._
Shuttleworth (Canon), his famous "grace," 291
Signboards (old), and their mottoes, 67
Smell (the), its influence on the taste, 182
Smith (Rev. Sydney), his _mot_ on pâté de foie gras, 158;
gastronomic anecdote of, 249;
his _mot_ on the pheasant, 286;
his poem on roast mutton, 290;
on fanatics, 294;
his poem on salad, 412
Sneyders, referred to, 6, 234, 445
Snipe, 356, 359, 365, 366, 411
Société des Mereredis, 118, 129, 130
Solomon, his table, 11
Sora, or rail (the), 360
Soubise (Prince de), anecdote of his chef, 37
Soup, bisque d'écrevisses, 150;
aux choux, 224;
croûte-au-pot, 224, 275;
Julienne, 281;
first mention of, 281
"Soupers de la Cour (Les)," 62
Soups, German, 167
Southey, referred to, 232
Soyer, referred to, 17, 106, 199, 209-210
Spartan black broth, 13
Spätzle, 167
Speaking-tube, invented by La Reynière, 126
Speisekarte, a typical, 154
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