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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 19, 1938.
The Perfect Steak-Complete With Its Fried
Fried Onions
The perfect steak takes a lot of erous knob of butter. Surround it in London with a grilled tomato or beating-in more senses than one. with the onions and put it in the two.
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It knows no class distinction, for thern land who sings in it is served in the exclusive club or capitals of Europe. grillroom when it is carefully select-
ed in the raw by clubmen or patron and borne in triumph to the silver grill to be cooked to a turn by the chef, or it may be fried by the road-mender or night-watchmen and give its savoury fragrance to
the mid-day or mid-night air.
Fried onions are one of the chosen -accompaniments of the steak
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they demand equal care and know- ledge if they are to be served at their best, succulent but not soggy, crisp but not charred.
Some there are who prefer a gril- led tomato to the homelier onion. There is a gifted singer of a Nor- bent paper placed on a hot dish in the oven.
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To cook the steak, either (a): grill it (which is much the better way) under a very hot flame first, so that the meat is quickly "sealed," turning it to "seal" the other side, and then moderating the flame. Turn the meat constant- ly, so that one side does not dry up before the other is done. A small pair of tongs kept specially for turning meat avoids the risk of piercing the meat with a fork and letting the juices flow out.
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Preparing the steak for grid or frying-pan is an art in itself. Some experts beat the steak, slash it slightly and fill gashes with butter. Others marinade in oil; but all are agreed that the steak must start at fierce heat to seal the juices, and that it must be served hot and sizzling.
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Here's a quick and delicious sweet that will be much in de- mand, so make plenty of it.
FRIED BANANA CAKES 1 cup sieved banana, 1⁄2 tea spoon grated nutmeg, 1⁄2 cup Bar- bados sugar, 1⁄2 cup diced mixed peel.
·Grated rind of 1 lemond, 21⁄2 cups stale breadcrumbs.
Mix all ingredients thoroughly together. With floured hands shape into round balls, then flat- ten into thick little cakes. Dip in- flour.
Shake and throw into smoking hot fat. Fry till golden.
on crumpled paper.
Drain
Serve in a hot dish lined with a
lace paper doily, accompanied by vanilla custard sauce.
for six persons.
Enough
and drain well. Fry them in hot
to
fat, draining them on soft absor- oven a moment for the butter melt and soak in. Serve.
If you have no grill, then fry it. Take the heaviest iron frying pan you possess, heat well, and grease with a very small quantity of either oil, lard, or dripping. Do not use for butter for the actual frying, the great heat needed to seal the meat properly causes the butter to decompose into indigestible acids. When the pan begins to smoke put in the steak, and as soon as it is sealed on one side, turn and seal other. Turn it constantly, between
When the meat is cooked the sight of Dover's white cliffs means steak cut, at least an inch thick, it on th
point at which you like it, put it on that she can look forward to enjoy a hot dish, sprinkle with pepper ing what she describes as the best and salt, and crown it with a gen- grilled steak in the world,
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the day before you wish to cook it. allowing about a minute A couple of hours before the meal each turn and adding, if needed, a cooked beat the steak well on both sides trifle more fat to prevent sticking and brush it with a very small and burning. When cooked, treat quantity of good olive oil or melted as above. butter.
it Do not salt or pepper yet. Put it on a rack in a cool place, with a plate underneath to catch any drippings.
To the juices in the pan add a piece of butter, pepper and salt, and a little boiling water, simmer for a few minutes, and serve in a small Cut the onion in thin rings, dip sauceboat. Do not pour it over the them in milk (this will cause them steak unless you wish the latter to to brown beautifully when fried), be flabby.
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Bargains in the Ladies' Salon.
HATS
FROM
$1.00
SHOP SOILED GLOVES (Slightly Spotted)
From 50 cents.
GLOVES OF ALL DESCRIPTION
From $1.50
DAY AND EVENING HANDBAGS
From $5.00
SCARVES AND COLLARS
From $1.25
FLOWERS AND ALL NOVELTIES
AT
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