Chapter XVIII

Vegetables and Farinaceous Products

The preparatory treatment of vegetables—parboiling and braising, &c.—having been explained in Chapter X., as also the preparation of purées, creams, and vegetable garnishes, it is now only necessary to deal with each vegetable separately.

Artichokes (Artichauts)

Egg-Plant (Aubergines)

Carrots (Carottes)

Cèpes

Those cèpes which are barely opened or not opened at all are not parboiled. Contrariwise, those which are open should be washed, parboiled, and stewed in butter, after having been well dried.

Mushrooms (Champignons)

Cookery includes under this head only the white Parisian mushroom and the meadow mushroom, which is the kind so commonly used in England.

The other kinds are always identified by special and proper terms.

Red Cabbages (Choux Rouges)

Choux Verts Pommés (Savoy Cabbages)

Brussels Sprouts (Choux de Bruxelles)

Haricot-Beans (Haricots Blancs)

Lettuces (Laitues)

Lentils (Lentilles)

Lentils are cooked as directed under the “preparation of dry vegetables” (No. 274, The Treatment of Dry Vegetables).

Onions (Oignons)

Rice (Riz)

Tomatoes

Jerusalem Artichokes (Topinambours)

Truffles (Truffes)

Truffles are used especially as a garnish; but they may also be served as a vegetable or a hors-d’œuvre.

When so served, they should be prepared very simply; for they require no refining treatment to make them perfect.

Farinaceous Products

Kache

Kache is not a vegetable; but since this preparation has appeared either as a constituent or an accompaniment of certain Russian dishes which occur in this work, I am obliged to refer to it.