Chapter XVII · Roasts and Salads · No. 1946
1946—Roasts of Butcher’s Meat
I must remind the reader of this principle, viz.: that however natural it may seem in a dinner to serve a roasted joint as a Remove, a piece of butcher’s meat must never stand as a Roast.
Roasts really only comprise Fowl and Feathered Game, provided the menu only announces one roast. If two are announced, the second generally consists of some kind of crustacean, such as a Lobster, a Spiny Lobster or Crayfish, generally served in the form of a Mousse; or of a preparation of foie gras, i.e.: either a Pâté, a Terrine, a Mousse or a Parfait; sometimes, too, by a very good ham or a derivative preparation thereof.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1946, p. 606. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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