The Best To You Each Morning

What a feeble and decadent country we have become, breaking our fast on cold cereal, microwaved burritos, etc. when we should be following the example of our forefathers (mothers?  Somebody had to cook this stuff) as laid out in Breakfast Dainties, by a man named Thomas Jefferson Murrey.

After the fruit, eggs, muffins, potatoes and other trifles, Mr. Murrey gets right down to business.  Below is a list of suitable breakfast side dishes for which he offers recipes.

MISCELLANEOUS BREAKFAST DISHES.

Artichokes (French)

Artichokes (French), Fried

Chicken Croquettes

Chicken, Devilled

Chicken, Fried

Crabs, Soft-shell

Fillet of Sole; Sauce Tartare

Hamburg Steak

Hominy Fritters

Kidneys, Sauteed

Lamb Chops with French Peas

Minced Turkey with Poached Eggs

Mushrooms on Toast

Mutton Chops with Fried tomatoes

Oysters, Broiled

Pork and Beans

Reed Birds

Salt Codfish, Broiled

Sardines, Broiled, Sauce Tartare

Sausages

Smelts, Broiled

Smelts, Fried

Squabs

Steak, Tenderloin; Sauce Bearnaise

Steak, Sirloin; Sauce Bordelaise

Tomato Sauce

Tripe with Oysters

Tripe, Lyonnaise

Veal Cutlet, Sauce Robert

Boy, if that doesn’t make you want to go out and do something heroic, I don’t know what would.  Mr. Murrey has four cookbooks available on Project Gutenberg; his work on curry dishes is awful.