This section is from the book "The Steward's Handbook And Guide To Party Catering", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Larousse Gastronomique.
See Alamode.
Smooth brown soup of stock thickened with roux, lean beef cut in squares, celery, turnips, carrots likewise.
Beef stock highly seasoned, with rice cooked separately and added.
Palates peeled, boiled, and pressed, cut in squares, put in clear soup with egg-quenelles and Madeira wine; lemon aside.
Brown like beef-soup; pressed palates cut in dice; lemon slices, sherry, parsley.
Stock made of ox-cheeks, beef, ham, vegetables; thick, brown, with wine, and the meat cut in squares.
Is made either clear or thick; tails in round slices stewed 2 or 3 hours; beef stock; carrots and turnips in slices like the tails; all served in the soup; little sherry and lemon.
The preceding thick, brown, with barley.
Ox-tail soup.
 
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