—— à la maître d'hotel.—Choose your carrots
as much of a size as possible, wash and wipe them
well, then parboil them for ten minutes in fast boiling
water. Now drain them, trim and halve them if
necessary, and toss them over the fire with 1 or 2 oz.
of butter, white pepper, salt, a pinch of caster sugar,
some finely minced parsley, and a good squeeze of
lemon juice. Let them cook thus for fifteen to twenty
minutes, according to size, until tender, then serve
very hot.