cheeselet

CHEESELETS. A saucer three-fourths full of grated cheese, mix with it the whites of thee eggs beaten stiff, add a pinch of salt, a few drops of Worcestershire sauce. Form into balls, roll in cracker crumbs (very fine), drop in boiling lard. To be made during the dinner and served directly with the salad.

Used to describe a deep-fried ball of grated cheese.]

CHEESELET. […] Line a pudding dish with bread; then sprinkle cheese over; then bread and so on until the dish is full, having a layer of bread on top, buttered side down. […] Pour the custard over the bread and cheese and bake in a moderate oven for twenty or twenty-five minutes.