Original 1914 recipe
Verbatim from the first edition of the Big Cookbook.

Veal chops à la Victoria from Erken's Stor kokebok (1914): 8 chops are trimmed and larded with strips of pork and cooked tongue, seasoned, browned in butter and finished by simmering 15–20 minutes in meat stock and sherry. Served inside a border of mashed potato with green peas or Brussels sprouts in the center, sauce around and a paper frill on the bone.
Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 207 (falt i det fri)
The recipe appears in the meat chapter, among veal chops in the French style. A "potato border" is a rim of mashed potato piped or laid around the platter, a typical way of arranging festive food in older Norwegian cooking.
Prepare the chops
Wipe the chops with a clean meat cloth, remove membranes and skin, and scrape the meat off the lower part of the bone so it is bared.
Pound and shape
Pound the chops lightly and press them back together, so they all become as even in size as possible.
Lard and season
Lard the chops with strips of pork and cooked tongue. Mix salt and pepper and sprinkle it over.
Brown in butter
Melt the butter in a frying pan, lay in the chops and fry them light brown over brisk heat.
Finish by simmering
Add meat stock and sherry, and let the chops simmer gently until cooked through, 15–20 minutes.
Arrange
Lay the chops in a row, one after another, inside a border of mashed potato. Fill the center with green peas or Brussels sprouts, and pour the sauce around on the platter.
Garnish
Put a cut-out paper frill on the chop bone before serving.
Measures are modernized (del. → dl, gr. → g, teske → tsp). "Flesk" is given as fresh side pork/fatback for larding, "tungeskiver" as cooked ox tongue. The frying time is kept. The arrangement with a mashed-potato border and paper frill is described in modern language.
Original 1914 recipe
Verbatim from the first edition of the Big Cookbook.

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Note til Modernisert
Mål er modernisert (del. → dl, gr. → g, teske → ts). «Flesk» er angitt som fersk sideflesk/spekk til spekking, «tungeskiver» som kokt oksetunge. Steketiden er beholdt. Anretning med potetstappekant og papirmansjett er beskrevet i moderne språk.
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