Clear Soup (five pints).
Fish (four or five pounds, baked, boiled, or escaloped).
Bread, and Potatoes if you like.
Chicken Croquettes, or any kind of Patties.
Fillet of Beef, Larded (two and a half to three pounds), with Mushroom
Sauce.
Potato Puffs.
Sweetbreads (six).
Green Peas (two quarts, if fresh, or two cans of French peas).
Lettuce Salad (French dressing; two large heads of lettuce).
A Cold Pudding. Ice Cream (one gallon). Cake.
Crackers.
Cheese.
Coffee.
The cost of a dinner like this, when prepared at home, depends
somewhat upon the market, but will rarely exceed twenty-five dollars.
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Oysters on a Block of Ice (two quarts).
_Consommé à la Royale_ (five pints).
Baked Fish (five pounds), Hollandaise Sauce (double the rule).
Cheese _Soufflé_ (double the rule).
Roast Chicken (nine to twelve pounds).
Mashed Potatoes (twelve).
Green Peas (two quarts or two cans).
Celery. Cranberry Jelly.
Oyster Patties (fourteen).
Lettudfe Salad (two heads of lettuce with French dressing).
Water Crackers (a dozen and a half).
Neufchatel Cheese (two packages).
Orange Sherbet (three quarts).
Frozen Cabinet Pudding (the rule given), Apricot Sauce.
_Glacé Meringué_ (the rule given). Sponge Cake. Fruit.
Coffee (the rule for filtered coffee).
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_Potage à la Reine_ (five pints).
Sardine Canapees (two dozen). Olives.
Roast Turkey (about eight pounds), Chestnut Stuffing and Sauce.
Macaroni, _à l'Italienne_ (twice the rule).
Cranberry Jelly.
Plain Boiled Potatoes.
Lettuce Salad (two large heads).
Custard _Soufflé_ (twice the rule), Creamy Sauce.
Frozen Pudding (the rule given).
Lemon Sherbet Cake.
Fruit.
Coffee (three pints of filtered).
Crackers and Cheese.
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Oyster Soup (two quarts).
Smelts _à la Tartare_ (three dozen).
Chicken _Vol-au-Vent_ (a large one).
Rolled Rib Roast (about twelve pounds).
Polish Sauce. Grape Jelly.
Cauliflower, with Cream Sauce.
Potato _Soufflé_.
Rice Croquettes (two dozen).
Larded Grouse with Bread Sauce (three grouse).