_Stuffed Peppers_
*_Cheese Salad_
_Toasted Crackers_
_Lemon Sherbet_
_Whipped Cream_
_Coffee_
*_Cheese Salad_--To 1 cup cooked chopped chicken, add ½ pound soft
American cheese and ½ cup pickled chopped cauliflower. Rub through
sieve, yolks of 2 hard-cooked eggs, add 1 teaspoon French mustard, 4
tablespoons melted Crisco, 3 tablespoons vinegar, red pepper, paprika,
and salt to taste. Pour this sauce over salad and garnish with whites
of eggs cut in slices and branches of pickled cauliflower.
September 1
*_Cauliflower Soup_
_Roast Beef, Brown Gravy_
_Oven-Panned Potatoes_
_Creamed Carrots_
_Celery and Green Pepper Salad_
_Coffee_
*_Cauliflower Soup_--Cut large parboiled cauliflower into thick
slices, also 2 large onions and heart of a stalk of celery. Fry these
in hot Crisco. When done to a golden color, remove them from pan to
drain. Have ready stewpan of chicken and veal stock, ready seasoned as
for table, then place in slices of cauliflower, onions, and celery,
and allow them to simmer until vegetables can be broken with 2 forks.
Add to this 1 glass of Madeira wine. Pull stewpan aside, and stir in
2 beaten yolks of eggs, and enough cream to make whole thickness of
rich cream. Let all simmer, but not boil. Send to table with small
dice-shaped pieces of toast.
September 2
_Caviare on Toast_
_Fricassee of Chicken_
_Banana Fritters_
_Boiled Potatoes_
_Creamed Onions_
_Vegetable Salad_
*_Snow Pudding with Custard_
_Coffee_
*_Snow Pudding with Custard_--Mix 2 tablespoons arrowroot
with 3 tablespoons cold milk. Boil 1 cup milk then pour it on to
mixed arrowroot, pour back into pan and boil gently for 8 minutes,
stirring all the time, then allow to cool. Stir in yolks of 2 eggs, 2
tablespoons Crisco, ¼ teaspoon salt, 3 tablespoons sugar, pour into
Criscoed pudding dish; beat whites of eggs to a stiff froth and mix
lightly in. Dust nutmeg over top and bake in moderate oven 10 minutes.
Serve quickly with custard.
September 3
*_Stewed Liver with Mushrooms_
_Baked Potatoes_
_Scalloped Egg Plant_
_Celery and Apple Salad_
_Peach Trifle_
_Sponge Cake_
_Coffee_
*_Stewed Liver with Mushrooms_--Melt 1 tablespoon Crisco and add
1½ tablespoons flour. Brown by long slow cooking. Add salt and pepper
and 2 cups water. Cook till as thick as good cream. Have 1 pound of
calf’s liver cut into 2-inch cubes. Pour boiling water over them and
drain immediately. Drop these into brown sauce and cook slowly 10 or 12
minutes. They must not cook rapidly nor too long. In the meantime peel
some mushrooms if they are fresh and require such treatment, and drop
into melted Crisco and allow to simmer. Just before taking up liver add
mushrooms.
September 4
_Noodle Soup_
_Lamb Chops_
*_Cauliflower_
_French Fried Potatoes_
_Watercress Salad_
_Plum Tart_
_Coffee_
*_Cauliflower_--Boil and drain 1 cauliflower and dredge top
with pepper and salt, sprinkle with grated cheese, and pour little
melted Crisco over it. Set in oven for 5 minutes to brown, and serve
surrounded with tomato sauce.
September 5
_Hot Boiled Tongue, Lemon Sauce_
_Boiled Potatoes_
_French Fried Parsnips_
_Cauliflower Salad_
*_Baked Quinces_
_Jam Cake_
_Coffee_
*_Jam Cake_--Cream ⅔ cup Crisco with 1 cup sugar, add 3 well
beaten eggs, ½ cup sour cream, 1 teaspoon soda, 2 cups flour, ½ glass
strawberry preserves, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ½ teaspoon each cloves,
½ teaspoon nutmeg, and ½ teaspoon salt, mix and bake in layers. Put
strawberry preserves between layers, and white icing on top.
September 6
_Planked Bluefish with Potato Border_
_Grilled Tomatoes_
*_Corn Creole_
_Pepper Salad_
_Cheese Pasties_
_Grape Juice Water Ice_
_Coffee_
*_Corn Creole_--Put 2 cans corn into saucepan with 2 tablespoons
chopped green peppers and 1 cup milk, and cook slowly 10 minutes;
season with salt and pepper, add 2 tablespoons Crisco and serve. This
may be put in baking dish, covered with breadcrumbs, and baked 15
minutes.
September 7
*_Chestnut Soup_
_Smothered Chicken_
_Parsley Potatoes_
_Peppers Stuffed with Corn_
_Pineapple Salad_
_Almond Custard_
_Coffee_
*_Chestnut Soup_--Boil 1 quart chestnuts 20 minutes, then remove
shells and brown inner skin, and put into saucepan with sufficient
boiling water to cover them. Add piece lemon rind and 1 teaspoon salt,
when soft remove rind and rub through a sieve. Then pour over them
stirring all the time, 2 quarts white stock, ½ cup cream, 1 tablespoon
Crisco rolled with 2 tablespoons flour, seasoning of salt and pepper.
Bring to boiling point, remove from fire and serve hot.
September 8
*_Planked Smelts_
_Baked Lamb Chops_
_Breaded Beets_
_Riced Potatoes_
_Avocado Pear Salad_
_Apricot Cream_
_Coffee_
*_Planked Smelts_--Crisco a plank quite generously, and place upon
it smelts that have been split, cleaned, and seasoned, and squeeze
liberal amount of lemon juice over them. Arrange in form of large
fish shape, and garnish with potato roses put on with pastry tube and
sprinkle with tiny bits of Crisco and finely chopped parsley. Place
plank in oven and cook until potatoes are slightly browned. Garnish
before taking to table with sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, dressed in
vinegar, between potato roses.
September 9
_Soft Shell Crabs on Toast_
_Broiled Steak_
_Creamed Potatoes_
*_Stuffed Onions_
_Oyster Plant Salad_
_Mint and Pineapple Sherbet_
_Jumbles_
_Coffee_
*_Stuffed Onions_--Boil 8 large onions in boiling salted water
till tender. Drain, and with sharp knife cut centers from each. Mix
together in a basin 2 tablespoons chopped cooked ham, 3 tablespoons
crumbs, 2 tablespoons Crisco, 2 tablespoons cream, 1 beaten egg, salt,
pepper, and paprika to taste, and 1 tablespoon chopped parsley. Fill
with this mixture, sprinkle each with crumbs and dot with Crisco. Place
on baking dish and bake in moderate oven 1 hour. Spanish onions are
best to use.
September 10
_Braised Ox Tails with Chestnuts_
_Boiled Sweet Potatoes_
*_Baked Stuffed Tomatoes_
_Lima Bean Salad_
_Peach Chartreuse_
_Coffee_
*_Baked Stuffed Tomatoes_--Prepare tomatoes by scooping out
centers. Put into a basin 1 cup crumbs, season with salt and pepper,
1 dozen chopped olives, 2 tablespoons chopped capers, 1 tablespoon
chopped parsley, 1 tablespoon Crisco, beaten yolks 3 eggs, and moisten
with stock. Fill tomatoes and set in hot oven to bake. Sprinkle top
with crumbs and dot with Crisco.
September 11
_Oysters au Gratin_
_Sirloin Steak, Anchovy Sauce_
_Duchesse Potatoes_
*_Buttered Beets_
_Red Cabbage and Celery Salad_
_Apricots Parisienne_
_Coffee_
*_Buttered Beets_--Boil 1 dozen small beets in plenty of water and
when tender put into cold water, slip peeling off of them, cut them
in thin slices and put in saucepan with 4 tablespoons Crisco, pinch
of salt and little pepper. Add before they are quite hot 1 tablespoon
vinegar.
September 12
_Fish Croquettes_
_Cucumber Puree_
_Broiled Duckling, Apple Sauce_
*_Fried Cauliflower_
_Potatoes_
_Olive Salad_
_Omelette Souffle_
_Coffee_
*_Fried Cauliflower_--Remove large outside leaves from cauliflower, and
cut flowers from stalk in symmetrical bunches and drop in salted ice
water for a few moments. Cook in scalded milk and water until tender,
then drain and let cool, and rub well with melted Crisco, which has
been salted and peppered. Dip into frying batter and fry in hot Crisco
until golden brown, draining upon white paper.
September 13
_Clam Cocktails_
*_Stewed Squabs_
_Grape Jelly_
_Potato Balls_
_Green Corn_
_Watermelon Frappe_
_Coffee_
*_Stewed Squabs_--Cut 2 squabs into neat joints. Put 1 cup water
in saucepan when it boils lay in squabs, 1 sliced onion, and 1 slice
of carrot, simmer for 1½ hours. Blend 2 tablespoons Crisco with 2
tablespoons flour, add 1 cup stock from squabs, salt and pepper to
taste and boil for 5 minutes stirring all the time. Arrange the squabs
on a hot dish and strain over the sauce.
September 14
_Oysters_
*_Porterhouse Steak_
_Scalloped Tomatoes_
_Lima Beans_
_Apple and Chestnut Salad_
_Pear Sponge_
_Coffee_
*_Porterhouse Steak_--Have large porterhouse steak well trimmed
and shaped, and slit with sharp knife an opening flatwise through
sirloin and tenderloin. Make forcemeat of 1 dozen olives chopped, 2
pounded anchovies, 1 chopped red pepper, salt and onion juice to taste,
and 2 tablespoons melted Crisco. With this forcemeat fill smoothly
cavities made in steak. Pinch steak together firmly at edges and set
away on ice for 1 hour or even longer. Broil them over clear fire and
serve without sauce.
September 15
_Pea Soup_
*_Impanada_
_Celery Mayonnaise_
_Apple Trifle_
_Coffee_
*_Impanada_--Cut up raw chicken, and flour each piece well. Line
deep dish with slices raw sweet potato, slices raw white potato,
some of chicken, little onion, few slices of bacon, salt and pepper
to taste, and 1 can of tomatoes chopped fine, 2 tablespoons Crisco,
and 1 tablespoon vinegar. Cover top of dish with sweet and white
potatoes. Bake very slowly from 2 to 3 hours. Serve hot. This takes 3
medium-sized sweet potatoes and 6 medium-sized white potatoes.
September 16
*_Baked Ham_
_Baked Potatoes_
_Brussels Sprouts_
_Spiced Grapes_
_Apple Salad_
_Ice Cream with Kisses_
_Coffee_
*_Baked Ham_--Soak ham over night then wash and scrape it. Put it
into cold water; let it come to boiling point then simmer for 2 hours.
Let the ham cool in the water; then remove and draw off the skin.
Bake in moderate oven for 2 hours; baste it frequently; using 1 cup
of sherry wine, 2 spoonfuls at a time; then baste with melted Crisco.
When done, cover with a paste made of browned flour and browned sugar
moistened with sherry, and return to oven to brown.
September 17
*_Oyster Bisque_
_Broiled Lamb Chops_
_Griddled Sweet Potatoes_
_Bean Croquettes, Tomato Sauce_
_Cauliflower Salad_
_Cocoanut Custard_
_Coffee_
*_Oyster Bisque_--Boil 1 quart oysters in their own liquor with
about 1 pint mildly-flavored white stock. Let boil for ½ an hour or
even longer. Take up and strain, put back to boil, season with salt and
white pepper as needed, add 1 quart rich milk and ½ a pint of cream.
Blend together 1 tablespoon potato flour with 1 tablespoon melted
Crisco, and with this thicken soup till it is smooth and velvety.
September 18
_Hamburg Loaf, Tomato Sauce_
_Maitre d’Hotel Potatoes_
_Beet and String Bean Salad_
_Cheese Creams_
*_Chocolate Pudding with Macaroons_
_Coffee_
*_Chocolate Pudding with Macaroons_--Put 3 cups milk to boil. Have
5 tablespoons grated chocolate in pan with ½ cup boiling water and 4
tablespoons sugar. When chocolate paste is smooth pour in milk. Mix 4
tablespoons cornstarch with 1 cup milk, add 1 teaspoon Crisco, and ¼
teaspoon salt, and with this thicken boiling milk. Add 1 cup macaroon
crumbs and beaten whites of 2 eggs. Pour into wet mold and set on ice 1
hour.
September 19
_Vegetable Soup_
_Roast Spare Ribs, Apple Sauce_
*_Sweet Potatoes, Southern Style_
_Orange Custard_
_Coffee_
*_Sweet Potatoes, Southern Style_--Bake sweet potatoes until
thoroughly done. Remove from oven and cut in halves lengthwise;
remove potato from skins carefully, so as to keep skins in condition
to refill. Mash potato, adding sufficient melted Crisco and cream to
moisten. The potato mixture should be of the consistency of mashed
potato when put back in shells. Season with salt, pepper, and a very
little sherry. Refill skins, brush tops with Crisco and brown 5 minutes
in hot oven.
September 20
_Broiled Striped Bass_
_Porterhouse Steak with Olives_
_Baked Creamed Potatoes_
*_Asparagus, Italian Style_
_String Bean Salad_
_Pineapple Fluff_
_Coffee_
*_Asparagus, Italian Style_--Cut tender parts of 2 bunches of
asparagus into short lengths and set to boil till quite tender. Take
up, drain, and put into saucepan with 3 tablespoons melted Crisco,
few drops lemon juice, sprinkling of red pepper and salt. Let get
thoroughly hot, take up, and serve on slices of fried bread.
September 21
_Fried Cod Steaks_
_Sweet Potatoes_
_Boiled Onions_
_Cucumber Salad_
_Walnut Pudding_
*_Feather Cake_
_Coffee_
*_Feather Cake_--Cream ½ cup Crisco with ½ cup sugar, and ½
teaspoon salt, and 2 eggs beaten with ½ cup sugar, 1 teaspoon lemon
extract, 1 cup milk, 2½ cups flour, and 2½ teaspoons baking powder.
Beat 2 minutes and turn into Criscoed and floured cake tin. Bake in
moderate oven for ¾ of an hour.
September 22
_Cream of Barley Soup_
*_Shepherd’s Pie_
_Broiled Tomatoes_
_Cucumber Salad with Red Peppers_
_Wine Jelly_
_Coffee_
*_Shepherd’s Pie_--Chop 1 pound cooked meat, mix in 2 tablespoons
breadcrumbs, 1 chopped onion, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, 1 cup
gravy, salt and pepper to taste, 2 tablespoons Crisco, half teaspoon
powdered herbs, and 1 tablespoon tomato catsup. Turn into fireproof
dish and cover with thick layer seasoned mashed potatoes. Brush over
with beaten egg and dot with pieces of Crisco. Bake 20 minutes.
September 23
*_Mock Duck, Rice Stuffing_
_Buttered Beets_
_Succotash_
_Lettuce Salad_
_Grape Sherbet_
_Coffee_
*_Mock Duck_--1 cup chopped celery, 2 cups breadcrumbs, 2 cups
chopped black walnut meats, 2 cups boiled rice, 6 hard-cooked eggs, 3
raw eggs, 1 tablespoon grated onion, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 saltspoon
pepper, and 2 tablespoons Crisco.
Cook crumbs with 1 pint water for 5 minutes; add celery, hard-cooked
eggs, chopped; remove from fire, add Crisco, nuts, rice and
seasonings. Mix well with raw eggs, slightly beaten. Form into shape of
duck, brush over with melted Crisco and bake 1 hour. Serve with apple
sauce.
September 24
_Macaroni Soup_
_Fried Scallops_
_Tournedos, a la Bordelaise_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Baked Tomatoes_
*_Cold Slaw_
_Queen Mab Pudding_
_Coffee_
*_Cold Slaw_--Cut 2 cabbages very fine and put it in salad bowl.
Boil 2 tablespoons vinegar. Beat up 2 eggs, add ½ cup sour cream, 2
tablespoons Crisco and add them to boiled vinegar. Stir over fire till
boding, add 1 teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper, pour over cabbage,
and it is ready to serve when very cold.
September 25
_Broiled Butterfish_
_Fried Potatoes_
_Cucumber Salad_
_Cheese Balls_
*_Bread Pudding with Cherries_
_Coffee_
*_Bread Pudding with Cherries_--Soak ½ pound bread in cold water
till soft. Press out water and beat out any lumps with fork. Add 2
tablespoons Crisco, 2 tablespoons sugar, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract,
and ¼ pound glace cherries and 1 teaspoon baking powder. Mix well, and
add 1 well-beaten egg and 3 tablespoons milk. Put into Criscoed basin
and cover with Criscoed paper, and steam for 1½ hours.
September 26
_Veal Cutlets_
_Sliced Lemon_
_Baked Cucumbers_
_Lyonnaise Potatoes_
_Red Pepper Salad_
*_Amber Pudding_
_Coffee_
*_Amber Pudding_--Peel, core, and quarter 8 apples. Put 3
tablespoons Crisco in a pan, when warm add apples, 3 tablespoons
sugar, grated rind 1 lemon, and stew slowly till soft, then rub through
a sieve. Add yolks of 3 eggs, and ½ teaspoon cinnamon. Roll out Crisco
pastry thinly, cut off a strip and press it on to the edge of a wet
pudding dish. Put apple mixture into dish and bake for 30 minutes in a
hot oven. Beat up whites of eggs with ½ teaspoon salt, to stiff froth,
add 2 teaspoons sugar and 2 drops vanilla. Heap this meringue all over
apple mixture. Dust with sugar and place here and there a glace cherry.
Replace in oven to brown slightly.
September 27
_Pot Roast of Beef, Gravy_
_Parsnips_
_Boiled Potatoes_
_Stuffed Cucumber Salad_
*_Conservative Pudding_
_Coffee_
*_Conservative Pudding_--The weight of 3 eggs in Crisco, sugar,
and flour. Beat Crisco and sugar to a cream, add flour, 1 teaspoon
baking powder, and mix slowly with eggs. Add ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
and mix all well. Ornament a Criscoed mold with raisins, pour in
mixture, steam 2 hours and serve hot with milk.
September 28
_Pea Soup_
_Boiled Tripe, Cream Sauce_
_Stewed Celery_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Beet Salad_
_Meringues with Sliced Peaches_
*_Almond Fingers_
_Coffee_
*_Almond Fingers_--2 cups flour, ½ cup Crisco, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons
sugar, and ½ teaspoon baking powder. Rub Crisco into flour, add sugar
and baking powder. Make into stiff paste with egg. Roll out and cut
into fingers. Chop 1 cup almonds and mix with ½ cup sifted sugar, and
white of 1 egg. Spread on fingers and bake quickly a light brown color.
September 29
*_Pilau of Fowl_
_Glazed Carrots_
_Potatoes an Gratin_
_Lettuce and Nasturtium Salad_
_Vanilla Eclairs_
_Coffee_
*_Pilau of Fowl_--Truss fowl for boiling, place in pan with 3
cups stock or water and simmer 30 minutes. Wash and dry 1 cup rice.
Melt 2 tablespoons Crisco and fry 1 chopped onion to golden brown in
it; remove onion to plate, add 2 extra tablespoons Crisco and fry
rice and ¼ cup blanched almonds till yellow, add onion, 2 tablespoons
seeded raisins, with salt and paprika to taste. Tie in piece of muslin
3 cloves, 6 whole white peppers, 1 bay leaf, and 1 inch cinnamon stick
and add them. Make hole in center of rice, lay fowl in it, pour in 1
cup of the stock, let simmer until fowl and rice are cooked, adding
more stock as rice swells. Turn fowl over during cooking. Serve fowl
with rice around it.
September 30
_Raw Oysters_
_Steamed Fish, Lemon Sauce_
_Potatoes_
_Stuffed Tomatoes_
_Radish and Lettuce Salad_
*_Hot Cheese Sandwiches_
_Vanilla Cream Puffs_
_Coffee_
*_Hot Cheese Sandwiches_--Melt ¼ pound cheese with 3 tablespoons
Crisco, ½ teaspoon salt, few grains red pepper, and 1 teaspoon mustard;
moisten with a little vinegar and spread between thin slices of white
bread. Cut into neat rounds.
October 1
_Veal Cutlets_
_Rice Croquettes_
_Lima Beans_
_Cabbage and Apple Salad_
*_Nut Pudding_
_Coffee_
*_Nut Pudding_--1 cup soft breadcrumbs, 2 cups scalded milk, 1
tablespoon Crisco, 1 cup chopped nuts, ½ teaspoon salt, 2 egg yolks, ¾
cup sugar, juice and grated rind of 1 lemon, 2 egg whites beaten until
stiff, and 2 squares chocolate, melted. Mix breadcrumbs, milk, Crisco,
nuts, salt, egg yolks, sugar, chocolate, juice and rind of lemon.
When well blended, cut and fold in whites of eggs; pour into Criscoed
individual molds, and bake 20 to 30 minutes. Serve hot with cream.
Vegetarian
October 2
_Tomato Bisque Crackers_
_Baked Sweet Potatoes_
_Baked Beans_
_Corn Fritters_
_Lettuce, French Dressing_
*_Orange Pie_
_Coffee_
*_Orange Pie_--Line pie tin with Crisco pastry. Beat yolks of 3
eggs with 1 cup sugar till light; add 1 tablespoon cornstarch, ⅔ cup
milk, grated rind and strained juice of 1 orange. Place in double
boiler and stir till it thickens, then pour on to crust and bake 30
minutes. Cover top with meringue made with whites of eggs and sweetened
with 3 tablespoons sugar and flavored with 1 teaspoon orange extract.
Place in oven to brown.
Vegetarian
October 3
_Cream of Lettuce Soup_
*_Vegetable Souffle_
_Baked Potatoes_
_Boiled Green Peppers_
_Stuffed Egg Salad_
_Apple Tapioca_
_Coffee_
*_Vegetable Souffle_--Blend 3 tablespoons Crisco with 2 tablespoons
flour, add 1 cup milk, stir till boiling, add ½ cup grated cheese,
yolks of 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons chopped parsley, seasoning of salt,
pepper, and red pepper, and cook till it thickens.
Remove from fire and fold in stiffly beaten whites of eggs. Put some
pieces of boiled cauliflower into Criscoed mold, then slices of
seasoned tomatoes. Pour in mixture, sprinkle on few crumbs and bake
till firm. Garnish with watercress and serve immediately.
Vegetarian
October 4
_Almond Soup_
*_Nut Loaf, Cranberry Jelly_
_Lima Beans_
_Carameled Sweet Potatoes_
_Onion Souffle_
_Butterscotch Pie_
_Orange Ice_
_Coffee_
*_Nut Loaf_--Mix together 1 tablespoon Crisco, 1 cup chopped
English walnuts and almonds, 1 cup crumbs, ½ teaspoon salt, dash
pepper, 1 large ground onion, 3 tablespoons flour, 2 well-beaten eggs
and 1 cup milk. Pour into Criscoed pudding dish and bake 30 minutes.
Vegetarian
October 5
_Baked Chestnuts_
_Galantine of Lentils_
_Escalloped Tomatoes_
_Fruit Salad_
*_Apple Charlotte_
_Coffee_
*_Apple Charlotte_--Cut bread into slices ¼ inch thick; then
into strips 1½ inches wide, and as long as the height of mold to be
used; cut 1 piece to fit top of mold, then divide it into 5 or 6
pieces. Crisco mold; dip slices of bread in melted Crisco, and arrange
them on bottom and around sides of mold, fitting closely together or
overlapping. Fill center entirely full with apple sauce made of tart
apples stewed until tender, seasoned with Crisco and sugar. A little
apricot jam can be put in center if desired; chopped almonds also may
be added. Cover top with bread, and bake in hot oven 30 minutes. The
bread should be an amber color like toast. Turn it carefully on to flat
dish. Serve with any sauce that you like.
Vegetarian
October 6
_Creole Chowder_
_Stuffed Potatoes_
_Spaghetti with Cheese_
_Lentil and Nut Salad_
*_Orange Puffs, Orange Sauce_
_Coffee_
*_Orange Puffs_--Beat ½ cup Crisco with ⅔ cup sugar, add 2
well-beaten eggs, ¾ cup milk, 2 cups flour, ½ teaspoon salt, 2
teaspoons baking powder, and 1 teaspoon orange extract. Bake in
Criscoed and floured gem pans and serve hot with orange sauce.
For sauce. Mix ½ cup sugar with 2 tablespoons cornstarch, and ¼
teaspoon salt. Add 1 cup boiling water and boil eight minutes, add
grated rinds and strained juice 2 oranges and 3 tablespoons Crisco.
October 7
_Carrot Soup_
*_Indian Dry Curry_
_Boiled Rice_
_Spinach_
_Cabbage Salad_
_Pineapple, Bavarian Cream_
_Coffee_
*_Indian Dry Curry_--2 pounds beef, 4 tablespoons Crisco, 1 onion,
2 tablespoons curry powder, 2 chopped gherkins, 1 dessertspoon chutney,
1 saltspoon salt, juice of ½ a lemon, and ½ pint thin brown sauce or
gravy.
Melt Crisco in stewpan, put in onion (sliced), and fry for a few
minutes. Then add meat, cut in small pieces, and fry all together for
about 10 minutes. Now sprinkle curry over meat, and stir contents of
saucepan over fire for another 5 minutes. The gherkins, chutney and
salt must now be added; also sauce or gravy; and stewpan must be set
over very slow fire about 1 hour; by that time meat should be quite
tender. Add lemon juice, and dish up. Serve with plainly boiled rice.
October 8
*_Fried Chicken, Swiss Style_
_Sweet Corn Croquettes_
_Broiled Tomatoes_
_Crab Salad_
_Crackers_
_Cheese_
_Coffee_
*_Fried Chicken, Swiss Style_--Cook chicken in salted water till
it is fairly tender. Take up, let get cool, and cut into neat pieces
for frying. Sprinkle these pieces with salt, pepper, and onion juice,
then moisten them well with melted Crisco. Let them stand 1 or 2 hours
to absorb flavoring of dressing, then dip in batter and drop into hot
Crisco to cook till brown. This batter make of 1 cup flour, as much
milk as is needed to have it stiff, 2 eggs, whites and yolks beaten
separately, and ½ cup brandy. This batter will be better for standing,
after it is mixed, for 1 hour.
October 9
_Roast Shoulder of Veal_
_Roasted Potatoes_
_Lima Beans_
_Pickled Plums_
_Romaine Salad_
*_Raisin Batter Pudding_
_Coffee_
*_Raisin Batter Pudding_--Beat up 3 eggs, sift in 2 cups flour
and ¼ teaspoon salt, add 1 tablespoon Crisco, 1 cup cream, and beat
for 8 minutes; then add 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1 teaspoon orange
extract. Pour into a Criscoed casserole, sprinkle over 8 tablespoons
sultana raisins, and bake in moderate oven 1 hour. Serve with maple
syrup.
October 10
*_Cream of Corn, a la Creole_
_Scalloped Fish and Oysters_
_Potato Croquettes_
_Cauliflower and Beet Salad_
_Squash Pie_
_Coffee_
*_Cream of Corn, a la Creole_--Put 1 can of corn through meat chopper,
add 1 large onion, sliced, 1 sprig of parsley, and 1 pint of water.
Cook altogether 20 minutes, being careful not to let it scorch, then
press through a fine sieve, extracting all pulp possible. Melt 2
tablespoons Crisco, add an equal amount of sifted flour, ½ teaspoon
salt, and dash of pepper. Cook to smooth paste; then add, very
gradually, 1 quart scalded milk. When thick and smooth, add corn pulp
and juice and 1 tablespoon sugar. Add salt to taste, and just before
serving add 1 cup scalded cream or very rich milk.
October 11
_Roast Veal_
_Mashed Sweet Potatoes_
_Green Beans_
_Stuffed Beet Salad_
_Cheese Crackers_
*_Dominion Apple Cake_
_Coffee_