English walnut meats, broken in pieces, ½ cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking
powder, and ½ teaspoon salt. Beat up 4 egg whites to stiff froth, then
fold in ½ cup sugar, add beaten egg yolks, ½ tablespoon melted Crisco
and date mixture. Turn into Criscoed tin and bake in moderate oven 30
minutes. Cut in squares and serve cold with whipped cream.
November 22
*_Fried Smelts, Sauce Tartare_
_Roast Chicken_
_Creamed Chestnuts_
_Canned Stringless Beans_
_Orange and Romaine Salad_
_Mint Ice Cream_
_Coffee_
*_Fried Smelts_--Clean, trim the fins, and remove gills; wipe very
dry, roll in flour, brush over with beaten egg, roll in crumbs and fry
in hot Crisco until crisp; drain on soft paper, dish on lace paper in a
heap, and garnish with fried parsley, serve with sauce tartare. Smelts
make a nice garnish for many fish dishes, the tails drawn through the
eyes, dressed as above, and fried.
November 23
_Bisque of Clams_
_Boiled Fish, Hollandaise Sauce_
_Potatoes_
_Baked Parsnips_
_Celery Salad_
*_Italian Fritters_
_Coffee_
*_Italian Fritters_--1 egg, 1 cup milk, grated rind 1 lemon, 2
tablespoons Crisco, 5 slices stale cake, ½ teaspoon powdered cinnamon,
sugar and few grains salt. Cake should be about a ¼ of an inch thick,
not less. Cut out into oval or round shapes with cutter. Beat egg, mix
with milk, lemon rind, salt, and about 1 teaspoon sugar. Lay slices of
cake in this custard until they are soft, but not crumbly; time will
depend upon how stale cake is. Heat ½ Crisco in frying pan, lift few
pieces of cake up carefully and lay them in hot Crisco. Brown 1 side,
then turn them over and brown other side also. Add some pieces of
Crisco as required. Mix cinnamon with 2 teaspoons sugar and sprinkle
some of these over each fritter. Serve with hard sauce.
November 24
_Cannelon of Beef_
_Creamed Cabbage_
_Franconia Potatoes_
_Cranberry Salad_
_Cheese Wafers_
*_Baba with Syrup_
_Coffee_
*_Baba with Syrup_--Sift 3 cups flour and ½ teaspoon salt into a
basin, add 1 yeast cake dissolved in ½ cup lukewarm milk; make well
in center of flour, pour in 5 beaten eggs, mix with the hand for 5
minutes. Put it into Criscoed basin, spread over with ½ cup Crisco,
cover and put in warm place until it has risen to twice its original
size. Knead until elastic, add 1 tablespoon sugar, 2 tablespoons
currants, 2 tablespoons sultana raisins, knead again. Turn into large
Criscoed mold. It should not be more than half full. Allow to rise to
top of tin, then bake in moderate oven for 30 minutes. Turn out and
pour syrup over it. To make syrup, boil two cups of water with ¼ cup
sugar for 10 minutes, then add 2 tablespoons apricot jam and boil 5
minutes. Strain, add 1 wineglass rum and bring to boiling point.
November 25
_Quick Beef Soup_
_Panned Chicken, Brown Sauce_
_Curried Rice_
_Creamed Carrots_
_Tomato Salad_
*_Baked Macaroni Pudding_
_Coffee_
*_Baked Macaroni Pudding_--1 pint milk, 4 long sticks macaroni,
1 egg, 2 tablespoons sugar, nutmeg, 1 tablespoon Crisco, and salt to
taste.
Break macaroni into ½ inch lengths. Boil milk, shake in macaroni and
salt and boil it very slowly for ½ an hour, or until quite tender, and
keep it well stirred during cooking. Thickly Crisco a pudding dish and
beat up egg. Add sugar and Crisco to macaroni, let it cool a little,
then pour in egg and mix it well. Grate little nutmeg on top and bake
pudding very slowly until top is delicately browned.
November 26
_Pea Soup_
_Boiled Tongue, Raisin Sauce_
_Rice Balls_
_Stewed Celery_
_Tomato and Cress Salad_
*_Graham Pudding_
_Coffee_
*_Graham Pudding_--Mix 2 cups graham flour, ½ teaspoon salt, 2
tablespoons Crisco, 1 teaspoon each cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and
nutmeg, 1 cup currants, 1 cup molasses, 1 egg well beaten, 1 cup milk,
2 teaspoons soda dissolved in 1 tablespoon hot water. Pour in Criscoed
mold, cover with Criscoed paper and steam 3 hours. Turn out and serve
with milk.
November 27
_Steak en Casserole_
_Sweet Potato Croquettes_
_Boiled Cauliflower_
_Pear and Grape Salad_
_Cheese Fritters_
*_Pineapple Souffle_
_Coffee_
*_Pineapple Souffle_--Cream 1½ tablespoons each Crisco and flour,
add 1 cup canned grated pineapple and juice. Cook 5 minutes, remove
from fire, add little salt, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and 3 beaten egg
yolks. Bake in Criscoed dish 20 minutes. Serve with following sauce:
Cook 2 tablespoons creamed Crisco in double boiler, add 2 yolks of egg,
1 at a time, beat, and add 4 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons orange
juice, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, and ½ cup whipped cream. Serve hot.
November 28
_Mock Bisque Soup_
_Mutton Haricot_
_String Beans_
_Fried Parsnips_
_Lettuce and Pepper Salad_
*_Apples with Red Currant Jelly_
_Coffee_
*_Apples with Red Currant Jelly_--6 cooking apples, 4 tablespoons
flour, 1 egg, cake crumbs, apricot jam, 6 glace cherries, red currant
jelly, Crisco and syrup. Choose apples as much as possible same size,
peel and core them carefully, so as not to break them. Put 1 cup syrup
into stewpan or baking tin, put in apples and cook over fire or in
oven until nearly done. Baste them occasionally with syrup. Let them
get cold, then roll them in flour, brush over with beaten egg, toss
in sifted cake crumbs, and fry in hot Crisco a golden brown. Drain on
piece of paper, fill centers with apricot jam, cut out some rounds of
red currant jelly, place 1 on top.
November 29
_Mock Bisque Soup_
_Mutton Haricot_
_String Beans_
_Fried Parsnips_
_Lettuce and Pepper Salad_
*_Apples with Red Currant Jelly_
_Coffee_
*_Apples with Red Currant Jelly_--6 cooking apples, 4 tablespoons
flour, 1 egg, cakecrumbs, apricot jam, 6 glace cherries, red currant
jelly, Crisco and syrup. Choose apples as much as possible same size,
peel and core them carefully, so as not to break them. Put 1 cup syrup
into stewpan or baking tin, put in apples and cook over fire or in
oven until nearly done. Baste them occasionally with syrup. Let them
get cold, then roll them in flour, brush over with beaten egg, toss in
sifted cakecrumbs, and fry in hot Crisco a golden brown. Drain on piece
of paper, fill centers with apricot jam, cut out some rounds of red
currant jelly, place 1 on top of each apple and a glace cherry on that.
Dish up and serve hot or cold. An apricot syrup should be sent to table
separately with apples.
November 30
_Smoked Salmon Toast_
*_Spiced Venison_
_Black Currant Jelly_
_Creamed Turnips_
_Grilled Sweet Potatoes_
_Escarole Salad, Cheese Dressing_
_Peach Gateau_
_Coffee_
*_Spiced Venison_--Rub a piece of venison with salt, pepper,
vinegar, cloves, and allspice; then put into baking pan. Pour over
1 cup melted Crisco, add 2 sliced onions, sprig of thyme, 3 sprigs
parsley, juice 1 lemon, and ½ pint hot water. Cover and bake in hot
oven till tender. Sprinkle with flour, add 1 glassful of sherry wine
and allow to brown.
December 1
_Oyster Bouillon_
*_Baked Beefsteak_
_Fried Beets_
_Baked Potatoes_
_Grapefruit and Endive Salad_
_Nougat Ice Cream_
_Coffee_
*_Baked Beefsteak_--Cut 2 pounds of sirloin, ½ inch thick. Mix 1
cup breadcrumbs, 1 tablespoon Crisco, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley,
½ tablespoon chopped onion, ½ teaspoon each of salt, pepper, and red
pepper, ½ teaspoon kitchen bouquet, and moisten with stock. Spread this
over steak and roll it up, fastening with skewers or tying, and put on
rack in roasting pan. Add ½ cup stock, and bake ½ hour, basting often.
Place on hot platter, and pour around it sauce made from 2 tablespoons
Crisco and 3 tablespoons flour blended together, with salt and pepper
to taste, and 1½ cups beef stock cooked until boiling, then strained
and added to 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce.
December 2
_Baked Pork Spareribs_
_Turnips_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Celery and Cranberry Salad_
*_Squash Pie_
_Coffee_
*_Squash Pie_--2 cups stewed squash, 1 tablespoon melted Crisco,
½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, ⅔ cup sugar; 1 teaspoon ginger,
2 eggs, and 2 cups milk. Beat eggs until light. Place squash in quart
measure, add sugar, Crisco, salt, spice, and then beaten eggs. Stir
well and add sufficient milk to make 1 quart of whole mass. Turn into
pie tin lined with Crisco pastry and bake slowly for 45 minutes. When
done a silver knife when inserted will come out from it clear. Squash
pie will become watery if allowed to boil.
December 3
_Brown Fricassee of Chicken, Cranberry_
_Jelly_
_Sweet Potatoes_
_Boiled Onions_
_Orange and Pineapple Salad_
*_Farina Pudding_
_Coffee_
*_Farina Pudding_--Stir into 3 cups boiling milk 1 cup farina, and
cook 10 minutes. Rub together 1 tablespoon Crisco and 2 tablespoons
sugar; add yolks of 3 eggs, grated rind of 1 lemon and 25 chopped
blanched almonds. Stir this mixture into farina after it is little
cooled; lastly add whites of 3 eggs beaten to stiff froth. Steam this
pudding in covered mold for 1½ hours. Serve with any sweet pudding
sauce.
December 4
_Clear Soup with Rice_
_Corn_
_Peas_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Cold Slaw_
_Plum Pudding, Hard Sauce_
*_Individual Mince Pies_
_Cheese Wafers_
_Coffee_
*_Individual Mince Pies_--Roll out Crisco paste ⅛ inch thick,
stamp into rounds and line gem pans, place in each 2 teaspoons of mince
meat; roll out more pastry rather thicker than first, stamp into rounds
size of top of pans, wet edges and cover pies, brush over with beaten
egg, sprinkle with sugar, and bake 20 minutes in hot oven.
For mince meat, put into jar 1 pound chopped apples, 1 pound sultana
raisins, ¼ pound chopped figs, ½ pound currants, grated rind, strained
juice 3 lemons, 1 cup Crisco, 1 teaspoon salt, ½ pound chopped almonds,
grated rind, strained juice 3 oranges, 2 grated nutmegs, ½ cup sherry,
1 cup brandy, 1 ounce mixed spice, ½ pound each chopped candied orange
and lemon peel, and 2 cups brown sugar. Mix well and keep in well
sealed jar.
December 5
*_Steamed Clams_
_Roast Ribs of Beef, Currant Jelly_
_Rice Croquettes_
_Stewed Tomatoes_
_Apple and Celery Salad_
_Mince Pie_
_Coffee_
*_Steamed Clams_--Wash and scrub clam shells; place in kettle;
add water, allowing ½ cup water for each peck of clams. Cover kettle
and cook until shells open. Serve hot with the following sauce: 3
tablespoons Crisco, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, 4 tablespoons chopped
parsley, salt, pepper, and red pepper to taste.
Cream Crisco and add remaining ingredients. Kettle should be removed
from range as soon as shells open, otherwise clams will be overcooked.
December 6
_Caviar Canapes_
_Roast Duck_
*_Apple Sauce_
_Canned Beans_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Tomato Jelly Salad_
_Apple Dumplings_
_Raisins_
_Nuts_
_Coffee_
*_Apple Sauce_--1 pound apples, 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons
Crisco, ½ cup water, and strained juice of ½ lemon. Peel, core, and
slice apples, put them into saucepan with sugar, Crisco, water, lemon
juice, and cook them until tender. Serve with roast duck.
December 7
_Stewed Chicken, Cream Dressing_
*_Baked Sweet Potatoes_
_Creamed Carrots_
_Onion Salad_
_Indian Pudding_
_Bon Bons_
_Coffee_
*_Baked Sweet Potatoes_--Peel boiled sweet potatoes and cut in
slices crosswise. To 2 cups of slices allow 3 tablespoons Crisco, and 2
tablespoons each of sugar and vinegar. Have Crisco hot, lay potatoes in
it, sprinkle sugar over top, and pour vinegar over lightly. Bake until
a golden brown.
December 8
_Lamb Chops_
_Creamed Potatoes_
_Lima Beans_
_Carrot Salad_
_Pineapple Ice Cream_
_Candy_
*_Cocoanut Layer Cake_
_Coffee_
*_Cocoanut Layer Cake_--Beat ¼ cup Crisco with 1 cup sugar till
creamy, add 2 well beaten eggs, ¼ teaspoon salt, 2½ cups flour sifted
with 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 cup water and ½ teaspoon almond
extract, mix and divide into Criscoed and floured layer tins. Bake 20
minutes in moderate oven. Use boiled frosting and shredded cocoanut for
filling.
December 9
_Oysters_
*_Chicken Hot Pot_
_Celery Salad_
_Dried Apricot Shortcake_
_Coffee_
*_Chicken Hot Pot_--Prepare large chicken. Cut into as small
pieces as joints allow. Do not remove meats from bones. Boil chicken
until nearly tender and keep broth left in kettle when you remove
chicken from it. Cut 1 pound of lean, raw ham into small squares.
Wash and peel and parboil 8 large potatoes and slice them. Slice 3
medium-sized onions. Put into deep baking dish layer of chicken, layer
of ham, layer of potatoes, and layer of onions. Repeat until all are
used up; when arranging these layers strew tiny bits of Crisco over
them. Pour chicken broth over layers, well seasoned with salt and
pepper. Add enough water to almost fill pot. Cover pot, and bake for 1½
hours. Be sure plenty of water is in pot while baking is in progress.
When cooked put baked chicken and vegetables in large tureen. Garnish
edges with parsley. Sprinkle parsley and sliced cooked carrots over
top. Serve with small slice of toast on each plate.
December 10
_Cream of Celery Soup_
_Broiled Oysters, a la Francaise_
_Bean Salad_
_Cheese Straws_
*_Fig and Apple Cobbler_
_Coffee_
*_Fig and Apple Cobbler_--Nearly fill Criscoed baking dish with
equal amounts of sliced apples and chopped figs, arranging them in
layers; add 1 cup water, strained juice 1 lemon and cover with Crisco
biscuit dough about 1 inch thick. Place on range, cover tightly with
a pan and simmer 30 minutes. Lift cover carefully, make an opening in
middle of crust, and pour in another ½ cup water, 2 tablespoons Crisco,
and 1 cup scraped maple sugar. Sprinkle a little maple sugar over top
of pudding before serving it.
December 11
_Roast Pork, Apple Sauce_
_Franconia Potatoes_
_Creamed Onions_
_Endive and Grape Salad_
*_Lemon and Apple Tart_
_Coffee_
*_Lemon and Apple Tart_--Line a large pie plate with Crisco
pastry. Mix together 2 cups grated apple, grated rind and juice of 1
lemon, 1½ cups sugar, 2 eggs, beaten without separating whites and
yolks, 2 tablespoons melted Crisco, ½ teaspoon salt and 1 cup thin
cream. Turn into plate lined with pastry, wet edge, and put strips of
pastry over top of filling. Finish with strip of pastry on edge. Let
bake until firm in center.
December 12
_Baked Codfish_
_Piquant Beets_
_Baked Potatoes_
_Lettuce and Cheese Salad_
*_Bread Pudding_
_Coffee_
*_Bread Pudding_--4 cups bread cut in dice, 3 tablespoons
sultanas, 2 tablespoons chopped candied peel, 3 tablespoons sugar, 1
tablespoon Crisco, rind of 1 lemon, 2 eggs, ½ tablespoon lemon juice,
1 cup milk, and 4 lumps of sugar. Put lump sugar in dry saucepan and
heat until it turns dark brown. Add milk and stir it over fire until
sugar dissolves. Mix bread, cleaned sultanas, chopped peel, sugar,
Crisco, grated lemon rind, and colored milk. Beat up eggs and add them
with lemon juice. Let mixture stand for ½ an hour, or longer, if bread
is stale. Have ready Criscoed mold, put in mixture, cover top with
piece of Criscoed paper, and steam it for 2 hours. Turn carefully on to
hot dish and serve with it any good sweet sauce.
December 13
_Chestnut Soup_
_Pork Chops, Apple Sauce_
_Potatoes_
_Steamed Squash_
_Lettuce and Pepper Salad_
*_Raisin Roly Poly_
_Coffee_
*_Raisin Roly Poly_--2 cups flour, 2 cups breadcrumbs, ¾ cup
Crisco, ½ cup brown sugar, ¼ pound stoned raisins, ¼ tablespoon salt,
and cold water. Rub Crisco well into flour, breadcrumbs, sugar, salt,
and add raisins stoned and halved. Add enough water to mix whole into
soft paste. Roll into neat shape. Roll up in floured and scalded
pudding cloth, tying ends securely. Put in pan of fast boiling water,
and let boil steadily for 3 hours. Take off cloth, and serve pudding on
hot dish.
December 14
_Corn Chowder_
_Bread Sticks_
_Chicken and Chestnut Salad_
_Stuffed Celery_
*_Raisin Puffs, Vanilla Sauce_
_Coffee_
*_Raisin Puffs_--Beat 2 tablespoons Crisco with ½ cup sugar till
creamy, add 1 beaten egg, ¼ teaspoon salt, ½ cup milk, 1⅓ cups flour
sifted with 2 teaspoons baking powder, ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg, and 1
cup chopped raisins. Crisco baking cups and fill half full with mixture
and steam for 1 hour.
December 15
_Boiled Ham_
_Fried Potatoes_
_Asparagus on Toast_
_Bar-Le-Duc and Cheese Sandwiches_
*_Cocoanut Pie_
_Coffee_
*_Cocoanut Pie_--1 cup chopped cocoanut, 3 eggs, 1 cup cream,
1 cup milk, 2 tablespoons cornstarch, 4 tablespoons cold water, 2
tablespoons Crisco, 6 tablespoons sugar, and some Crisco pastry. Line 2
pie plates with Crisco pastry. Put milk and cream into saucepan, bring
to boiling point, add cornstarch mixed with water. Remove saucepan from
fire, stir in Crisco. Let stand until perfectly cold. Beat up yolks of
eggs and sugar together, then add cocoanut to them. Add this mixture
to milk with stiffly beaten whites of eggs. Divide into prepared pie
plates and bake in moderate oven for 30 minutes. Serve hot.
December 16
_Baked Fish Pudding_
_Galantine of Veal_
*_Pea Croquettes, Tomato Sauce_
_Cream Cheese Salad_
_Chocolate Meringues_
_Coffee_
*_Pea Croquettes_--Boil 1 cup dried peas that have been soaked
over night, till tender, strain and press through sieve. Fry 1 chopped
onion in 1 tablespoon Crisco, add to peas, with 1 tablespoon melted
Crisco, 2 tablespoons flour, salt and pepper to taste, 2 beaten eggs,
and breadcrumbs to make stiff enough to form into croquettes. Brush
over with beaten egg, toss in breadcrumbs, and fry golden brown in hot
Crisco. Serve hot with tomato sauce.
December 17
_Farina Soup_
_Salmon Loaf_
_Glazed Potatoes_
_Stewed Carrots_
_Cabbage Salad_
*_Pear Croquettes_
_Coffee_
*_Pear Croquettes_--6 halves canned pears, ½ cup rice, 2
tablespoons sugar, 2 cups milk, 1 lemon, 1 egg, lady fingers and
angelica. Put milk and sugar in saucepan, bring to boil, and then add
rice and grated rind of 1 lemon. Stir this over fire until rice is
tender and milk absorbed, then turn it on to plate, and put aside to
cool. Stand pears on hair sieve until syrup has drained away, then
stuff hollow side with boiled rice, shaping it to a dome, so that they
look like whole pears. Beat egg on plate, crush lady fingers, and rub
them through wire sieve. Dip stuffed pears in egg, and toss in lady
finger crumbs. Have ready pan of hot Crisco, fry croquettes in it until
a golden brown. Take them up, and drain on paper. Insert small piece of
angelica in end of each to represent pear-stalk. Dish up and serve hot.
December 18
_Fillets of Flounder_
_Tournedos of Beef_
*_Tomato Croquettes_
_Celery Mayonnaise_
_Orange Tartlets_
_Coffee_
*_Tomato Croquettes_--Cook 1 quart tomatoes until reduced to
2 cups. Add to them 2 cups crumbs, 3 tablespoons melted Crisco, ½
teaspoon salt, dust sugar, ¼ teaspoon pepper, pinch red pepper, and
dust of nutmeg. Set away to cool. Shape into croquettes, roll in flour,
brush over with beaten egg, toss in crumbs and fry in hot Crisco.
December 19
*_Soup Bonne Femme_
_Broiled Lamb Steak with Virginia Ham_
_Stuffed Egg Plant_
_Frontenac Salad_
_Apple Tart_
_Coffee_
*_Soup Bonne Femme_--Wash, dry, and cut up 2 large heads of
lettuce, 1 pound sorrel, and 1 pound spinach. Add 3 pints white stock,
and simmer, with ½ cup Crisco, 2 carrots, and 2 onions, for 1 hour.
Blend together 2 tablespoons Crisco, 4 tablespoons flour, and yolks of
2 eggs, thin with 1 cup of boiling milk, and add to broth. Season with
salt and pepper, press through sieve, and serve with croutons.
December 20
_Lentil Soup_
_Roast Loin of Pork, Apple Sauce_
_Potato Balls_
_Artichokes_
_Celery and Pineapple Salad_
*_Sultana Pudding_
_Coffee_
*_Sultana Pudding_--Line shallow dish with plain pastry, put in
bottom layer of sultana raisins. Beat ½ cup Crisco to a cream with
4 tablespoons sugar, add 2 well beaten eggs, 2 tablespoons milk, ½
teaspoon lemon extract, ¼ teaspoon salt, and ½ cup flour. Mix and
spread on top of raisins and bake 30 minutes in moderate oven. Serve
cold.
December 21
*_Scallops_
_Broiled Squab Chickens_
_Braised Endive_
_Potatoes Anna_
_Chiffonade Salad_
_Apricot Custard_
_Coffee_
*_Scallops_--For 1 pint of scallops take 2 tablespoons Crisco.
Melt in frying pan, add scallops and 2 minced onions and 1 tablespoon
flour with 1 pint liquor from scallops. Cook thoroughly, seasoning with
salt and bit of paprika, then add ½ cup breadcrumbs and yolks of 4
eggs. Fill small shells with mixture and bake in quick oven, adding, if
liked, little grated cheese.
December 22
_Petite Marmite_
_Goulash of Veal_
_Saute Potatoes_
_Cauliflower_
_Orange Salad_
*_Cornstarch Souffle_
_Coffee_
*_Cornstarch Souffle_--Bring 1 quart milk and 1 tablespoon Crisco
to boiling point; beat 4 tablespoons cornstarch with 1 cup sugar, yolks
of 5 eggs together and add to hot milk. Stir and cook 8 minutes, then
add ¼ teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Pour into Criscoed
fireproof dish. Beat up whites of eggs to stiff froth, then beat in 4
tablespoons sugar, pour over top of pudding and brown lightly in oven.
December 23
*_Baked Tripe_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Stuffed Onions_
_Baked Bean Salad_
_Cheese Balls_
_Stewed Figs, Whipped Cream_
_Coffee_
*_Baked Tripe_--Cut tripe into good-sized pieces and spread over
them the following stuffing: Mix together 4 tablespoons crumbs, 3
tablespoons Crisco, ½ teaspoon salt, dust powdered mace, 1 tablespoon
chopped cooked ham, 1 chopped onion, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, ¼
teaspoon pepper, dust paprika, and 1 well beaten egg. Roll them up and
fasten with wooden toothpicks.
Dredge with flour and spread on each 1 tablespoon Crisco. Bake in hot
oven 30 minutes, basting frequently with melted Crisco and hot water.
Garnish with lemon slices and pass melted butter.
Vegetarian
December 24
_Cream of Tomato Soup_
_Cheese Souffle_
_Graham Rolls_
_Lettuce, French Dressing_
*_Eve’s Pudding_
_Springerle_
_Coffee_
*_Eve’s Pudding_--Mix together in a basin, 1 cup seeded raisins,
3 tablespoons Crisco, ½ teaspoon salt, 2 cups crumbs, 1 cup currants,
8 chopped apples, 1 teaspoon each, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, ¼
cup milk, and 4 well beaten eggs. Pour into Criscoed mold, cover with
greased paper and steam 2 hours. Serve with hot milk.
Christmas Dinner
December 25
_Oysters_
_Mangoes_
_Celery_
_Stuffed Olives_
_Tomato Soup_
_Roast Turkey, Cranberry Jelly_
_Roast Sweet Potatoes_
_Mashed Turnips_
_Brussels Sprouts_
_Orange and Celery Salad_
_Vanilla Blanc-mange_
*_English Plum Pudding_
_Fruit_
_Coffee_
*_English Plum Pudding_--1 cupful breadcrumbs, 1 cupful flour, 1
cupful brown sugar, ½ cupful Crisco, 1 teaspoonful salt, 2 teaspoonfuls
baking powder, 1 teaspoonful mixed spices, 3 eggs, 1 cupful milk, ½
cupful seeded raisins, ½ cupful chopped candied citron peel, 1 cupful
currants, ½ cupful chopped preserved ginger, ¼ cupful brandy, ½ cupful
chopped English walnut meats. Mix flour with breadcrumbs, add Crisco,
sugar, salt, baking powder, spices, nuts, fruit, milk, eggs well
beaten, and brandy. Pour into Criscoed mold, cover with greased paper
and steam steadily for four hours. Turn out and serve with liquid or
hard sauce. The brandy may be omitted.
December 26
_Stuffed Veal Heart, Tomato Sauce_
_Baked Sweet Potatoes_
_Mashed Turnips_
_Lettuce, Apple and Date Salad_
_Cream Cheese on Toasted Crackers_
*_Baked Apples with Custard_
_Coffee_
*_Baked Apples_--Core and peel 8 apples; fill centers with ¼ cup
Crisco creamed with ½ cup brown sugar, add 4 tablespoons chopped citron
peel, and 1 tablespoon lemon juice mixed together. Mix 2 tablespoons
sugar with ½ cup water and brush over apples; sprinkle with crumbs
browned in hot Crisco; bake for 20 minutes in moderate oven. Serve cold
with custard.
December 27
*_Terrapin, a la Maryland_
_Saratoga Chips_
_Roasted Capon, Oyster Sauce_
_Sweet Potatoes_
_Stewed Celery_
_Apple and Cabbage Salad_
_Hamburg Cream_
_Coffee_
*_Terrapin, a la Maryland_--Put terrapin in kettle, cover with
boiling salted water, add 2 slices each carrot and onion, and 1 stalk
celery. Cook till meat is tender. Remove from water, cool, draw out
nails from feet, cut under shell close to upper shell and remove. Empty
upper shell, remove and discard gall bladder, sand bags and thick
intestines.
Liver, small intestines are used with meat. Add terrapin meat to ¾ cup
white stock, 2 tablespoons wine; cook slowly until liquor is reduced
half. Add liver separated in pieces, 2 yolks of eggs, 1 tablespoon
Crisco, salt, pepper, and red pepper to taste, 1 tablespoon flour mixed
with ½ cup cream, and 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Make hot and just before
serving add 1 tablespoon sherry wine. Turn into hot dish and garnish
with toast points.
December 28