Chapter M: Meats (9)

*_Cheese Drops_--Add to 3½ tablespoons flour, 2 tablespoons melted Crisco, and blend together until smooth. Remove from fire, add 4 tablespoons grated cheese, ¼ teaspoon salt, and a dash of red pepper. Fold in stiffly beaten whites of 3 eggs, and drop from end of spoon on a Criscoed baking sheet about 1 inch apart, and bake from 12 to 14 minutes in a moderate oven. Serve hot in folded napkin with salad course.

July 7

_Beef Broth with Vermicelli_
*_Baked Bluefish_
_Cucumbers, French Dressing_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Buttered Bermuda Onions_
_Heavenly Hash_
_Coffee_

*_Baked Bluefish_--Select nice large bluefish, clean, and prepare it for baking. Wash it in salted water, and after drying it thoroughly, stuff with bread stuffing, and sew up opening and rub fish all over with salt. Then, having put small pieces of Crisco over, place in pan with enough water to cover bottom, and bake in hot oven 45 or 50 minutes. After it begins to bake, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Baste it often with liquid in pan and a little melted Crisco. When it is cooked and a nice color, remove carefully to hot plate. Do not break it. Serve with brown sauce poured round fish as garnish, or serve it in a separate dish.

July 8

_Iced Bouillon_
_Broiled Chicken_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_New Peas_
_Tomato Mayonnaise_
*_Red Raspberry Shortcake, Hot Marshmallow Sauce_
_Coffee_

*_Red Raspberry Shortcake_--4 cups sifted flour, 3 tablespoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons Crisco, milk, and 2 quarts red raspberries. Sift baking powder and salt with flour, rub in Crisco; then with fork stir in lightly and quickly sufficient milk to make soft dough--too soft to roll. Turn it into Criscoed tin, and bake in hot oven 30 minutes. Unmold, and leaving it inverted, cut circle around top within 1 inch of edge; lift off circle of crust, and with fork pick out crumb from center, leaving about ¾ of an inch of biscuit around sides. Spread inside cake with butter, fill with crushed raspberries, which have been standing ½ hour or more mixed with enough sugar to sweeten them. Turn off juice from berries before filling cake. Replace circle of crust, and serve with following sauce: ½ pound marshmallows, ½ cup confectioners’ sugar, and ½ cup boiling water. Cut marshmallows in pieces and melt in double boiler. Dissolve sugar in boiling water, add to marshmallows, and stir until blended. Serve hot with shortcake.

July 9

_Sardines and Lemon_
_Olives_
_Radishes_
_Cold Roast of Lamb, Mint Sauce_
_Creamed Potatoes_
_Peas_
_Endive and Cheese Salad_
*_Cherry Souffle_
_Iced Tea_

*_Cherry Souffle_--4 tablespoons flour, 2 tablespoons Crisco, ½ cup milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 3 whole eggs and 1 additional white, 4 tablespoons sugar, and 4 tablespoons chopped preserved cherries.

Put Crisco and flour in saucepan, mix over fire, add milk, stir till it boils and becomes thick; remove from fire to cool 10 minutes, add sugar, yolks eggs, 1 by 1 stirring each thoroughly, whites stiffly beaten up, then add chopped cherries. Pour all into Criscoed souffle mold. Put into saucepan with ½ an inch of boiling water. Put lid on saucepan and steam gently ¾ hour. Turn out, send to table with jam sauce round.

July 10

_Clam Broth_
*_Chicken Croquettes_
_Peas_
_Buttered Rolls_
_Mayonnaise of Lettuce and Tomatoes_
_Tutti Frutti Ice Cream_
_Macaroons_
_Coffee_

*_Chicken Croquettes_--2 cups cooked chicken, ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon celery salt, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, ½ teaspoon onion juice, and 1 cup white sauce.

Mix ingredients in order given. Cool mixture, shape, crumb and fry in hot Crisco. The white sauce is made as follows: 2 tablespoons Crisco, 4 tablespoons flour, 1 cup milk (heated), salt and pepper to taste. Melt Crisco, add flour, then add milk gradually. Cook over fire until smooth and thick. Add seasoning.

July 11

_Roast Beef_
_Yorkshire Pudding_
_Potato Croquettes_
_String Beans_
_Lettuce, French Dressing_
*_Fruit Pancakes_
_Coffee_

*_Fruit Pancakes_--2 cups flour, 2 cups milk, 2 tablespoons Crisco, 2 eggs, nutmeg and salt to taste. Put flour into basin with salt, grated nutmeg, eggs, pour milk in by degrees, stirring smoothly; beat it well in order to let the air in, and then let it stand for ½ an hour. This allows starch grains in flour to swell, and so batter is lighter. When ready to fry, warm Crisco and pour in, stirring at same time. Make some Crisco hot in a small saucepan, ladle some into a frying pan, when very hot, pour back into saucepan, but do not drain it, then ladle sufficient batter in to cover the bottom of pan, shake it gently over rather a sharp fire, and, when nicely browned, toss it over and brown other side, turn on to a wire or sieve, sprinkle with sugar and ripe blackberries. Roll it up, and keep it warm while finishing remainder of batter. Dish them up on platter, each row crossways to prevent under ones from becoming sodden. Sprinkle sugar over top and serve.

July 12

_Cottage Pie_
_New Stringless Beans_
_Olive Salad_
_Cheese Beignets_
*_Apricot Pudding_
_Iced Coffee_

*_Apricot Pudding_--Put 1 pint milk into saucepan, add two tablespoons Crisco, and bring to boiling point. Mix ½ cup cornstarch with ½ cup milk and stir slowly into boiling milk, add ½ teaspoon salt. Heat 1 cup apricot jam, and strain off juice. Stir the pieces of apricot into cornstarch and cook for 5 minutes. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon chopped pistachio nuts into wet mold and pour in hot mixture. Turn out when cold and surround with apricot juice.

July 13

_Cream of Peanut Soup_
*_Veal Chops_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_String Beans_
_Onion Salad_
_Meringues Filled with Custard_
_Coffee_

*_Veal Chops_--Trim neatly 8 chops and put into frying pan with 4 tablespoons Crisco, and fry over quick fire a nice brown color. As the meat will afterwards be cooked again, the frying process should be done quickly without actually cooking the chops. Place them between 2 boards, put weight not too heavy over top, and keep them until cold. Strain Crisco, and keep for further use. Cut ½ cup pork and ½ cup beef marrow into small pieces, pound in mortar; when fine, add 1 tablespoon anchovy paste, 1 teaspoon powdered savory herbs, 1 yolk egg, and piece of Crisco about size of nutmeg. Pound thoroughly until smooth, season with pepper and salt, rub through sieve, and cover side of each chop thickly with this. Put them on Criscoed baking sheet, cover with few fried breadcrumbs, sprinkle with melted Crisco and place in hot oven for 10 minutes. Dish up chops in circle on hot dish, and serve.

July 14

_Steak, a la Parmesan_
_Corn Pudding_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Lettuce, French Dressing_
*_Cheese Balls_
_Peach Ice Cream_
_Coffee_

*_Cheese Balls_--½ cup breadcrumbs, 1 teaspoon Crisco, ¼ teaspoon mustard, 1 cup grated cheese, 1 egg, ½ teaspoon salt, and a few grains red pepper. Rub Crisco into crumbs and cheese, add seasonings and egg well beaten. Shape in small balls and fry in hot Crisco. Drain and serve hot.

July 15

_Stuffed Shoulder of Veal, Braised_
_Buttered Beets_
_Potato Roses_
_Onion and Tomato Salad_
_Rhubarb Dumplings_
*_Mocha Cake_
_Coffee_

*_Mocha Cake_--Sift 6 cups flour with 1 teaspoon baking powder into a basin, add 1 teaspoon each of powdered cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, 1 cup brown sugar, ½ teaspoonful salt, and 1 cup Crisco; rub well together, add ½ a cup golden syrup, 1 cup strong cold coffee, 2 well beaten eggs, 1 cup currants and 1 cup sultana raisins, mix well together. Pour into Criscoed and papered tin and bake in moderate oven 2 hours.

July 16

_Tomato Soup_
_Fried Chicken_
_Waffles_
_Pea Souffles_
_Creamed White Potatoes_
_Bean Salad_
*_Snow Balls_
_Coffee_

*_Snow Balls_--1 cup sugar, ½ cup milk, ½ cup Crisco, 2¼ cups flour, 3½ teaspoons baking powder, and whites of 4 eggs. Cream Crisco, add sugar gradually, milk, and flour sifted with baking powder; add whites of eggs beaten stiff. Steam 35 minutes in Criscoed cups; serve with stewed or preserved fruit.

July 17

_Iced Currants_
*_Blanquette of Veal_
_Fried Artichokes_
_Duchesse Potatoes_
_Cauliflower and Red Pepper Salad_
_Macaroon Trifle_
_Coffee_

*_Blanquette of Veal_--2 tablespoons Crisco, 2 pounds fillet of veal, ½ cup cream, 4 tablespoons flour, 1 large onion, 1 carrot, seasoning, 12 preserved mushrooms, and 12 whole peppers. Cut veal into square pieces, put them into stewpan with enough cold water to cover, bring it to boil, and skim well; add salt to taste, onion cut in quarters, carrot, whole peppers; cook gently 1 hour. Take up meat, strain stock, and measure off 1 pint. Melt Crisco in stewpan, stir in flour, add stock; boil and skim; cook for a few minutes. Add mushrooms, cut in slices, and cream; put in pieces of veal; make hot, but do not boil again; season nicely, dish up, sprinkle little chopped parsley over, and serve.

July 18

_Onion Soup_
*_Fricasseed Tripe_
_Baked Potatoes_
_Stringless Beans_
_Tomatoes Stuffed with Pineapple_
_Bisque Ice Cream_
_Coffee_

*_Fricasseed Tripe_--Cut 2 pounds of tripe into narrow strips, add ½ cup of water, 2 cups milk, season with salt and pepper, add ¼ cup Crisco mixed with 2 tablespoons flour; simmer for 30 minutes and serve hot. A little chopped parsley is an improvement.

July 19

_Cream of Asparagus Soup_
*_Lamb Fricassee with Dumplings_
_Mint Jelly_
_Green Peas_
_Romaine Salad_
_Cheese_
_Toasted Crackers_
_Watermelon_
_Coffee_

*_Lamb Fricassee with Dumplings_--Cut up and dice enough cold lamb to make 1 quart. Season with salt and white pepper, put into Criscoed baking dish and pour over following sauce: Blend 2 tablespoons Crisco with 2 tablespoons flour, and cook until brown. Now add 2 cups water and when it boils season with salt, pepper, onion juice to taste and pour over meat. Cover and bake in moderate oven 20 minutes.

To make the dumplings, sift together 2 cups flour, ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon sugar, and 2 teaspoons baking powder. Add 1 tablespoon Crisco and rub in with tips of fingers, then add sufficient milk to make soft dough. Roll out and cut into small biscuits. Place on top of lamb and bake in hot oven for 12 minutes. Serve hot.

July 20

_Roast Beef’s Heart_
_Boiled New Potatoes_
_Cauliflower au Gratin_
_Baked Bean Salad_
*_Cheese Aigrettes_
_Apricot Meringue Pie_
_Coffee_

*_Cheese Aigrettes_--Bring 2 tablespoons Crisco and ½ cup water to boiling point, then add ½ cup flour and stir until mixture leaves sides of pan. Cool, but do not allow to become cold, then add 2 eggs, 1 by 1, 4 tablespoons grated cheese, salt, pepper, and paprika to taste and beat well. Allow to stand in cool place 30 minutes. Drop by teaspoons into hot Crisco and fry a golden brown. Drain and sprinkle with grated cheese. Serve hot. The Crisco should not be too hot or the cheese will burn.

Vegetarian

July 21

_Strawberry Cocktails_
_Macaroni Cutlets, Cheese Sauce_
*_Pop Overs_
_Tomato Mayonnaise_
_Pimiento Sandwiches_
_Frozen Banana Whip_
_Coffee_

*_Pop Overs_--Beat up 3 eggs until light; add 1 cup milk and 1 teaspoon melted Crisco. Pour this gradually into 1 cup flour and ½ teaspoon salt, beating all the time until smooth. Crisco iron gem pans, put them in the oven, and when hot, take them out and fill them half full of this batter. Put them back in the oven and bake for 45 minutes. They should be at least 4 times their original bulk. If they fall, they are not thoroughly done. The oven should be hot.

July 22

*_Pilau, a la Turque_
_Peppers Stuffed with Green Corn_
_Huntington Salad_
_Cheese Rolls_
_Baked Custard_
_Coffee_

*_Pilau, a la Turque_--Put 1½ cups of stock, with 1 cup stewed and strained tomato, over fire. When boiling add 1 cup well-washed or blanched rice and ½ teaspoon salt; stir lightly with fork, occasionally, until liquor is absorbed. Then add ½ cup Crisco, season with salt and pepper, and cook over hot water until tender; remove cover, and stir with fork before serving.

July 23

_Vegetable Soup_
*_Fried Fish_
_Baked Shoulder of Mutton_
_Onion Puree_
_Chipped Potatoes_
_Fruit Jelly_
_Toasted Cheese Fingers_
_Coffee_

*_Fried Fish_--Marinade 4 halibut steaks for 1 hour; drain, dip in salted flour, then in beaten egg, lastly in fine salted and peppered crumbs. Leave on ice for 1 hour, and fry in hot Crisco.

July 24

_Lamb Pot Pie_
_Summer Squash_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Dressed Cucumbers_
_Raspberry Float_
*_Cushion Cake_
_Iced Coffee_

*_Cushion Cake_--Cream 1 cup Crisco with ½ cup sugar, add 2 well beaten eggs, and ½ cup milk. Sift 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt, and add to Crisco mixture, with 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Divide into 2 parts, add to 1 part 2 tablespoons molasses, 1 cup seeded raisins, ½ teaspoon cloves, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg. Bake in Criscoed and floured cake tin for 20 minutes. Take out of oven, spread white part on top, return to oven and bake until done.

July 25

*_Tournedos of Lamb_
_Rissole Potatoes_
_Carrots_
_Peas_
_Grape and Pimiento Salad_
_Frozen Cheese_
_Toasted Crackers_
_Iced Coffee_

*_Tournedos of Lamb_--Six lamb chops cut 2 inches thick, will be required. Remove bone and fat and with skewers arrange in 6 circular pieces. Around each wrap a thin strip of bacon, fastening in place with wooden skewers. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, place on well Criscoed broiler, and broil over clear fire 15 minutes. Remove to hot platter, garnish with rissole potatoes, and pass mint jelly with them. The potatoes are done in this way: Peel and wash 8 Bermuda potatoes of uniform size, put in ice water for 15 minutes, dry in a towel, and fry until delicate brown in hot Crisco. Drain on paper, then bake until soft. Remove to serving platter, and pour around 1 cup of rich white or cream sauce or 1 cup of heavy cream scalded and seasoned.

Vegetarian

July 26

_Cream of Green Peas_
_Bean Loaf with Rice_
_Stewed Corn_
_Tomato and Lettuce Salad_
*_Peach Pudding_
_Coffee_

*_Peach Pudding_--Fill Criscoed baking dish full of peaches and pour over top a batter made of 1 tablespoon Crisco, ½ cup sugar, 1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 well beaten egg, ½ teaspoon salt, and 1 cup milk. Bake in moderate oven 30 minutes. Serve with cream.

July 27

_Anchovy and Pimiento Canapes_
_Halibut Baked, a la Creole_
_French Fried Potatoes_
_Hot Slaw_
*_French Pancakes_
_Coffee_

*_French Pancakes_--4 tablespoons sugar, 4 tablespoons Crisco, ½ cup flour, 2 eggs, ½ tablespoon lemon extract, and 1 cup milk. Heat Crisco and mix other ingredients gradually to them, bake in six small Criscoed plates for 5 minutes. When done, put jam between every alternate one, and serve high on a dish.

July 28

_Puree of Fruit_
_Steak with Fresh Mushrooms_
_String Beans_
_Riced Potatoes_
_Lettuce and Watercress Salad_
*_Cherry Blanc-mange_
_Coffee_

*_Cherry Blanc-mange_--Put 1 quart of milk into a saucepan, add 1 tablespoon Crisco. Mix 1 cup cornstarch smoothly with ½ cup cold milk; when the milk boils stir in cornstarch and stir for 10 minutes, then add 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stew 2 cups cherries until tender in ½ cup water, add 2 tablespoons sugar. Rinse out a mold with cold water, arrange a few cherries in the bottom, then put in some blanc-mange, then rest of cherries mixed with cornstarch. Turn out when firm. Serve with milk.

July 29

_Iced Tomato Bouillon_
*_Swiss Steak_
_Mashed Potato_
_Egg Plant Fritters_
_Lettuce Salad, Chiffonade Dressing_
_Strawberry Parfait_
_Coffee_

*_Swiss Steak_--1 pound steak, 1 cup flour, salt and pepper, 4 skinned tomatoes, 1 sliced onion, and water. Have steak cut 2 inches thick, and pound into it the flour. Put steak into a skillet, with 3 tablespoons Crisco and brown on both sides. Then cover with water, adding sliced onion, tomatoes sliced and cover closely and let simmer for 3 hours. Just before steak is done add salt and pepper to taste. When done, the gravy is already made and is delicious.

July 30

_Clear Soup_
*_Planked Chicken_
_Potato Croquettes_
_Asparagus Tips_
_Boiled Rice_
_Pineapple Salad_
_Vanilla Ice Cream_
_Strawberry Sauce_
_Coffee_

*_Planked Chicken_--2 spring chickens, 1 cup boiled rice, ½ pound mushrooms, and 1 glass guava jelly. Stew mushrooms; put chicken either in oven or under broiler, bone side to hottest part of fire. Heat and Crisco a plank; put chicken on, bone side down; sprinkle with melted Crisco, dust with salt and pepper and broil on board under gas for ½ an hour. Garnish with rice; pour over mushrooms. Place at corners small bread patties, holding the guava jelly.

July 31

*_Baked Beans_
_Finger Rolls_
_Beet and Potato Salad_
_Lemon Jelly, Whipped Cream_
_Cafe Parfait_

*_Baked Beans_--Wash 2 quarts of small white beans, put them in a saucepan, cover with cold water; as soon as they come to a boil, drain; put them in a fireproof baking dish, add 4 tablespoons Crisco, 1 chopped onion, salt and pepper to taste and ¼ teaspoon mustard, fill dish with boiling water, cover tight, and bake from 5 to 6 hours; add more water as required to keep from getting dry. They can be warmed over as needed.

August 1

_Brown Fricassee of Kidneys_
_Summer Squash_
_New Cabbage Salad_
*_Blueberry Pie_
_Coffee_

*_Blueberry Pie_--Line a deep perforated tin with Crisco Plain Pastry; brush over with water or white of egg. Fill with floured blueberries; add sugar, Crisco, salt and vinegar. Allow 1 cup sugar to 3 cups berries, 1 tablespoon Crisco, ⅛ teaspoon salt, and ½ teaspoon vinegar. Cover with crust and bake.

August 2

*_Beef Olives_
_Braised Lettuce_
_Stuffed Potatoes_
_Beet Salad_
_Cheese Relish_
_Red Currant Cream_
_Lady Fingers_
_Coffee_

*_Beef Olives_--Cut 2 pounds of steak into pieces 4½ inches long and 2 inches wide. Mix together in a basin 3 tablespoons breadcrumbs, 1 chopped onion, 4 tablespoons Crisco, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, salt, pepper, and paprika to taste and 1 well beaten egg. Spread a little of this mixture on each piece of meat, roll up and tie with fine string. Melt 2 tablespoons Crisco in a pan, brown pieces of meat in it; stir in 1 tablespoon flour, gradually add 2 cups water, bring to boiling point and cook slowly 1½ hours. Remove string and dish in a circle, season the gravy and strain over the meat.

August 3

_Cream of Corn Soup_
*_Stuffed Flank Steak_
_Mashed Potato_
_Shelled Beans_
_Onion and Mint Salad_
_Ivory Cream_
_Coffee_

*_Stuffed Flank Steak_--Buy a flank steak. Fry 2 tablespoons chopped onion in a ¼ cup Crisco. Add ½ cup soft, stale breadcrumbs, ¼ teaspoon mixed herbs, salt and pepper to taste. Spread over steak, roll and tie. Brown in 3 tablespoons Crisco, and remove to casserole or covered dish. To the Crisco in pan add an equal quantity of flour, and brown, then add 1 cup stock or boiling water, and 1 cup strained tomato, season with salt and pepper, pour over the roll, cover dish, and cook slowly until meat is tender. If cooked in casserole it may be served in same dish.

August 4

_Fried Soft Shell Crabs, Sauce Tartare_
_Hashed Browned Potatoes_
_Pepper and Cucumber Salad_
_Cheese Fingers_
*_Apricot Omelet_
_Coffee_

*_Apricot Omelet_--Cut 6 preserved apricots into dice, and heat up in a little fruit juice. Beat up 5 eggs, add pinch of salt and 1 tablespoon sugar. Melt in an omelet pan or frying pan 2 tablespoons Crisco, when hot pour in beaten eggs and stir over quick fire till they commence to thicken, put in the prepared apricots, then shape quickly into an oval form by folding the ends. Allow the omelet to acquire a golden brown by putting it in the oven, turn out on to a hot dish, dredge with sugar and serve at once.

August 5

*_Country Club Chicken_
_Sweet Potatoes_
_Green Corn_
_Tomato Salad_
_Apple Whip_
_Chocolate Wafers_
_Coffee_

*_Country Club Chicken_--Wash 2 broilers or quite young chickens, cut them in halves or quarters if they be large enough, wipe them and dip each piece in beaten egg, well seasoned with salt and pepper and mixed with cream. Roll pieces in breadcrumbs and place them in Criscoed pan, dot generously with Crisco and place in hot oven for 15 minutes. Now put chicken in hot kettle, cover and let smother and steam for 30 minutes or until tender on a slow fire. Place chicken on hot platter; add half cup hot cream to gravy in kettle and strain it over chickens.

August 6

*_Baked Liver and Bacon_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Corn on Cob_
_Lettuce and Pineapple Salad_
_Stewed Pears_
_Cream_
_Hasty Cake_
_Coffee_

*_Baked Liver and Bacon_--Select liver, wash it well, rub it with Crisco, and place it in vinegar with 1 chopped shallot, a little chopped parsley, and salt and pepper to suit taste. Let it stand overnight; roast it, adding strips of bacon. Baste it frequently with the vinegar mixture. When done, make brown gravy, and serve very hot.

August 7

_Grilled Trout_
_Chicken Saute_
*_Souffled Squash_
_Potato Croquettes_
_French Salad_
_Fruit Compote_
_Coffee_

*_Souffled Squash_--Take medium-sized Hubbard squash, remove seeds and stringy portion, and pare. Place in steamer and cook over boiling water for 30 minutes. Mash and season with Crisco, sail and pepper to taste. To 2 cups of the mashed squash, add gradually 1 cup cream, when blended, yolks of 2 well beaten eggs, and finally the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. Pour into Criscoed souffle dish and bake in moderate oven till firm. Serve at once.

August 8

_Clam Cocktail_
_Roast Lamb, Mint Jelly_
_Rice Fritters_
_Lima Beans_
_Lettuce and Banana Salad_
*_Windsor Tartlets_
_Iced Coffee_

*_Windsor Tartlets_--Crisco Plain Pastry, 2 eggs, 4 tablespoons Crisco, 4 tablespoons sugar, 1½ tablespoons cornstarch, 5 powdered macaroons, 18 glace cherries, 1 piece of lemon peel, and ½ tablespoon chopped almonds.

Put Crisco and sugar into 1 basin and beat them to a cream. Add yolks of eggs, 1 at a time, and beat each well in. Chop cherries and peel, add them and macaroons to mixture, mix thoroughly, add almonds and cornstarch. Roll out Crisco Plain Pastry and line small tartlet tins thinly with it. Beat whites of eggs to stiff froth and stir lightly into mixture. Fill each lined tin three parts full. Bake them in moderate oven until mixture is set and brown. Dust with sugar and serve either hot or cold. Place crossbars of pastry over mixture, if liked. Stale cakecrumbs can be used instead of macaroons.

August 9

_Casserole of Lamb_
_Rice_
_Spiced Peaches_
*_Macaroon Pudding_
_After Dinner Mints_
_Coffee_

*_Macaroon Pudding_--Soak 6 macaroons in ½ cup milk. Heat 2 cups milk in double boiler, add 2 tablespoons cornstarch moistened with 1 well beaten egg, 1 teaspoon Crisco, ½ teaspoon salt, and macaroons. Cook for 20 minutes, remove from fire, add ½ teaspoon vanilla extract. Turn into Criscoed and sugared pudding dish, sprinkle ½ cup sugar on top, and cover with sliced peaches. Serve cold.

August 10

_Tomato Bisque_
_Croutons_
_Potato Croquettes_
_Fried Egg Plant_
_Celery and Apple Salad_
*_Chocolate Pudding_
_Coffee_

*_Chocolate Pudding_--Crisco a mold or basin. Beat 3 tablespoons Crisco and 2 tablespoons sugar to a cream, then beat in 3 yolks of eggs. Dissolve 1½ teacups grated chocolate smoothly in 1 cup milk, add it to Crisco mixture, with 2 cups cakecrumbs, 1 teaspoon vanilla, ½ teaspoon salt, and whites of eggs stiffly beaten. Fold the whites in gently. Pour into prepared mold, cover with Criscoed paper and steam for 2 hours. Turn out and serve with white sauce. This mixture may be placed in a Criscoed pudding dish and baked in a moderate oven.

August 11

_Fried Chicken, a la Maryland_
_French Fried Potatoes_
*_Stewed Onions_
_Stuffed Tomato Salad_
_Musk Melon with Ice Cream_
_Coffee_

*_Stewed Onions_--Peel onions and boil in boiling salted water till tender. When done, drain, and turn into hot vegetable dish. Melt 2 tablespoons of Crisco in saucepan, then stir in 1 tablespoon flour, mix well, add 1 cup milk and stir till boiling, add salt and pepper to taste and pour over onions.

August 12

_Broiled Ham_
_Baked Potatoes_
_Green Corn Custard_
_Apple Salad_
_Grape Juice Syllabub_
*_Tilden Cake_
_Coffee_

*_Tilden Cake_--Cream ¾ cup Crisco with 1½ cups sugar, add 4 well beaten eggs, 1 cup milk, sift in 3 cups flour, ¾ teaspoon salt, ½ cup cornstarch, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and add 2 teaspoons lemon extract. Turn into Criscoed and floured cake tin and bake for 1½ hours in moderate oven.

August 13

*_Roast Fowl with Chestnuts and Mushrooms_
_Franconia Potatoes_
_Shell Beans_
_Lettuce and Tomato Salad_
_Peach Short-Cake_
_Coffee_

*_Roast Fowl with Chestnuts and Mushrooms_--Stuff 1 large or 2 small fowls with chestnuts or mushroom stuffing, truss it, brush with melted Crisco, dust with salt and pepper, and put on a rack in pan and in a hot oven until beginning to brown, reduce heat, and cook 1 or 2 hours, basting often. Add to pan ½ cup hot water, 1 slice salt pork, diced, tiny bit bay leaf, 1 clove, and sprig of parsley. If with mushrooms pour over little sherry mixed with cream. When done place fowl on platter, pour off all fat in pan but 3 tablespoons, add 2 tablespoons flour and slightly color, add 1 cup stock from giblets cooked with 1 slice of salt pork, salt and pepper, a little lemon juice, and minced giblets. Serve surrounded with chestnut or mushroom puree put through a pastry bag and tube in roses. Place a small piece of canned red pepper on each rose and serve gravy in boat.

August 14

_Celery Soup_
_Braised Ox Tongue_
*_Mashed Turnips_
_Baked Potatoes_
_Waldorf Salad_
_Ginger Ice Cream_
_Coffee_

*_Mashed Turnips_--Peel and dice 3 turnips, cover with boiling salted water and cook till tender; drain and press the water well out of them. Return to pan and add 3 tablespoons Crisco, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 saltspoon white pepper, beat and mash them well together, when thoroughly hot turn into vegetable dish and serve.

August 15

_Fish Souffle_
_Braised Stuffed Shoulder of Mutton_
_Breaded Potatoes_
*_Carrots, a la Poulette_
_Pineapple Jelly_
_French Pastry_
_Coffee_

*_Carrots, a la Poulette_--Boil 2 bunches of carrots until tender in boiling salted water, then drain. Blend 2 tablespoons Crisco with 1 tablespoon flour, when smooth add 1 cup milk and stir till boiling, add salt, pepper and paprika to taste, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley and cook for 5 minutes, then add carrots and allow to cook for 5 minutes longer. Serve hot.

August 16

_Cream of Rice Soup_
_Hanoverian Steaks_
*_Hashed Browned Potatoes_
_Carrots en Casserole_
_Custard Souffle, Foamy Sauce_
_Coffee_

*_Hashed Browned Potatoes_--Sprinkle 2½ cups cold boiled potato cubes with salt and white pepper to suit taste. Melt 1½ tablespoons Crisco; add 1 tablespoon flour and ½ cup brown stock. Cook 5 minutes; add potato cubes; cook 10 minutes, stirring, without breaking potatoes. Melt 1 tablespoon Crisco in another frying pan. When brown, turn in potatoes, spread evenly, and cook 10 minutes; fold like an omelet, and serve hot.

August 17

_Lamb Chops_
_Peas_
*_Chantilly Potatoes_
_Turkish Salad_
_Fruit Ice Cream_
_Coffee_

*_Chantilly Potatoes_--Prepare nicely seasoned, lightly mashed potatoes and mound on a hot platter. Beat ½ cup cream until stiff, add 1 teaspoon melted Crisco, ½ cup grated cheese, season to taste with salt, pepper and red pepper. Pile lightly on to the potato and put in oven to brown. Be sure that the oven is very hot.

August 18

_Watermelon Cocktail_
_Cannelon of Beef_
_Potatoes_
*_Creamed Kohl Rabi_
_Stuffed Celery_
_Meringues Filled with Ice Cream_
_Coffee_

*_Creamed Kohl Rabi_--Slice kohl rabi, boil 20 minutes or until nearly tender, and arrange in a baking dish in layers with the following sauce: 2 tablespoons Crisco, 2 tablespoons flour, ½ pint milk, ½ teaspoon salt, and 1 saltspoon pepper. Rub Crisco and flour together; add milk, cold. Stand saucepan over fire and stir continually until it reaches the boiling point; take from fire, and add salt and pepper. Then strain. Season each layer with pepper and salt, sprinkle the top with breadcrumbs and bake 20 minutes.

Vegetarian

August 19

_Cream of Turnip Soup_
_Risotto_
_Asparagus Salad_
_Coffee Souffle_
*_Ginger Crisps_
_Iced Tea_

*_Ginger Crisps_--Cream ½ cup Crisco with ½ cup sugar, add 1 cup molasses, 1 teaspoon each of cinnamon and nutmeg, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and flour to make stiffish dough. Roll thin, cut out with cutter and bake in quick oven.

August 20

_Corned Beef_
_Buttered Potatoes_
*_New Beets_
_Lettuce, Italian Dressing_
_Tapioca Cream_
_Coffee_

*_New Beets_--Peel hot cooked beets, cut into slices, and toss about for 3 or 4 minutes in saucepan which contains 3 tablespoons Crisco to which has been added 1 teaspoon plain vinegar, or a few drops of tarragon, 2 cloves, and 1 teaspoon sugar.

August 21

_Cold Sliced Corned Beef_
_Baked Potatoes_
_Jellied Vegetables_
_Pea Salad_
*_Countess Pudding_
_Coffee_

*_Countess Pudding_--Line small Criscoed platter with Crisco pastry. Put 1 tablespoon Crisco in saucepan, add 1 cup milk, when warm pour over three tablespoons chopped cocoanut, add 1 tablespoon sugar. Allow to remain 30 minutes, add 3 yolks of eggs well beaten, and ½ teaspoon vanilla, pour into platter, bake 30 minutes in hot oven. Beat up whites of eggs, add pinch salt, 1 tablespoon sugar, and ½ teaspoon almond extract, pile on top of pudding and sprinkle with cocoanut. Brown in slow oven. Serve hot or cold.

Vegetarian

August 22

*_Succotash_
_French Fried Potatoes_
_Tomato Jelly Salad_
_Orange Marmalade Ice Cream_
_Caramel Cake_
_Coffee_

*_Succotash_--Boil 1 dozen ears of corn for 3 minutes. Cut corn from cob, taking very small piece from top of each grain, then press out pulp. Mix this with an equal quantity of nicely cooked lima beans; add Crisco, salt and white pepper to taste; reheat and serve.

August 23

_Fish Timbales, Cream Sauce_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Stewed Okra_
_Cucumber Salad_
_Cheese Straws_
*_St. Leonard’s Pudding_
_Coffee_

*_St. Leonard’s Pudding_--Line edge of a pudding dish with pastry, and spread 2 tablespoons of jam in the bottom. Blend 4 tablespoons Crisco with ½ cup flour, when smooth stir in 1 cup milk, 4 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, ½ teaspoon salt, and 2 yolks of eggs, stir well together and pour over jam, bake 30 minutes. Beat up whites of eggs to a stiff froth, add 1 tablespoon sugar, and arrange roughly on the top. Place in oven until lightly browned.

August 24

*_Boiled Mutton, Caper Sauce_
_Riced Potatoes_
_String Beans_
_Olive Salad_
_Toasted Crackers_
_Cheese_
_Plum Compote_
_Coffee_

*_Boiled Mutton_--Wipe leg of mutton, put on fire, barely covered with boiling water, and let boil about 10 minutes, then simmer until tender; season with salt when half cooked. A few slices of onion, turnip, and carrot, or 2 or 3 stalks of celery, may be added while cooking. When tender, brush over the meat with melted Crisco and sprinkle with finely chopped parsley. Serve with caper sauce which is made as follows: Mix 2 tablespoons Crisco with 1 tablespoon flour; add 1 cup boiling water; stir it over fire until thick; add to it 1 hard-cooked egg chopped fine and 2 tablespoons of capers.

August 25

_Barley Broth_
_Mutton Souffle_
_Sweet Corn_
_Creamed Carrots and Peas_
*_Peach Cobbler_
_Coffee_

*_Peach Cobbler_--Sift 1½ cups flour and 1½ teaspoons baking powder. With tips of fingers work into flour 1 tablespoon Crisco, and when well mixed add ½ cup milk.

Peel and slice 4 peaches, and mix with ¾ cup sugar and 2 tablespoons melted Crisco. In bottom of baking dish invert a cup, around this arrange peaches, and over all place dough patted out to about ¾ of an inch in thickness. Bake in moderate oven until crust is brown and peaches are tender. This will require about 40 minutes. The cup keeps dough from lying on fruit and becoming soaked with juice.

August 26

*_Beef Steak Pudding_
_Spaghetti with Tomato_
_Potatoes on Half Shell_
_Green Pepper Salad_
_Apricot Pudding_
_Coffee_

*_Beef Steak Pudding_--Line a Criscoed basin with plain pastry. Mix together on a plate 1 tablespoon flour, 1 teaspoon salt, and ½ teaspoon pepper for seasoning. Cut 1 pound lean beef in thin slices, dip them in the seasoning, and place them lightly in the basin; split 1 sheep’s kidney, skin and cut in thin slices; dip them also in the seasoning, and put them in basin, and pour over 1 cup of water for gravy. Wet the edges of the pastry on basin; roll out a piece of pastry large enough to cover the dish; place it on, press down at the edges, and sprinkle a little flour over top. Now dip a pudding cloth in boiling water, tie it tightly over the top, and plunge the pudding in plenty of boiling water; then boil for 3 hours. Remove the cloth, and turn the pudding out on a dish. Liver and bacon mixed, or mutton, makes a good pudding of this kind.

August 27

_Steamed Clams_
_Vegetable Salad_
_Brown Bread Sandwiches_
_Peach Tapioca_
*_Princess Cake_
_Coffee_

*_Princess Cake_--Line small square cake tin with plain Crisco pastry. Sprinkle in ½ cup cleaned currants. Cream ½ cup Crisco with 1 cup sugar, then add 3 well beaten eggs, 3 cups flour, 1½ teaspoons baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt. Divide mixture into 2 portions. Add 1 tablespoon grated chocolate and 4 tablespoons milk to 1 portion. Put cake mixtures in spoonfuls on top of currants and bake in moderate oven for 35 minutes. Serve in square pieces.

August 28

_Iced Bouillon_
_Pulled Bread_
*_Fillet of Beef, Horseradish Sauce_
_Franconia Potatoes_
_Corn Souffle_
_Endive, French Dressing_
_Salted Triangles_
_Violet Mousse_
_Coffee_

*_Fillet of Beef_--Trim fillet into good shape. Lard it plentifully, letting the whole upper surface be perforated with lardoons. Place in baking pan thin slices of larding pork, over pork place layer of chopped onion, carrots, turnip, and celery; lay tenderloin on top. Pour in 1 cup stock, add ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon pepper, 4 sprigs parsley, 1 bay leaf, and 2 cloves. Bake in hot oven 30 minutes, and baste frequently. Remove when done; strain off gravy and skim off grease. Blend 1 tablespoon Crisco with 1 tablespoon flour in a pan, add gravy strained from pan, ¼ cup grated horseradish, salt and paprika to taste and bring to boiling point, then add 2 tablespoons lemon juice and 1 tablespoon vinegar. Spread sauce on hot serving dish and lay fillet on it.

Vegetarian

August 29

_Baked Macaroni, Tomato Sauce_
_Green Corn_
*_Fried Egg Plant_
_Cantaloupe Salad_
_Marmalade Pudding_
_Iced Coffee_

*_Fried Egg Plant_--Peel good-sized egg plant; cut into slices of ¼ inch. Dust with salt and pepper; dip in beaten egg; roll in fine breadcrumbs and saute in hot Crisco. When they are brown on 1 side, turn and brown on the other. If preferred, the egg plant may be dipped in thin batter instead of egg and crumbs, and fried.

August 30

*_Clam Chowder_
_Stuffed Tomato Salad_
_Welsh Rarebit_
_Lemon Pie_
_Coffee_

*_Clam Chowder_--Remove heads from 4 cups clams and chop. Parboil 4 cups potatoes. Cook 1 chopped onion and ½ cup salt pork cut in cubes 15 minutes. Arrange clams, potatoes, onion and pork in layers in saucepan; cover with 3 cups boiling water, and simmer till tender. Blend 3 tablespoons Crisco with 2 tablespoons flour, add 4 cups scalded milk and stir till boiling; add clam mixture, seasonings to taste, 1 dash of Tabasco sauce, and serve hot.

August 31

_Bisque of Clams and Peas_
_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.