Chapter M: Meats (10)

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_

*_Dominion Apple Cake_--2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 3 teaspoons baking powder, 1 cup milk, 2 eggs, and 3 tablespoons melted Crisco. Mix and sift dry ingredients. Add beaten yolks, Crisco and milk. Beat well; cut and fold in stiffly beaten whites. Spread mixture ½ inch thick on Criscoed pans. Lay apples cut into eighths in 2 rows on top of dough. Sprinkle with sugar; bake in hot oven 30 minutes. Serve with lemon sauce.

October 12

_Cream of Carrot Soup_
_Roast Pig, Apple Sauce_
_Candied Sweet Potatoes_
_Creamed Celery_
_Kumquat Salad_
*_Cheese Croutons_
_Coffee_

*_Cheese Croutons_--Cut crusts from thin slices of stale bread and spread lightly with creamed Crisco, then with a layer of cream cheese seasoned with salt and pepper. Cover with a second slice of bread and cut into fingers 1 inch wide, using a sharp knife. Place in a shallow pan and brown in a hot oven.

October 13

*_Peanut Puree_
_Roast Pig Reheated in Casserole_
_Squash_
_Baked Potatoes_
_Red Cabbage Salad_
_Sultana Roll_
_Coffee_

*_Peanut Puree_--1 cup peanut butter, 1 quart milk, 1 tablespoon Crisco, 1 teaspoon onion juice, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, 1 bay leaf, 1 blade mace, pepper and salt to taste. Put milk, Crisco, peanut butter, onion juice, pepper, bay leaf and blade mace in double boiler; stir and cook until hot. Moisten cornstarch in little cold milk and add it to hot milk; stir until smooth and thick; strain through sieve. Add salt and serve at once with croutons.

October 14

*_Grilled Halibut with Parmesan_
_Roast Mutton, Currant Jelly Sauce_
_Creamed Turnips_
_Browned Sweet Potatoes_
_American Salad_
_Apple and Prune Pie_
_Coffee_

*_Grilled Halibut with Parmesan_--Take desired number of fillets of halibut and grill on both sides until nicely browned. Take from broiler, spread with Crisco, cover with grated Parmesan cheese, season with salt and dash of paprika on each slice, and set in hot oven until cheese is well browned and melted. Serve with lemon slices and potato balls tossed in melted Crisco containing chopped parsley.

October 15

*_Broiled Smelts_
_Roasted Squabs_
_Oyster Plant, Italian Style_
_Oriental Salad_
_Sweet Cider Jelly_
_Coffee_

*_Broiled Smelts_--Select 12 large smelts, clean well and split. Chop 12 olives, ½ green pepper with seeds removed, 2 sprigs parsley, add ½ tablespoon Crisco. Spread paste inside each smelt. Close fish together, sprinkle with salt, moisten with melted Crisco and broil over clear fire.

October 16

_Poëled Fowl, Cranberry Sauce_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Cauliflower au Gratin_
_Tomato and Green Pepper Salad_
_Macaroon Custard_
*_Queen Cakes_
_Coffee_

*_Queen Cakes_--½ cup sugar, ½ cup Crisco, ½ teaspoon salt, 3 eggs, ¼ cup currants, ¼ cup glace cherries (cut in dice), grate nutmeg, thin rind ½ lemon (chopped finely), juice 1 lemon, 1 cup flour, 4 tablespoons rice flour, and 1 teaspoon baking powder. Put Crisco and sugar in basin and work with wooden spoon to cream, add salt and eggs 1 by 1, and beat mixture thoroughly.

Mix in separate basin fruit, lemon rind, flours and baking powder. Stir this into other mixture, add nutmeg, and strained lemon juice. Stir mixture several minutes longer. Have ready Criscoed gem tins, three-parts fill them with mixture and bake in fairly hot oven from 20 to 25 minutes. Unmold cakes and place on sieve to cool. Cakes may be coated with chocolate or boiled frosting.

October 17

_Baked Veal Cutlet_
_Potatoes Scalloped with Green Peppers_
_Succotash_
_Spinach Salad_
*_Apple Pie, Whipped Cream_
_Coffee_

*_Apple Pie_--Core, peel and cut in halves 8 tart apples. Line pie plate with Crisco pastry, and fill with apples; sprinkle over 3 tablespoons sugar, ½ teaspoonful cinnamon, or nutmeg and cloves, and 2 tablespoons Crisco in small pieces. Bake till apples are soft, then, at the last moment cover with 1 cupful whipped cream, and send to table.

October 18

_Rice Soup_
_Fish Pudding_
_Cauliflower_
*_Savory Potatoes_
_Cheese Custard_
_Apple Dumplings_
_Coffee_

*_Savory Potatoes_--Pare 10 large potatoes and slice them, add 1 chopped onion. Crisco pudding dish, put in potatoes and onion, sprinkle with salt and pepper, 1 teaspoon sage and dot with Crisco, add 1 cup water and bake for 1¼ hours.

October 19

_Lamb Cutlets, Morland Style_
*_Artichokes_
_Riced Potatoes_
_Celery Salad_
_Crackers_
_Cheese_
_Peach Melba_
_Coffee_

*_Artichokes_--Select some small artichokes, trim them and put in earthenware stewpan containing some hot Crisco. Season with salt and pepper and cover stewpan, leaving to cook for about 10 minutes. Then add for each 1 dozen artichokes, 1 pint canned peas and 1 shredded lettuce. Cover once more and cook gently without moistening, the moisture of lettuce and peas sufficing.

October 20

_Canteloupes_
_Young Chickens, Roasted_
_Stuffed Tomatoes_
*_Grilled Potatoes_
_Apple and Nut Salad_
_Fruit Cup_
_Coffee_

*_Grilled Potatoes_--Cut cold boiled potatoes into ½ inch slices lengthways, dip in melted Crisco, sprinkle with chopped olives, pour over a little melted Crisco and send to table.

October 21

*_Giblet Soup_
_Spiced Shoulder of Mutton_
_Brussels Sprouts_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Prune Mold_
_Coffee_

*_Giblet Soup_--Scald and cut up 1 set of giblets--these include the neck, gizzard, liver, and heart of any fowl, put them into a pan with 1 quart stock or water, 1 whole onion stuck with cloves, and the grated rind of ½ a lemon. Simmer for 3 hours and strain. Peel and slice 2 onions and fry them in 3 tablespoons melted Crisco when brown, stir in 1 tablespoon flour and fry it brown, add the stock and stir till boiling, put back the giblets, season with salt and pepper, 1 grated carrot and simmer for 30 minutes.

October 22

*_Okra Soup_
_Curried Mutton_
_Rice_
_Stewed Celery with Egg Sauce_
_Asparagus Salad_
_Pear Fritters_
_Coffee_

*_Okra Soup_--Cut into pieces 2½ cups okra, slice 1 onion, slice 1 carrot, slice 1 turnip, three tomatoes skinned and sliced, 1 cup beans, 1 can peas, dice 2 stalks celery and chop 3 tablespoons parsley.

Melt 3 tablespoons Crisco in a saucepan, add onion, carrot, turnip, beans, and cook 15 minutes, add okra, celery, and 5 cups water, cook slowly for 1½ hours, add seasoning of salt, pepper and red pepper, tomatoes, corn and peas and simmer for 40 minutes. If too thick, thin with stock. Serve hot.

October 23

*_Haricot of Veal_
_Baked Tomatoes_
_Russian Fish Salad_
_Date Souffle_
_Coffee_

*_Haricot of Veal_--Cut 2 pounds fillet of veal into small pieces of uniform shape and size, and fry till a light brown in hot Crisco. Add 2 tablespoons flour blended with 2 tablespoons melted Crisco. Season with salt and pepper, cover with 1 pint stock or water, and let simmer, covered closely, till veal is done and till stock is well cooked away. Take up, arrange in circle on dish, and in center put Lima beans, boiled and reheated in plenty of Crisco.

October 24

_Roast Pork, Apple Sauce_
_Browned Parsnips_
_Glazed Sweet Potatoes_
_Porcupine Salad_
*_Black Cap Pudding_
_Coffee_

*_Black Cap Pudding_--Mix ¼ cup currants, with 3 tablespoons sugar, ½ teaspoon salt, 1¼ cups flour sifted with 1 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg, 2 tablespoons Crisco, 2 well beaten eggs, and 2 cupfuls milk, and beat well together. Crisco a pudding mold, sprinkle in some currants, pour in mixture, cover with greased paper and steam for 2 hours. Serve with milk.

October 25

_Wild Duck with Mushrooms_
*_Stuffed Egg Plant_
_Apple and Cucumber Salad_
_Almond Pudding_
_Hot Cheese Denises_
_Coffee_

*_Stuffed Egg Plant_--Parboil 1 egg plant and cut in halves. Scrape out some of the inside and chop some cold cooked meat with 2 tomatoes, 1 onion, and 2 green peppers. Then mix with 1 beaten egg, 1 tablespoon Crisco, and salt and pepper to taste. Fill halves with this mixture; sprinkle with breadcrumbs and tiny bits of Crisco, put in baking dish with little stock or water, and bake.

October 26

_Mock Pigeon, Espagnole Sauce_
*_Scalloped Pumpkin and Rice_
_Baked Sweet Potatoes_
_Combination Salad_
_Honeycomb Pudding_
_Coffee_

*_Scalloped Pumpkin and Rice_--In Criscoed fireproof dish arrange layer of stewed pumpkin, cover with layer of boiled rice, then layer of white sauce, proceed until ingredients are used. Cover with crumbs, dot with Crisco and bake until browned on top. To cook pumpkin, cut in two, scrape out the interior, pare and cut into small pieces. Steam and cook till tender. Rub through a sieve, add 2 tablespoons Crisco, season with salt, pepper, and paprika.

October 27

_Noisettes of Mutton_
_String Beans_
_Latticed Potatoes_
_French Salad_
*_Chestnut Dainty_
_Coffee_

*_Chestnut Dainty_--Boil 1 pound of Italian chestnuts 15 minutes; then remove shells and skins, and put back to boil until tender, with 1 cup of milk and 1 teaspoon Crisco, on the back part of range until soft enough to rub through a sieve. Crisco a mold well and line thickly with pulp, then add layer of apple sauce colored pink with currant jelly; then another layer chestnuts and again a layer of apple sauce. Over this squeeze some lemon juice, and bake in quick oven. Turn out on platter, and surround with whipped cream, colored with little currant jelly.

October 28

_Shrimp Canapes_
_Roast Mutton, Onion Sauce_
*_Celeriac_
_Sweet Potatoes_
_Corn Salad_
_Pumpkin Pie_
_Coffee_

*_Celeriac_--Well wash and peel the celeriac. Cut them in quarters and boil in boiling salted water until quite tender. Drain well and arrange in a hot dish and pour egg sauce over them.

For egg sauce, blend 2 tablespoons Crisco with 2 tablespoons flour, add 1 cup milk and stir till boiling, add seasoning of salt and pepper and boil for 8 minutes, stirring all the time, then add 2 hard-cooked eggs rubbed through a sieve, mix well and serve.

October 29

_Cream of Spinach Soup_
_Baked White Fish, Caper Sauce_
_Rice Croquettes_
_String Beans_
_Celery_
_Boiled Dressing_
*_Chestnut Tartlets_
_Coffee_

*_Chestnut Tartlets_--Boil and mash 1 pint chestnuts, add ¼ cup each creamed Crisco and cream, 1 beaten yolk, ¼ cup powdered sugar, little salt, and 1½ cups milk. Cover inverted small tartlet tins with Crisco pastry, bake, and fill with mixture, and bake again.

October 30

_Brussels Sprout Soup_
*_Rabbit, a la Marengo_
_Parisian Potatoes_
_Braised Celery_
_Lettuce, French Dressing_
_Prune and Rice Meringues_
_Coffee_

*_Rabbit, a la Marengo_--Cut up 1 rabbit into neat joints. Melt ½ cup Crisco in saucepan, put in rabbit and fry it quickly till browned, add 2 chopped small onions, and fry for a few minutes, pour off any fat into another pan, add to rabbit 1 cup brown sauce, 2 chopped tomatoes, 8 button mushrooms, seasoning of salt, pepper, and paprika. Put on lid and simmer gently 1 hour. Arrange rabbit on hot dish, put mushrooms in heaps round with thin lemon slices, season gravy and pour it over.

October 31

_Clear Soup_
*_Braised Duck with Turnips_
_Riced Potatoes_
_Spinach_
_Orange Salad_
_Goblin Cakes_
_Nuts_
_Candies_
_Custard Souffle, Vanilla Sauce_
_Coffee_

*_Braised Duck with Turnips_--Wash and cut 2 carrots, 2 stalks celery, 2 turnips, 1 onion in large pieces, put them in pan, on these place 4 slices ham, then 1 duck trussed for roasting, 1 bunch parsley, 2 cups water, dust nutmeg, pepper, and salt. Lay Criscoed paper over top, then lid, and simmer 1 hour or till duck is tender.

Melt 3 tablespoons Crisco in a pan, add 1 dozen small peeled turnips and toss till they are golden color. When duck is cooked, remove strings and skewers. Put on hot dish, and arrange turnips round. Season gravy and strain over duck.

November 1

_Irish Stew_
_Baked Rice_
_Lima Beans_
_Macedoine Salad_
*_Chocolate Cream Pie_
_Coffee_

*_Chocolate Cream Pie_--2 squares chocolate, ¼ cup cornstarch, 1 teaspoon Crisco, 1 pint milk, 2 egg whites, ½ cup sugar, 3 egg yolks, ¼ teaspoon salt, and 1 tablespoon vanilla. Melt chocolate, add sugar, cornstarch, egg yolks, salt, Crisco and milk. Cook in double boiler till thick, stirring constantly; flavor with vanilla. Pour into a baked pie crust shell, cover with meringue made by beating egg whites till stiff and adding 2 tablespoons sugar; brown in oven and serve cold.

November 2

_Baked Rolled Fillets of Fish, Bechamel_
_Sauce_
_Cucumber Salad_
_Yeast Rolls_
*_Roast Guinea Chickens, Guava Jelly_
_Rice Croquettes_
_Scalloped Egg Plant_
_Pear and Celery Salad_
_Lemon Sherbet_
_Sponge Cake_
_Coffee_

*_Roast Guinea Chickens_--Put 2 tablespoons Crisco in each of the birds, this prevents them getting dry. Slit 2 slices bacon once or twice then tie over breasts of birds, which should be trussed for roasting. Wrap them in Criscoed paper and bake in a quick oven for 30 minutes, baste well and frequently; for the last 8 minutes remove paper and bacon; sprinkle with a little flour, salt and pepper, baste well, and let brown. Serve on hot dish, garnished with rolls of bacon. Hand with it gravy, bread sauce, and guava jelly.

November 3

_Celery Soup_
*_Casserole of Lamb_
_Sweet Pickle_
_Creamed Onions_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Cabbage Salad_
_Caramel Ice Cream_
_Coffee_

*_Casserole of Lamb_--2½ pounds loin of lamb, ½ cup rice, 2 cups good gravy, 1 blade mace, ½ cup Crisco, 2 egg yolks, salt and pepper, and a little grated nutmeg. Half roast loin of lamb, and cut it into steaks. Boil rice in boiling salted water for 10 minutes, drain it, and add to it gravy with nutmeg and mace; cook slowly until rice begins to thicken, remove it from fire, stir in Crisco, and when melted add yolks of eggs well beaten; Crisco a casserole well, sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper, dip them in melted Crisco, and lay them in Criscoed dish; pour over gravy that comes from them, add rice and simmer for ½ an hour.

November 4

_Tomato Soup_
*_Steamed Cod, Parsley Sauce_
_Roast Ribs of Beef, Horseradish Sauce_
_Colcannon_
_Potatoes_
_Charlotte Russe_
_Coffee_

*_Steamed Cod_--Wipe 4 cod steaks dry, and sprinkle with salt, pepper, lemon juice, and melted Crisco on under side; lay on Criscoed platter, put another Criscoed platter over; set on top of saucepan of boiling water, and steam ¾ of an hour, or until fish begins to leave bones. Serve with parsley sauce.

For parsley sauce. Blend 2 tablespoons Crisco with 2 tablespoons flour in a pan over the fire, add 1 cup milk and stir till boiling, season with salt, pepper and red pepper, and stir and cook for 10 minutes, then add 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, and serve.

November 5

_Ham Timbales, Cheese Sauce_
_Paprika Potatoes_
_Spinach_
_Apple and Celery Salad_
*_Cocoanut Pudding_
_Coffee_

*_Cocoanut Pudding_--1 cup scalded milk, ¾ cup soft breadcrumbs, ½ cup grated cocoanut, 2 egg yolks, 1 tablespoon Crisco, ½ cup cocoa, ½ cup sugar, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 2 egg whites, and ¼ teaspoon salt.

Soak bread in scalded milk until soft. Add cocoanut, sugar, cocoa, Crisco, lemon juice and salt; beat well; add yolks eggs beaten, cut and fold in stiffly-beaten whites. Turn into Criscoed pudding dish and bake in moderate oven 30 minutes. Serve hot or cold.

November 6

_Roast Duck_
_Egg Plant Croquettes_
_Peppers Stuffed with Rice_
_Canned Pears on Lettuce, with Mayonnaise_
*_Brown Bread Souffle_
_Coffee_

*_Brown Bread Souffle_--Melt 2½ tablespoons Crisco, add ½ cup milk, ½ cup cream, 2 cups brown breadcrumbs, ¼ teaspoon salt, and grated rind 1 lemon; let boil 2 minutes, stirring well, remove pan from fire, add 4 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and when cool, beaten yolks 4 eggs. Beat egg whites stiffly and add them lightly. Pour mixture into Criscoed tin, cover with Criscoed paper and steam gently 1 hour. Serve hot with sweet sauce.

November 7

_Corned Beef_
*_Cabbage, a la Creme_
_Potatoes_
_Olive Salad_
_Hasty Pudding_
_Cocoanut Cakes_
_Coffee_

*_Cabbage, a la Creme_--Trim and wash 1 cabbage, then boil in boiling salted water, adding 1 peeled onion stuck with 2 cloves. When tender take out onion and drain cabbage. Either chop finely or rub through a sieve. Melt 1 tablespoon Crisco in pan, put in cabbage, stir it well, add 3 tablespoons cream gradually, salt and pepper to taste.

When thoroughly hot, pile in hot dish, and garnish with sippets fried bread or toast.

November 8

_Cold Corned Beef_
_Baked Potatoes_
_Pickled Beets_
_Cauliflower Salad_
_Cheese Wafers_
*_Golden Pudding_
_Coffee_

*_Golden Pudding_--Line and ornament small pudding dish with puff pastry. Beat 2 tablespoons Crisco with 4 tablespoons sugar till creamy, add 4 tablespoons cakecrumbs, yolks 3 eggs beaten with ½ cup milk, ½ teaspoon salt, grated rind and strained juice 2 oranges. Pour into pudding dish, and bake 40 minutes. Whip up egg whites to stiff froth, stir in 3 tablespoons sugar, few drops yellow color, 1 teaspoon orange extract, and pile on top of pudding. Put back in oven to brown.

November 9

_Broiled Steak_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Spinach with Butter Sauce_
_Escarole Salad_
*_Cheese Fondue_
_Coffee_

*_Cheese Fondue_--2 tablespoons flour, ½ cup grated cheese, 1 tablespoon Crisco, 2 eggs, salt, pepper and red pepper, and ½ cup milk. Melt Crisco, add flour, then milk gradually. Stir till they boil, cool a little, add cheese and yolks and seasonings. Fold in whites stiffly beaten. Pour into a Criscoed souffle tin. Bake 20 minutes in hot oven. Fold a napkin round and serve hot.

November 10

_Haddock au Gratin_
*_Venison Cutlets_
_Hashed Browned Potatoes_
_Oyster and Celery Salad_
_Marrons, a la Creme_
_Coffee_

*_Venison Cutlets_--Trim venison cutlets in usual way. Put 4 tablespoons Crisco in saute pan and when hot put in cutlets, seasoned with salt and pepper, fry till brown. Then take out cutlets, put into pan ½ tumbler currant jelly to melt, add 2 tablespoons Crisco with ½ teaspoon salt, and serve separately with cutlets.

November 11

*_Baked Scallops in Shells_
_Chicken Souffle_
_Fried Celery_
_Latticed Potatoes_
_Watercress and Green Pepper Salad_
_Meringues Glaces_
_Coffee_

*_Baked Scallops in Shells_--Take desired quantity of fresh scallops--1 pint or 1 quart, and cook them in little white wine until done. Drain, cut in quarters, and add to them ½ their quantity of minced onion fried until tender, but not brown. Moisten with white sauce, season with red pepper and salt, heap high in scallop shells, cover with breadcrumbs moistened in melted Crisco, and brown in hot oven. Garnish with lemon slices and parsley.

November 12

_Hamburg Steak Balls_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Fried Parsnips_
_Apple and Celery Salad_
*_Baked Indian Pudding_
_Coffee_

*_Baked Indian Pudding_--3½ quarts milk, 3 tablespoons cornmeal, ½ pint molasses, 3 tablespoons Crisco, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and ½ teaspoon ginger. Boil 1 quart milk; add to it molasses, Crisco, salt, and spices, and lastly meal stirred smooth with little cold milk; scald whole together, and turn into a well Criscoed baking dish. When it begins to crust over, stir it all up from bottom, and add 1 pint of cold milk. Repeat process every ½ hour, or oftener if pudding browns too fast, till 5 pints are used; then let it bake till done--6 hours in all. Serve hot with sauce of grated or granulated maple sugar stirred into rich cream, and kept very cold till needed.

November 13

_Lamb Cutlets_
_Potatoes_
*_Curried Lima Beans_
_Tomato Salad_
_Cheese Fritters_
_Benedictine Jelly_
_Coffee_

*_Curried Lima Beans_--Chop 1 onion finely and fry it for a few minutes in 2 tablespoons Crisco, add 1 tablespoon curry powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon flour, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, and 1 cup water, allow to cook slowly for 20 minutes, then add 1½ cups cooked lima beans, mix well and serve hot.

November 14

_Cream of Tomato Soup_
*_Nut Roast, Piquante Sauce_
_Sweet Potatoes_
_Fried Egg Plant_
_Lettuce Salad_
_Baked Quinces_
_Gingerbread_
_Coffee_

*_Nut Roast_--½ cup lentils, ½ cup shelled roasted peanuts, ½ tablespoon Crisco, ½ cup toasted breadcrumbs, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ saltspoon pepper and milk. Soak lentils over night; in morning drain, cover with fresh water and bring to boil. Drain again; and put in fresh water and cook until tender. Drain once more; throw away water and press lentils through colander. Add nuts, either ground or chopped, Crisco, breadcrumbs, seasoning and milk sufficient to make mixture consistency of mush. Put into Criscoed baking dish; bake in moderate oven 1 hour; turn out on heated platter; garnish with parsley or watercress and serve with Piquante sauce.

Vegetarian

November 15

_Sweet Potatoes au Gratin_
_Corn, a la Southern_
*_Raisin and Nut Bread_
_Apples Stuffed with Celery_
_Caramel Custards_
_Coffee_

*_Raisin and Nut Bread_--1 egg, ¾ cup sugar, 1½ cups milk, 1 teaspoon salt, 3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 2 tablespoons Crisco, ½ cup raisins, and 1 cup chopped walnut meats. Beat egg with sugar; add sifted flour, baking powder and salt alternately with milk; last add Crisco, melted, and walnuts. Bake in deep pan in slow oven 45 minutes.

November 16

_Cream of Corn Soup_
_Roast Turkey, Giblet Sauce_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Creamed Onions_
_Melon Mangoes_
_Cheese Fingers_
*_Apple Strudel_
_Coffee_

*_Apple Strudel_--Sift 2 cups flour with ½ teaspoonful salt and 1 teaspoon sugar. Add gradually 1 cup lukewarm water, and knead until dough does not stick to hands. Roll dough as thin as possible on floured board. Place clean tablecloth on table, put rolled out dough on it and pull carefully with fingers to get thin as possible. Mix 4 cups chopped apples with 1 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, 1 cup seeded raisins, and 1 cup currants. Spread over dough, and spread little Crisco over apples. Take cloth in both hands, and roll strudel over and over like roly poly. Roll strudel into Criscoed baking pan and bake in hot oven until brown.

November 17

*_Stewed Rabbit_
_Glace Potatoes_
_Baked Onions_
_Jellied Baked Beans_
_Cranberry Bavarian Cream_
_Coffee_

*_Stewed Rabbit_--Melt 4 tablespoons Crisco in saucepan; joint rabbit and fry quickly in Crisco, then fry 1 sliced onion until browned, stir in 2 tablespoons flour and brown flour; now add gradually 2 cups water and stir till smooth, when boiling add salt, pepper, and paprika to taste, and 2 tablespoons chopped parsley; simmer slowly 1½ hours. Dish and strain over gravy.

November 18

_Julienne Soup_
_Toast Points_
_Stuffed Hearts_
_Pickles_
_Browned Potatoes_
_Baked Squash_
*_Almond and Apple Pudding_
_Coffee_

*_Almond and Apple Pudding_--Pare and core 6 apples, chop into small pieces and sprinkle with ½ cup sugar. Have ready 2 cups breadcrumbs, soaked in ½ cup milk to which 1 tablespoon melted Crisco has been added. Beat 2 eggs till light, add to them grating of nutmeg, a pinch of cinnamon and good pinch of salt. Mix apple with soaked breadcrumbs, then eggs, and lastly 2 dozens blanched almonds chopped fine. Thin with ½ cup milk, then pour into Criscoed tin and bake. Serve with sweetened cream.

November 19

_Spare Ribs Stew_
_Rice Croquettes_
_Waldorf Salad_
_Cheese Biscuits_
*_Cranberry Pudding_
_Coffee_

*_Cranberry Pudding_--Cream ½ cup Crisco with 1 cup sugar, add 3 eggs well beaten, ½ cup milk, 3½ cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt, and ½ teaspoon almond extract, then stir in 1½ cups cranberries, turn into Criscoed mold, cover with greased paper and steam 4 hours. Serve with milk.

November 20

_Oyster Croquettes_
*_Stuffed Lamb Chops_
_Chestnut Puree_
_Mashed Potatoes_
_Egg Plant Fritters_
_Kumquat and Endive Salad_
_Stewed Figs_
_Coffee_

*_Stuffed Lamb Chops_--Wipe 6 French chops, cut 1½ inches thick. Split meat in halves, cutting to bone. Cook 2½ tablespoons Crisco and 1 tablespoon chopped onion 5 minutes; remove onion, add ½ cup chopped mushroom, and cook 5 minutes; add 2 tablespoons flour, 3 tablespoons stock, 1 teaspoon chopped parsley, ¼ teaspoon salt, and few grains red pepper. Spread mixture between layers of chops, press together lightly, wrap in Criscoed paper cases, and broil 10 minutes. Serve with chestnut puree.

November 21

_Baked Boned White Fish_
_Bread Dressing, Drawn Butter Sauce_
_Stewed Tomatoes_
_Mashed Potatoes_
*_Date Pudding_
_Coffee_

*_Date Pudding_--Clean, stone, and chop 1 pound dates, add 1 cup 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

*_Belgian Hare, en Casserole_
_Scalloped Potatoes_
_Braised Celery_
_Pineapple and Celery Salad_
_Lemon Pudding, Caramel Sauce_
_Coffee_

*_Belgian Hare, en Casserole_--Separate hare into joints; season with salt, paprika and red pepper, and saute in ¼ cup Crisco with 2 slices of bacon cut in dice to golden brown. Put hare in casserole with 1 cup hot water and put on cover. Bake 30 minutes, then add 2 tablespoons Crisco rubbed into 2 tablespoons flour, 1 cup water, seasoning to taste, and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Cook in moderate oven for 3 hours. Send to table without removing cover.

Vegetarian

December 29

_Nut Turkey Roast, Cranberry Jelly_
_Creamed Onions_
_Baked Potatoes_
_Hubbard Squash_
_Pineapple and Orange Salad_
*_Pastry Fingers_
_Lalla Rookh_
_Coffee_