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and take out brains. Bone head. Cut 6 ounces lean part of veal and reserve to make quenelles. Then chop bones taken from head, the veal, and beef. Put them into stockpot, and place flesh from head on top; then well cover with water, add little salt and let slowly come to boil. Skim well; add vegetables, cleaned but not cut up, and spices. Let all simmer very slowly for 8 or 9 hours. When head is quite tender (it will take about four hours), lift it out carefully and place between 2 dishes to press until quite cold. Strain stock. Melt Crisco in pan, add ham cut into small pieces, and fry slowly for five minutes, then add flour and stir until it is of dark brown color. Take off stove and add stock by degrees; stir over fire until it boils; put it at corner of stove to simmer for 20 minutes; skim and strain it. Cut head into small square pieces and warm up in soup; add sherry, red pepper, and salt totaste. Turn it out into tureen, then put in some very small quenelles, made with teaspoons, and poached for 10 minutes in water. Vegetarian April 22 Calcutta Bisque Tomatoes Casino *Asparagus Loaf, Bechamel Sauce Leeks in Butter Roast Potatoes Cherry Salad Cheese Coffee Crackers * Asparagus Loaf—Crisco thoroughly a charlotte russe mold, % size, and line it with cooked tips of asparagus well drained. Cook together 2 tablespoons flour 2. tablespoons Crisco, 1 teaspoon salt, dash of pepper, add gradually 1 cup of cream and boil 5 minutes. Remove from fire, add 1 cup cooked asparagus tips and 4 eggs thoroughly beaten. Turn mixture into mold, set in pan of hot water and cook in a moderate oven about 30 minutes or until center is firm. Turn loaf on hot dish, arrange about it, little oblong pieces of bread that have been dipped in A Calendar of Dinners beaten eggs and milk and browned. Pour sauce around it and serve at once. Vegetarian April 23 Julienne Soup . Creamed Salsify Patties Mushrooms in Casserole Mashed Potatoes Green String Beans Orange Fritters *Swiss Pudding Coffee *Swiss Pudding—1% cups breadcrumbs, 1 pound apples, 4 table- spoons brown sugar, 2 tablespoons Crisco, and grated lemon rind. Choose good cooking apples, peel, core, and thinly slice them. Well Crisco a pint pudding-dish, place some crumbs on bottom, and press some against the sides of dish, put in layer of apples, some sugar, a little lemon peel or any other flavoring preferred, then a few more crumbs, and repeat this until all are used; leaving crumbs for top layer. Pile mixture up a little as it shrinks while cooking. Place Crisco in small pieces on top. Bake in moderately hot oven until apples are quite cooked and pudding is browned top and bottom. Turn pudding out on to flat dish, sprinkle sugar over top. Serve with boiled custard or cream. The pudding may be served hot or cold. Vegetarian April 24 Cream of Pea Soup Ladies’ Cabbage in Ramekins Chestnut Puree Mock New Potatoes *Creamed Beets Banana Salad Marshmallow Pudding Coffee *Creamed Beets—Boil 8 medium-sized beets until tender, then remove from saucepan and place them in cold water, rub skins off carefully with hands, cut in % inch cubes. Make a sauce of 2 tablespoons Crisco creamed with 2 tablespoons flour and % cup water in which beets were boiled 2 A Calendar of Dinners tablespoons cream, 2 tablespoons vinegar, 2 teaspoons sugar, salt and pepper to taste. Pour sauce over hot beets and serve in hot dish. Vegetarian April 25 Cream of Turnip Soup *Bean Croquettes, Tomato Sauce Savory Rice Lettuce Salad, French Dressing Stewed Prunes Coffee *Bean Croquettes—| pint white beans, % cup cream, yolk 2 eggs, 1 tablespoon Crisco, 1 tablespoon flour, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, 1 teaspoon onion juice, 1 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Soak beans over night, drain, cover them with fresh water, boil an hour, drain,