A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes

sugar, 4 tablespoons Crisco, % cup flour, 2 eggs, % 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. A Calendar of Dinners 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 % 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 14 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, % pound mushrooms, and 1 glass guava jelly. Stew A Calendar of Dinners 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 % 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 Y% 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, ¥% teaspoon salt, and 14 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 414 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 1% hours. Remove string and dish in a circle, season the gravy and strain over the meat. August 3