A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes

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, % 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 1% 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 cup Crisco * Jam Cake—Cream 1 cup Crisco with 1 cup sugar, add~3 well beaten eggs, % cup sour cream, 1 teaspoon soda, 2 cups flour, 1 cup strawberry preserves, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1% teaspoon each cloves, % teaspoon nutmeg, and 1% 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 A Calendar of Dinners 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, % 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