A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes

*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 34 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, 34 cup soft breadcrumbs, % cup grated cocoanut, 2 egg yolks, 1 tablespoon Crisco, % cup cocoa, % cup sugar, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 2 egg whites, and 14 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 2% tablespoons Crisco, add % cup milk, % cup cream, 2 cups brown _ breadcrumbs, % teaspoon salt, and grated rind 1 lemon; let boil 2 minutes, stirring well, remove pan from fire, add 4 tablespoons sugar, | teaspoon cinnamon, | teaspoon vanilla extract, and when cool, beaten yolks 4 eggs. Beat egg whites stifly 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, ala Creme Olive Salad Hasty Pudding Cocoanut Cakes Potatoes Coffee *Cabbage, ala Creme—Trim and wash 1 cabbage, then boil in_ boiling salted water, adding 1 peeled onion A Calendar of Dinners 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 % cup milk, % teaspoon salt, grated rind and strained juice 2 oranges. Pour into pudding dish, and bake 40 minutes. Whip up egg whites to stiff froth, stirin 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, % cup grated cheese, 1 tablespoon Crisco, 2 eggs, salt, pepper and red pepper, and % 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. VA A Calendar of Dinners November 10 Haddock au Gratin