A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes

*Pineapple Soufflé—Cream 1.5 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. Beat whites of 3 eggs to stiff froth and fold in carefully. 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 1/2 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 A Calendar of Dinners November 29 Mock Bisque Soup Mutton Hartcot 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 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 ¥% 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 Beefsieak Fried Beets Baked Potatoes Grapefruit and Endive Salad Nougat Ice Cream Coffee *Baked Beefsteak—Cut 2 pounds of sirloin, “% inch thick. Mix 1 cup breadcrumbs, 1 tablespoon Crisco, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, % tablespoon chopped onion, 1% teaspoon each of salt, pepper, and red pepper, 1% 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 ¥% cup stock, and bake % 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 1% 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, 4 teaspoon salt, }4 teaspoon cinnamon, 24 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon ginger, 2