There should be a little mixed flour and
thickening, about as thick as cream al-
ways at hand when cooking is going on.
The use of a spoonful saves an egg in this
dish and is better, but do not use enough
to make the macaroni solid and dry. For
SAN FRANCISCO HOTEL GAZETTE'S
44
a high-flavored dish of macaroni, see No.
;4, which is i
^elsh. rarebit,
154, which is macaroni in^ a. fonduey like
586— Cheapo Steamed fruit Pudding.
Take the molasses fruit cake mixture,
No. 578.✪ Steamed Fruit Pudding Put it in a cake mould and steam
from one to two hours. The color both of
pudding and cake will be from yellow to
black according to the kind of syrup or
molasses used. Serve^witb sauce ;, Nos.
^a on 156*.
Supper;^
Oatmeal mush, (3 cents.y
Beefsteak (8 orders, i lb,net5^2'(yc'ehts,)
Cold beef and ham (from dinner.)
Potatoes, (enough lett from dinner.)
Biscuits (2 doz, 15 cents.)
Fresh wild raspberreis (2 qts, 30 cents.)
Cookies (3 doz, 12 cents.)
Batter cakes and syrup, (14 cents,)
Butter 15, milk and cream '30, coffee,
tea 10.
Total, $L 49J 25 persons; 6 cents a
plate.
1'
587— Cookies— Good Common.
2 cups sugar— a pounds,
I cup butter— 5^ poundj
5 or 6 eggs.
I cup milk or water — ^ pmt*
4 teaspoons baking powder.
8 cups flour✪ Cookies - Good Common — 2 pounds.
Soften the butter and stir it and the
sugar together, add eggs, milk, beat well.
Mix the powder in the flour; mix all to a
soft dough. Press it together on the
table, roll out thin, sift granulated sugar
all over and cut out the cakes. The softer
the dough can be worked the better the
cakes will be. Makes 9 dozen, cost 36
cents, 4 or 5 cents a dozen ; or twice as
many if rolled extremely thm.
wheat, 4 cents.)
Beefsteak (7 orders, i lb, -20 cents.;
Ham and breakfast bacon (6 orders,
15 cents.)
Buttered eggjs (No. 558, 18 eggs and
butter, 25 cents.)
German fried potatoes (No. 511, 20
potatoes, 6 cents.)
Corn muffins (No. 286, with 2 cups
meal, etc., 20, 12 cents.)
Graham batter cakes (with sour milk,
like No. 535, 2 qts, 15 cents.)
Svrup 12, butter 15, milk and cream 30,
coffee, tea, sugar, bread 20.
Total, $1 74; 25 persons; 7 cents' a
plate.
Boarders and children are getting filled
up. No longer ravenous and covetous of*
large portions. Just beginning to have
misgivings as to the gentility of large cuts,
heaped up dishes and six batter cakes on
a plate; willing to have them made small
and only three at a time. ' Tis ever thus
after a week or two. Out of eggs again,
as usual ; must make up a dinner without.
The big hotels at the depot catch up all
that comes to that little country store.
(3ur manager as busy is as a bee from morn
till dewey eve playing croquet and has no
time to go further to buy. But we are
out of meat, too, and somebody must go
to the "Glen,'' which is a few sizes larger
.than the depot village, and buy some.
588— Trouble wiih the Oatmeal.
Bpeakfasfr
July 10.
Cracked \vheat mush (■2 cups-^ cracked
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There should be a little mixed flour and
thickening, about as thick as cream al-
ways at hand when cooking is going on.
The use of a spoonful saves an egg in this
dish and is better, but do not use enough
to make the macaroni solid and dry. For
SAN FRANCISCO HOTEL GAZETTE'S
44
a high-flavored dish of macaroni, see No.
;4, which is i
^elsh. rarebit,
154, which is macaroni in^ a. fonduey like
586— Cheapo Steamed fruit Pudding.
Take the molasses fruit cake mixture,
No. 578. Put it in a cake mould and steam
from one to two hours. The color both of
pudding and cake will be from yellow to
black according to the kind of syrup or
molasses used. Serve^witb sauce ;, Nos.
^a on 156*.
Supper;^
Oatmeal mush, (3 cents.y
Beefsteak (8 orders, i lb,net5^2'(yc'ehts,)
Cold beef and ham (from dinner.)
Potatoes, (enough lett from dinner.)
Biscuits (2 doz, 15 cents.)
Fresh wild raspberreis (2 qts, 30 cents.)
Cookies (3 doz, 12 cents.)
Batter cakes and syrup, (14 cents,)
Butter 15, milk and cream '30, coffee,
tea 10.
Total, $L 49J 25 persons; 6 cents a
plate.
1'
587— Cookies— Good Common.
2 cups sugar— a pounds,
I cup butter— 5^ poundj
5 or 6 eggs.
I cup milk or water — ^ pmt*
4 teaspoons baking powder.
8 cups flour — 2 pounds.
Soften the butter and stir it and the
sugar together, add eggs, milk, beat well.
Mix the powder in the flour; mix all to a
soft dough. Press it together on the
table, roll out thin, sift granulated sugar
all over and cut out the cakes. The softer
the dough can be worked the better the
cakes will be. Makes 9 dozen, cost 36
cents, 4 or 5 cents a dozen ; or twice as
many if rolled extremely thm.
wheat, 4 cents.)
Beefsteak (7 orders, i lb, -20 cents.;
Ham and breakfast bacon (6 orders,
15 cents.)
Buttered eggjs (No. 558, 18 eggs and
butter, 25 cents.)
German fried potatoes (No. 511, 20
potatoes, 6 cents.)
Corn muffins (No. 286, with 2 cups
meal, etc., 20, 12 cents.)
Graham batter cakes (with sour milk,
like No. 535, 2 qts, 15 cents.)
Svrup 12, butter 15, milk and cream 30,
coffee, tea, sugar, bread 20.
Total, $1 74; 25 persons; 7 cents' a
plate.
Boarders and children are getting filled
up. No longer ravenous and covetous of*
large portions. Just beginning to have
misgivings as to the gentility of large cuts,
heaped up dishes and six batter cakes on
a plate; willing to have them made small
and only three at a time. ' Tis ever thus
after a week or two. Out of eggs again,
as usual ; must make up a dinner without.
The big hotels at the depot catch up all
that comes to that little country store.
(3ur manager as busy is as a bee from morn
till dewey eve playing croquet and has no
time to go further to buy. But we are
out of meat, too, and somebody must go
to the "Glen,'' which is a few sizes larger
.than the depot village, and buy some.
588— Trouble wiih the Oatmeal.
Bpeakfasfr
July 10.
Cracked \vheat mush (■2 cups-^ cracked