Finding these good people inclined to
liberality in the matter of expenditure,
when sending for some Lie big's extract
ot meat, wherewith to make their ^^;:z///(?«
ojf extra fineness, I sent for twice as much
as was needed that some might remain to
give them pleasure some other day ; the
same by the finest salad oil, the walnut
catsup to give a new zest to their soups;
mushroom catsup to transform their
chicken stews and pies; genuine table
sauces to help ameliorate those dreadful
beefsteaks ; some kirchwasser _ for the
ladies* punch ; genuine maraschino to im-
plant a new sensation for them in the'
creams and jellies; a few truffles to cause
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them to ask questions ; Camembert cheese
in tiny round boxes; Roquefort cheese
in larger bulk ; biscuits ot the superfine
sorts and choice fruits, all in excess of
the needs of the one night. After the
supper was over I had the satisfaction of
seeing the remainders of the goods_ and
sweets with the unwonted flavors spirited
away to secure hiding places by fairy
fingers, and then had to leave these poor
two-hundred-thousand-dollar people to
the maladministrations of Mary Jane
with her board on a barrel; but they
seemed to deserve a better fate.
Supper.
Cracked wheat (2 cups, 4 cents.)
Beefsteak (7 orders, i lb, and biAter,
18 cents.)
Lamb chops (ii orders, V/^ lbs, 18
cents.)
Chipped beef in cream (3 orders, 3
cents.)
Cold meats (6 orders, 12 ozs, net,
charged dinner.)
Potatoes French fried and baked (6
cents.)
Sally Lunn (20 cents.)
Batter cakes (i qt, 8 cents.)
Green gages in sjrup (i can, 25 cents.)
Cake and cookies (without eggs, 15
cents.)
Buttermilk, cream, milk 36, bread 6,
syrup 6, butter 15, coffee, tea, sugar 16.
Total, $1 96; 27 persons; 7Ji cents a
plate.
643— Chipped Beef in Cream.
Shave the dried beef extremely thin
with a plane or sharp knife, and parboil
it m water.
While it is in preparation, make a cup-
ful ot cream sauce ; beat in a small lump
of butter✪ Chipped Beef in Cream additional, then drain the water
from the beef and pour the s^uce over it
instead.
644— Sally Lunn foa Cakes.
If you are making rolls or bread daily,
for the evening meal it will be easy to
change the dough into sally lunn. Make
up the dough at, say, 11 o'clock, the same
as at No. 532 and let it rise until 3. Then
take nearly all, or 2j4 pounds, or 5 or 6
cups of the dough.
Yo, cup butter, melted.
3 tablespoons sugar
2 eggs and 2 yolks.
54 cup warm milk.
2 cups iiour.
Work them all together and beat up
very thoroughly. It is like muffin dougn
or fritters, too soft to handle.
Let rise until 5. Beat again. Divide
it in 4 or 5 pie pans previously buttered
and rise half an hour, then bake and have
them hot and ready at 6. Cut like pieces
of pie carefully with^ a sharp knife not
to crush it. Send it in instead of rolls.
Makes 24 to 28 cuts; costs 20 or 21 cents.
645— Cookies without Eggs,
1 small cup sugar — 6 ounces.
^ cup butter — 4 ounces.
2 small cups milk — little less than a
pint.
3 heaped up teaspoons baking powder.
Flour to make soft dough — about
6 cups.
Warm the butter and mix it and the
sugar together and then the milk (water
will do.) Mix the powder in the flour,
stir all together. Roll out very thin.
Shake some granulated sugar over the
sheet of dough, cut out and bake well
done. Costs 17 or 18 cents for about 100
cookies.
Breakfast. ✪ Sally Lunn for Cakes
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Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Finding these good people inclined to liberality in the matter of expenditure, when sending for some Liebig's extract of meat, wherewith to make their consommé of extra fineness, I sent for twice as much as was needed that some might remain to give them pleasuresome other day ; the same by the finest salad oil, the walnut catsup to give a new zest to their soups; mushroom catsup to transform their chicken stews and pies; genuine table sauces to help ameliorate those dreadful beefsteaks ; some kirchwasser for the ladies* punch ; genuine maraschino to implant a new sensation for them in the' creams and jellies; a few truffles to cause
them to ask questions ; Camembert cheese in tiny round boxes; Roquefort cheese in larger bulk ; biscuits ot the superfine sorts and choice fruits, all in excess of the needs of the one night. After the supper was over I had the satisfaction of seeing the remainders of the goods_ and sweets with the unwonted flavors spirited away to secure hiding places by fairy fingers, and then had to leave these poor two-hundred-thousand-dollar people to the maladministrations of Mary Jane with her board on a barrel; but they seemed to deserve a better fate.
Supper.
Cracked wheat (2 cups, 4 cents.)
Beefsteak (7 orders, i lb, and biAter, 18 cents.)
Lamb chops (ii orders, V/^ lbs, 18 cents.)
Chipped beef in cream (3 orders, 3 cents.)
Cold meats (6 orders, 12 ozs, net, charged dinner.)
Potatoes French fried and baked (6 cents.)
Sally Lunn (20 cents.)
Batter cakes (i qt, 8 cents.)
Green gages in sjrup (i can, 25 cents.)
Cake and cookies (without eggs, 15 cents.)
Buttermilk, cream, milk 36, bread 6, syrup 6, butter 15, coffee, tea, sugar 16.
Total, $1 96; 27 persons; 7Ji cents a plate.
643— Chipped Beef in Cream.
Shave the dried beef extremely thin with a plane or sharp knife, and parboil it m water.
While it is in preparation, make a cupful ot cream sauce ; beat in a small lump of butter additional, then drain the water from the beef and pour the s^uce over it instead.
644— Sally Lunn foa Cakes.
If you are making rolls or bread daily, for the evening meal it will be easy to change the dough into sally lunn. Make up the dough at, say, 11 o'clock, the same as at No. 532 and let it rise until 3. Then take nearly all, or 2j4 pounds, or 5 or 6
cups of the dough.
Yo, cup butter, melted.
3 tablespoons sugar
2 eggs and 2 yolks.
54 cup warm milk.
2 cups iiour.
Work them all together and beat up very thoroughly. It is like muffin dougn or fritters, too soft to handle.
Let rise until 5. Beat again. Divide it in 4 or 5 pie pans previously buttered and rise half an hour, then bake and have them hot and ready at 6. Cut like pieces of pie carefully with^ a sharp knife not to crush it. Send it in instead of rolls. Makes 24 to 28 cuts; costs 20 or 21 cents.
645— Cookies without Eggs,
1 small cup sugar — 6 ounces. ^ cup butter — 4 ounces.
2 small cups milk — little less than a pint.
3 heaped up teaspoons baking powder. Flour to make soft dough — about
6 cups.
Warm the butter and mix it and the sugar together and then the milk (water will do.) Mix the powder in the flour, stir all together. Roll out very thin. Shake some granulated sugar over the sheet of dough, cut out and bake well done. Costs 17 or 18 cents for about 100 cookies.
Breakfast.
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