_*Lamb Fricassee with Dumplings--_ Cut up and dice enough cold lamb
to make 1 quart. Season with salt and white pepper, put into Criscoed
baking dish and pour over following sauce: Blend 2 tablespoons Crisco
with 2 tablespoons flour, and cook until brown. Now add 2 cups water
and when it boils season with salt, pepper, onion juice to taste and
pour over meat. Cover and bake in moderate oven 20 minutes.
To make the dumplings, sift together 2 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt,
1/4 teaspoon sugar, and 2 teaspoons baking powder. Add 1 tablespoon
Crisco and rub in with tips of fingers, then add sufficient milk to
make soft dough. Roll out and cut into small biscuits. Place on top of
lamb and bake in hot oven for 12 minutes. Serve hot.
July 20
_Roast Beef's Heart
Boiled New Potatoes
Cauliflower au Gratin
Baked Bean Salad
*Cheese Aigrettes
Apricot Meringue Pie
Coffee_
_*Cheese Aigrettes--_Bring 2 tablespoons Crisco and 1/2 cup water to
boiling point, then add 1/2 cup flour and stir until mixture leaves
sides of pan. Cool, but do not allow to become cold, then add 2 eggs,
1 by 1, 4 tablespoons grated cheese, salt, pepper, and paprika to
taste and beat well. Allow to stand in cool place 30 minutes. Drop by
teaspoons into hot Crisco and fry a golden brown. Drain and sprinkle
with grated cheese. Serve hot. The Crisco should not be too hot or the
cheese will burn.
Vegetarian
July 21
_Strawberry Cocktails
Macaroni Cutlets, Cheese Sauce
*Popovers
Tomato Mayonnaise
Pimiento Sandwiches
Frozen Banana Whip
Coffee_
_*Pop Overs_--Beat up 3 eggs until light; add 1 cup milk and 1
teaspoon melted Crisco. Pour this gradually into 1 cup flour and 1/2
teaspoon salt, beating all the time until smooth. Crisco iron gem
pans, put them in the oven, and when hot, take them out and fill them
half full of this batter. Put them back in the oven and bake for 45
minutes. They should be at least 4 times their original bulk. If they
fall, they are not thoroughly done. The oven should be hot.
July 22
_*Pilau, a la Turque
Peppers Stuffed with Green Corn
Huntington Salad
Cheese Rolls
Baked Custard
Coffee_
_*Pilau, a la Turque_--Put 1 1/2 cups of stock, with 1 cup stewed
and strained tomato, over fire. When boiling add 1 cup well-washed
or blanched rice and 1/2 teaspoon salt; stir lightly with fork,
occasionally, until liquor is absorbed. Then add 1/2 cup Crisco,
season with salt and pepper, and cook over hot water until tender;
remove cover, and stir with fork before serving.
July 23
_Vegetable Soup
*Fried Fish
Baked Shoulder of Mutton
Onion Puree
Chipped Potatoes
Fruit Jelly
Toasted Cheese Fingers
Coffee_
_*Fried Fish_--Marinade 4 halibut steaks for 1 hour; drain, dip in
salted flour, then in beaten egg, lastly in fine salted and peppered
crumbs. Leave on ice for 1 hour, and fry in hot Crisco.
July 24
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