_*Cherry Blanc-mange_--Put 1 quart of milk into a saucepan, add 1
tablespoon Crisco. Mix 1 cup cornstarch smoothly with 1/2 cup cold
milk; when the milk boils stir in cornstarch and stir for 10 minutes,
then add 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stew 2 cups
cherries until tender in _1/2_ cup water, add 2 tablespoons sugar.
Rinse out a mold with cold water, arrange a few cherries in the
bottom, then put in some blanc-mange, then rest of cherries mixed with
cornstarch. Turn out when firm. Serve with milk.
July 29
_Iced Tomato Bouillon
*Swiss Steak
Mashed Potato
Egg Plant Fritters
Lettuce Salad, Chifonade Dressing
Strawberry Parfait
Coffee_
_*Swiss Steak_--1 pound steak, 1 cup flour, salt and pepper, 4 skinned
tomatoes, 1 sliced onion, and water. Have steak cut 2 inches thick,
and pound into it the flour. Put steak into a skillet, with 3
tablespoons Crisco and brown on both sides. Then cover with water,
adding sliced onion, tomatoes sliced and cover closely and let simmer
for 3 hours. Just before steak is done add salt and pepper to taste.
When done, the gravy is already made and is delicious.
July 30
_Clear Soup
*Planked Chicken
Potato Croquettes
Asparagus Tips
Boiled Rice
Pineapple Salad
Vanilla Ice Cream
Strawberry Sauce
Coffee_
_*Planked Chicken_--2 spring chickens, 1 cup boiled rice, 1/2 pound
mushrooms, and 1 glass guava jelly. Stew mushrooms; put chicken either
in oven or under broiler, bone side to hottest part of fire. Heat and
Crisco a plank; put chicken on, bone side down; sprinkle with melted
Crisco, dust with salt and pepper and broil on board under gas for
1/2 an hour. Garnish with rice; pour over mushrooms. Place at corners
small bread patties, holding the guava jelly.
July 31
_*Baked Beans
Finger Rolls
Beet and Potato Salad
Lemon Jelly,
Whipped Cream
Cafe Parfait_
_*Baked Beans_--Wash 2 quarts of small white beans, put them in a
saucepan, cover with cold water; as soon as they come to a boil,
drain; put them in a fireproof baking dish, add 4 tablespoons Crisco,
1 chopped onion, salt and pepper to taste and 1/4 teaspoon mustard,
fill dish with boiling water, cover tight, and bake from 5 to 6 hours;
add more water as required to keep from getting dry. They can be
warmed over as needed.
August 1
_Brown Fricassee of Kidneys
Summer Squash
New Cabbage Salad
*Blueberry Pie
Coffee_
_*Blueberry Pie_--Line a deep perforated tin with Crisco Plain Pastry;
brush over with water or white of egg. Fill with floured blueberries;
add sugar, Crisco, salt and vinegar. Allow 1 cup sugar to 3 cups
berries, 1 tablespoon Crisco, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon
vinegar. Cover with crust and bake.
August 2
_*Beef Olives
Braised Lettuce
Stuffed Potatoes
Beet Salad
Cheese Relish
Red Currant Cream
Lady Fingers
Coffee_
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