_*Stewed Squabs_--Cut 2 squabs into neat joints. Put 1 cup water in
saucepan when it boils lay in squabs, 1 sliced onion, and 1 slice
of carrot, simmer for 1-1/2 hours. Blend 2 tablespoons Crisco with
2 tablespoons flour, add 1 cup stock from squabs, salt and pepper to
taste and boil for 5 minutes stirring all the time. Arrange the squabs
on a hot dish and strain over the sauce.
September 14
_Oysters
*Porterhouse Steak
Scalloped Tomatoes
Lima Beans
Apple and Chestnut Salad
Pear Sponge
Coffee_
_*Porterhouse Steak_--Have large porterhouse steak well trimmed and
shaped, and slit with sharp knife an opening flatwise through sirloin
and tenderloin. Make forcemeat of 1 dozen olives chopped, 2 pounded
anchovies, 1 chopped red pepper, salt and onion juice to taste, and 2
tablespoons melted Crisco. With this forcemeat fill smoothly cavities
made in steak. Pinch steak together firmly at edges and set away on
ice for 1 hour or even longer. Broil them over clear fire and serve
without sauce.
September 15
_Pea Soup
*Impanada
Celery Mayonnaise
Apple Trifle
Coffee_
_*Impanada_--Cut up raw chicken, and flour each piece well. Line deep
dish with slices raw sweet potato, slices raw white potato, some of
chicken, little onion, few slices of bacon, salt and pepper to taste,
and 1 can of tomatoes chopped fine, 2 tablespoons Crisco, and 1
tablespoon vinegar. Cover top of dish with sweet and white potatoes.
Bake very slowly from 2 to 3 hours. Serve hot. This takes 3
medium-sized sweet potatoes and 6 medium-sized white potatoes.
September 16
_*Baked Ham
Baked Potatoes
Brussels Sprouts
Spiced Grapes
Apple Salad
Ice Cream with Kisses
Coffee_
_*Baked Ham_--Soak ham over night then wash and scrape it. Put it into
cold water; let it come to boiling point then simmer for 2 hours. Let
the ham cool in the water; then remove and draw off the skin. Bake in
moderate oven for 2 hours; baste it frequently; using 1 cup of sherry
wine, 2 spoonfuls at a time; then baste with melted Crisco. When done,
cover with a paste made of browned flour and browned sugar moistened
with sherry, and return to oven to brown.
September 17
_*Oyster Bisque
Broiled Lamb Chops
Griddled Sweet Potatoes
Bean Croquettes, Tomato Sauce
Cauliflower Salad
Cocoanut Custard
Coffee_
_*Oyster Bisque_--Boil 1 quart oysters in their own liquor with about
1 pint mildly-flavored white stock. Let boil for 1/2 an hour or even
longer. Take up and strain, put back to boil, season with salt and
white pepper as needed, add 1 quart rich milk and 1/2 a pint of cream.
Blend together 1 tablespoon potato flour with 1 tablespoon melted
Crisco, and with this thicken soup till it is smooth and velvety.
September 18
_Hamburg Loaf, Tomato Sauce
Maitre d'Hotel Potatoes
Beet and String Bean Salad
Cheese Creams
*Chocolate Pudding with Macaroons
Coffee_
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