October 12
_Cream of Carrot Soup
Roast Pig, Apple Sauce
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Creamed Celery
Kumquat Salad
*Cheese Croutons
Coffee_
_*Cheese Croutons_--Cut crusts from thin slices of stale bread and
spread lightly with creamed Crisco, then with a layer of cream cheese
seasoned with salt and pepper. Cover with a second slice of bread and
cut into fingers 1 inch wide, using a sharp knife. Place in a shallow
pan and brown in a hot oven.
October 13
_*Peanut Puree
Roast Pig Reheated in Casserole
Squash
Baked Potatoes
Red Cabbage Salad
Sultana Roll
Coffee_
_*Peanut Puree_--1 cup peanut butter, 1 quart milk, 1 tablespoon
Crisco, 1 teaspoon onion juice, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, 1 bay leaf, 1
blade mace, pepper and salt to taste. Put milk, Crisco, peanut butter,
onion juice, pepper, bay leaf and blade mace in double boiler; stir
and cook until hot. Moisten cornstarch in little cold milk and add it
to hot milk; stir until smooth and thick; strain through sieve. Add
salt and serve at once with croutons.
October 14
_*Grilled Halibut with Parmesan
Roast Mutton, Currant Jelly Sauce
Creamed Turnips
Browned Sweet Potatoes
American Salad
Apple and Prune Pie
Coffee_
_*Grilled Halibut with Parmesan_--Take desired number of fillets
of halibut and grill on both sides until nicely browned. Take from
broiler, spread with Crisco, cover with grated Parmesan cheese, season
with salt and dash of paprika on each slice, and set in hot oven until
cheese is well browned and melted. Serve with lemon slices and potato
balls tossed in melted Crisco containing chopped parsley.
October 15
_*Broiled Smelts
Roasted Squabs
Oyster Plant, Italian Style
Oriental Salad
Sweet Cider Jelly
Coffee_
_*Broiled Smelts_--Select 12 large smelts, clean well and split. Chop
12 olives, 1/2 green pepper with seeds removed, 2 sprigs parsley,
add 1/2 tablespoon Crisco. Spread paste inside each smelt. Close fish
together, sprinkle with salt, moisten with melted Crisco and broil
over clear fire.
October 16
_Poëled Fowl, Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes
Cauliflower au Gratin
Tomato and Green Pepper Salad
Macaroon Custard
*Queen Cakes
Coffee_
_*Queen Cakes_--1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup Crisco, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 3
eggs, 1/4 cup currants, 1/4 cup glace cherries (cut in dice), grate
nutmeg, thin rind 1/2 lemon (chopped finely), juice 1 lemon, 1 cup
flour, 4 tablespoons rice flour, and 1 teaspoon baking powder. Put
Crisco and sugar in basin and work with wooden spoon to cream, add
salt and eggs 1 by 1, and beat mixture thoroughly.
Mix in separate basin fruit, lemon rind, flours and baking powder.
Stir this into other mixture, add nutmeg, and strained lemon juice.
Stir mixture several minutes longer. Have ready Criscoed gem tins,
three-parts fill them with mixture and bake in fairly hot oven from 20
to 25 minutes. Unmold cakes and place on sieve to cool. Cakes may be
coated with chocolate or boiled frosting.
October 17
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