November 2
_Baked Rolled Fillets of Fish, Bechamel Sauce
Cucumber Salad
Yeast Rolls
*Roast Guinea Chickens, Guava Jelly
Rice Croquettes
Scalloped Egg Plant
Pear and Celery Salad
Lemon Sherbet
Sponge Cake
Coffee_
_*Roast Guinea Chickens_--Put 2 tablespoons Crisco in each of the
birds, this prevents them getting dry. Slit 2 slices bacon once or
twice then tie over breasts of birds, which should be trussed for
roasting. Wrap them in Criscoed paper and bake in a quick oven for
30 minutes, baste well and frequently; for the last 8 minutes remove
paper and bacon; sprinkle with a little flour, salt and pepper, baste
well, and let brown. Serve on hot dish, garnished with rolls of bacon.
Hand with it gravy, bread sauce, and guava jelly.
November 3
_Celery Soup
*Casserole of Lamb
Sweet Pickle
Creamed Onions
Mashed Potatoes
Cabbage Salad
Caramel Ice Cream
Coffee_
_*Casserole of Lamb_--2-1/2 pounds loin of lamb, 1/2 cup rice, 2
cups good gravy, 1 blade mace, 1/2 cup Crisco, 2 egg yolks, salt and
pepper, and a little grated nutmeg. Half roast loin of lamb, and cut
it into steaks. Boil rice in boiling salted water for 10 minutes,
drain it, and add to it gravy with nutmeg and mace; cook slowly until
rice begins to thicken, remove it from fire, stir in Crisco, and
when melted add yolks of eggs well beaten; Crisco a casserole well,
sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper, dip them in melted Crisco, and
lay them in Criscoed dish; pour over gravy that comes from them, add
rice and simmer for 1/2 an hour.
November 4
_Tomato Soup
*Steamed Cod, Parsley Sauce
Roast Ribs of Beef, Horseradish Sauce
Colcannon
Potatoes
Charlotte Russe
Coffee_
_*Steamed Cod_--Wipe 4 cod steaks dry, and sprinkle with salt, pepper,
lemon juice, and melted Crisco on under side; lay on Criscoed platter,
put another Criscoed platter over; set on top of saucepan of boiling
water, and steam 3/4 of an hour, or until fish begins to leave bones.
Serve with parsley sauce.
For parsley sauce. Blend 2 tablespoons Crisco with 2 tablespoons flour
in a pan over the fire, add 1 cup milk and stir till boiling, season
with salt, pepper and red pepper, and stir and cook for 10 minutes,
then add 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, and serve.
November 5
_Ham Timbales, Cheese Sauce
Paprika Potatoes
Spinach
Apple and Celery Salad
*Cocoanut Pudding
Coffee_
_*Cocoanut Pudding_--1 cup scalded milk, 3/4 cup soft breadcrumbs, 1/2
cup grated cocoanut, 2 egg yolks, 1 tablespoon Crisco, 1/2 cup cocoa,
1/2 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 2 egg whites, and 1/4 teaspoon
salt.
Soak bread in scalded milk until soft. Add cocoanut, sugar, cocoa,
Crisco, lemon juice and salt; beat well; add yolks eggs beaten, cut
and fold in stiffly-beaten whites. Turn into Criscoed pudding dish and
bake in moderate oven 30 minutes. Serve hot or cold.
November 6
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