_*Baba with Syrup_--Sift 3 cups flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt into a basin, add 1 yeast cake dissolved in 1/2 cup lukewarm milk; make well in center of flour, pour in 5 beaten eggs, mix with the hand for 5 minutes. Put it into Criscoed basin, spread over with 1/2 cup Crisco, cover and put in warm place until it has risen to twice its original size. Knead until elastic, add 1 tablespoon sugar, 2 tablespoons currants, 2 tablespoons sultana raisins, knead again. Turn into large Criscoed mold. It should not be more than half full. Allow to rise to top of tin, then bake in moderate oven for 30 minutes. Turn out and pour syrup over it. To make syrup, boil 2 cups water with 1/4 cup sugar for 10 minutes, then add 2 tablespoons apricot jam and boil 5 minutes. Strain, add 1 wineglass rum and bring to boiling point. November 25 _Quick Beef Soup Panned Chicken Brown Sauce Curried Rice Creamed Carrots Tomato Salad *Baked Macaroni Pudding Coffee_ _*Baked Macaroni Pudding_--1 pint milk, 4 long sticks macaroni, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons sugar, nutmeg, 1 tablespoon Crisco, and salt to taste. Bake macaroni into 1/2 inch lengths. Boil milk, shake in macaroni and salt and boil it very slowly for 1/2 an hour, or until quite tender, and keep it well stirred during cooking. Thickly Crisco a pudding dish and beat up egg. Add sugar and Crisco to macaroni, let it cool a little, then pour in egg and mix it well. Grate little nutmeg on top and bake pudding very slowly until top is delicately browned. November 26 _Pea Soup Boiled Tongue Raisin Sauce Rice Balls Stewed Celery Tomato and Cress Salad *Graham Pudding Coffee_ _*Graham Pudding_--Mix 2 cups graham flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons Crisco, 1 teaspoon each cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg, 1 cup currants, 1 cup molasses, 1 egg well beaten, 1 cup milk, 2 teaspoons soda dissolved in 1 tablespoon hot water. Pour in Criscoed mold, cover with Criscoed paper and steam 3 hours. Turn out and serve with milk. November 27 _Steak en Casserole Sweet Potato Croquettes Boiled Cauliflower Pear and Grape Salad Cheese Fritters *Pineapple Souffle Coffee_ _*Pineapple Souffle_--Cream 1-1/2 tablespoons each Crisco and flour, add 1 cup canned grated pineapple and juice. Cook 5 minutes, remove from fire, add little salt, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and 3 beaten egg yolks. Bake in Criscoed dish 20 minutes. Serve with following sauce: Cook 2 tablespoons creamed Crisco in double boiler, add 2 yolks of eggs, 1 at a time, beat, and add 4 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons orange juice, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, and 1/2 cup whipped cream. Serve hot. November 28 _Mock Bisque Soup Mutton Haricot String Beans Fried Parsnips Lettuce and Pepper Salad *Apples with Red Currant Jelly Coffee_