spoon of allspice,
Two eggs,
Two cups of finely-chopped peanuts.
Beat to mix thoroughly and then grease and flour a baking pan and
turn in the batter. Place the raisins one at a time on the top of the
batter and gently press them into the dough. Bake for fifty minutes
in a slow oven. Cool and then ice and decorate with Hallowe'en figures
and then cut into blocks.
FALL MENU
BREAKFAST
Grapes
Cereal and Cream
Fried Butterfish, Creole
Hashed Brown Potatoes Water-cress
Rolls Coffee
DINNER
Grape Juice Cocktail
Pot Roast Beef, Spanish
Brown Potatoes String Beans
Tomato Salad
Rolls Coffee
SUPPER
Fried Tomatoes Cream Gravy
Potato Salad
Corn Bread Apple Sauce
Tea
BUTTERFISH, CREOLE
Cleanse the fish and wash well and then drain. Now roll lightly in
flour and brown in hot fat quickly. Place in a baking dish and add the
following sauce:
One cup of stewed tomatoes,
Four onions, chopped fine,
One teaspoon of salt,
One teaspoon of paprika,
One-half teaspoon of thyme.
Bake in the oven for twenty minutes and then serve from the dish.
Other fish may be used in place of the butter fish.
WINTER MENU
BREAKFAST
Grapes
Cereal and Cream
Virginia Griddle Cakes Syrup
Coffee
DINNER
Home-made Chow-chow Piccalilli
Ye Olde-Tyme English Oyster Pye
Mashed Potatoes Buttered and Spiced Beets
Coleslaw
Grape Tapioca Blanc Mange
Coffee
SUPPER
Bean Sausages Cream Gravy
Potato Salad
Raisin Cake Tea
A nice change for the family is to give them corn muffins and plain
rolls or biscuits in place of bread. Usually in the hurry and bustle
of getting the business folk off in time in the morning and then
preparing the children for school the housewife does not have the time
to prepare these homey, old-fashioned breads for breakfast.
The price of butter makes it almost prohibitive to use it as a spread
for hot cakes, yet we all
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