of heads of lettuce,
cutting off the stalks at the roots, and put into a saucepan with 1
onion sliced, 1 tablespoon Crisco, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, and
salt and pepper to taste, with a very little water, to cook slowly for
2 hours. By this time the water should have pretty well cooked away,
leaving the lettuce fairly dry. Remove from it the onion and parsley,
put into a dish, dress well with melted butter and send to table hot.

Washington's Birthday

February 22

_Cherry Cocktail
Olives
Salted Nuts
Oyster Soup
Fried Chicken, Cream Gravy
Peas
Sweet Potatoes
White Grape Salad
Beaten Biscuits
*Washington Pie
Martha Washington Fruit Cake
Fruit Punch
Coffee_

_*Washington Pie_--3/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon Crisco; beat together
thoroughly; add 1/2 cup sweet milk, 2 cups flour, 2 beaten eggs, 2
teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon lemon; make into 3 cakes and put
jelly or custard between.

February 23

_Red Cabbage Soup
*Broiled Kidneys with Green Peppers
French Peas
Fried Bananas
Grapefruit and White Grape Salad
Cheese Balls
Russian Jelly
Coffee_

_*Broiled Kidneys with Green Peppers_--Split some fine beef kidneys,
remove the outer skin and sinews, and wipe well. Sprinkle the kidneys
with pepper and salt, and let stand for an hour or more. Dip them
then, into melted Crisco and broil over a clear fire. Meanwhile, chop
2 green peppers, freed from their seeds, and fry with 1/2 a teaspoon
chopped onion and 1 tablespoon chopped parsley in Crisco till the
pepper is quite done, having no more moisture, or Crisco that is in
the pan, than is necessary to cook the green peppers. Dish the kidneys
and surround with the sauce of green peppers.

Vegetarian

February 24

_Cream of Celery Soup
*Mock Veal Roast
Stewed Turnips
Asparagus Salad
Cheese
Crackers
Apple Pie
Coffee_

_*Mock Veal Roast_--1/2 pint shelled roasted peanuts, 1/2 pint
lentils, 2 tablespoons melted Crisco, 1/2 pint toasted breadcrumbs,
milk, pepper and salt to taste.

Soak the lentils over night; drain, bring them to a boil; throw away
water; cover with fresh water and boil until tender; drain again;
press them through a colander. Add nuts, chopped or ground, melted
Crisco, breadcrumbs and seasoning, with sufficient milk to make it the
consistency of mush. Pour into baking dish and bake in a moderate oven
1 hour. Beans or peas may be substituted for lentils.