azillian Stew
Beans
Mashed Potatoes
White Grape Salad
Wafers
Cheese
Ginger Ice Cream
Coffee_

_*Tapioca Puree_--1 quart white stock, or half stock and half milk,
1/4 pint cream, 1 tablespoon melted Crisco, yolks of 3 eggs, 1
tablespoon fine sago or crushed tapioca, salt and pepper to taste.

The stock should be well flavored, otherwise it must be simmered with
a little onion, carrot, celery, and herbs, and strained for use. Bring
stock to boiling point, sprinkle in sago, or tapioca, and stir and
cook until it becomes transparent; then let soup cool slightly. Mix
yolks of eggs and the cream together, then the melted Crisco, and add
to soup and stir till it thickens; it should have the consistency of
single cream. When a thicker soup is desired, mix teaspoon flour or
cornstarch with a little milk, and add it to soup at same time as sago
or tapioca. Season to taste, and serve.

March 8

_Turnip Soup
Beef Stew with Dumplings
Parsnips
Mashed Potatoes
Russian Salad
Cheese
Crackers
*Bird's Nest Pudding
Coffee_

_*Bird's Nest Pudding_--3 eggs, 3/4 cup flour, 6 tablespoons Crisco,
1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup blanc-mange, pinch baking powder, pistachio
nuts or cocoanut, angelica and apricot jam.

Break eggs into basin, add sugar to them, and beat over saucepan of
hot water until mixture is consistency of thick cream. Melt Crisco;
sieve flour and baking powder together. Stir Crisco and flour quickly
and lightly into egg mixture, turn into well-criscoed mold, and bake
in a moderate oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Turn out when done, and let
the cake get cold. Rub some apricot jam through a hair sieve, put a
thin layer of this over the cake, roll it either in chopped pistachio
nuts or desiccated cocoanut. Stand on a dish. Have ready some
blanc-mange eggs, fill the center with these, and arrange round the
base of the nest some pieces of angelica to represent twigs. It is now
ready to serve. The blanc-mange eggs are made by either filling some
egg-molds with blanc-mange, or by emptying out some eggs, and using
the shells. The eggs must be emptied through as small a hole as
possible. When set, the shells are broken away carefully.

March 9

_*Veal and Ham Pie
Baked Sweet Potatoes
Fried Parsnips
Salad of Canned Asparagus Tips
Cheese Fritters
Caramel Pudding with Meringue
Coffee_

_*Veal and Ham Pie_--1-1/2 pounds veal, 2 hard-cooked eggs, few grains
red pepper, dust