Strain into a clean stewpan, add vegetables which
have been previously cooked, and tarragon and serve.

April 13

_Indian Soup
Rice
*Mock Goose, Apple Sauce
Stewed Celery
Pineapple Salad
Rhubarb Pie
Coffee_

_*Mock Goose_--2 cups breadcrumbs, 2 cups dropped black walnuts, 2
cups boiled rice, 6 hard-cooked eggs, 3 raw eggs, 1 tablespoon grated
onion, salt, pepper and grated nutmeg to taste.

Put breadcrumbs in saucepan with 2 cups water; cook for a few minutes;
add hard-cooked eggs, chopped; take saucepan from fire and add black
walnut meats and the rice. When this is well mixed, add raw eggs,
slightly beaten, and seasonings. Form this into shape of a goose,
reserving portions for legs and wings. Take a tablespoon of mixture in
your hand and press it into shape of a leg; put piece of dry macaroni
into it for bone and fasten it to goose. Do other side same way. Form
remaining portions into small pieces looking like wings tucked under;
press them to side of goose. Brush goose over with melted Crisco and
bake for 1 hour. Serve with apple sauce.

April 14

_*Lobster Newburgh
Glazed Sweetbreads
Loin of Lamb, Roasted, Mint Sauce
Asparagus
Potato Croquettes
Pineapple Sherbet
Coffee_

_*Lobster Newburgh_--2 pounds lobster, 1/4 cup Crisco, salt, red
pepper, and grated nutmeg to taste, 1 tablespoon sherry, 1 tablespoon
brandy, 1/3 cup cream, and 2 egg yolks. Remove cooked lobster meat
from shell and cut in slices. Melt Crisco, add lobster and cook 3
minutes. Add salt, red pepper, grated nutmeg, sherry and brandy; cook
1 minute, then add cream and yolks of eggs slightly beaten, and stir
until thickened. Serve with toast.

April 15

_*Stewed Chicken
Baking Powder Biscuit
Spinach
Buttered Parsnips
Celery and Orange Salad
Cheese Relish
Ribbon Jelly
Coffee_

_*Stewed Chicken_--Draw, singe, and joint a stewing chicken. Season
pieces with pepper and salt and cover with boiling water. Cover and
stew gently until tender.

Remove chicken. Place pieces in a colander on a plate in oven to
drain, and thicken gravy by adding 1 tablespoon flour rubbed with
1 tablespoon Crisco. Add salt and pepper to taste, a little chopped
parsley and 1 cup milk. Beat an egg until light; pour on it part of
gravy, beating carefully to prevent lumps; return to remainder of
gravy; bring to boil and pour over chicken.

April 16

_Oyster Bisque
*Mackerel, a la Claudine