Radishes
Corn
Peas
Potatoes
Lettuce and Pepper Grass Salad
Cheese Balls
Princess Pudding
Coffee_
_*Mackerel, a la Claudine_--Take a nice large fresh mackerel, split
it down back and remove bone, season fish with melted Crisco, chopped
fresh mushrooms, salt, pepper, and finely chopped shallot; put on to a
grill iron and cook in front or over brisk fire for about 15 minutes,
then take up and serve on hot dish with the following sauce: Take 1
cup brown sauce, 2 tablespoons capers, pinch chopped parsley, four
anchovies rubbed through sieve, 1 teaspoon glaze, and 1 chopped
shallot, 3 or 4 shredded button mushrooms; boil up and simmer for 10
minutes, rub through sieve, then add juice of 1 lemon and 4 chopped
olives, reboil and serve.
April 17
_*Potato Soup
Breaded Lamb Chops, Tomato Sauce
Mashed Potatoes
Creamed Turnips
Cheese Salad
Canary Pudding
Coffee_
_*Potato Soup_--1 quart white second stock or water, 1/2 pint milk,
1 pound potatoes, 1 onion, 1 stalk celery, 2 tablespoons Crisco, 1
tablespoon fine sago or crushed tapioca, salt and pepper to taste.
Slice potatoes, onion, and celery. Make Crisco hot in stewpan, add
vegetables, fry and cook until Crisco is absorbed, stirring frequently
to prevent them browning. Add stock, and simmer until vegetables are
tender (about 1 hour). Rub through fine sieve; return to saucepan, add
milk, and bring to boil. Sprinkle in sago, cook until transparent, add
seasoning to taste, and serve.
April 18
_Orange Cocktail
Boiled Capon, Caper Sauce
Buttered Beans
*Carrot Fritters
Olive Salad
Baked Chocolate Custard
Coffee_
_*Carrot Fritters_--Have nice, young, tender carrots, clean and scrape
them carefully, and cut each one in two lengthwise. Put to boil in
salted water. Take up, drain and cool, and make a frying batter as
follows: Beat up 1 egg, sift in 1 cup flour, 3/4 cup milk, pinch of
salt, and 1 tablespoon melted Crisco. Mix till smooth and glossy.
Allow to stand in cool place for 1 hour, then add 1 teaspoon baking
powder. Put in few pieces of carrot at a time. Drop into hot Crisco
and fry for few minutes. Serve hot.
April 19
_*Kidney Soup
Flounder, White Sauce
Roast Shoulder of Mutton
Potatoes
Spinach au Jus
Cauliflower and Red Pepper Salad
Moulded Pears, Whipped Cream
Coffee_
_*Kidney Soup_--1/2 pound ox kidney, 1/2 pound lean beef, 3 pints
brown stock, 3 tablespoons coars
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