rnips
Potato Balls
Stuffed Tomato Salad
Caramel Ice Cream
Cake
Coffee_

_*Hotch Potch_--1/3 cup pearl barley, 1 small cabbage, 2 carrots, 1
turnip, 2 onions, parsley and herbs, 4 tablespoons Crisco, salt and
pepper to taste, and 3 quarts water. Put barley on fire with cold
water. Scrape or grate one of carrots, and put it aside in little
water. Chop all rest of vegetables very small, and when water boils
put them in with Crisco, salt and pepper. There should be enough
vegetables to make it rather thick. Boil for 2 hours, then add scraped
carrots, and boil for another 1/2 hour. Many other vegetables may be
added. Lettuce, green peas, and celery when in season.

May 6

_Pear and Ginger Cocktail
Tomato and Vermicelli Soup
Broiled Beefsteak
*French Fried Potatoes
Lettuce Salad
Lemon Pudding, White Sauce
Coffee_

_*French Fried Potatoes_--Wash and pare small potatoes, cut in eighths
lengthwise, and soak 1 hour in cold water. Take from water, dry
between towels, and fry in deep Crisco. Drain on brown paper and
sprinkle with salt. To test Crisco, heat until a crumb of bread
becomes a golden brown in 20 seconds.

May 7

_*Tomato Pot Roast
Beet Greens
Boiled Potatoes
Spring Salad
Rhubarb Tutti Fruitti
Maple Gingerbread
Coffee_

_*Tomato Pot Roast_--Rub over with flour surface of a 4-pound piece of
beef cut from lower round, and season it with salt and pepper. Finely
chop 2 onions and fry them until brown in 3 tablespoons melted Crisco.
Remove onions, put in meat, and cook it until well browned on all
sides. Add can of tomatoes and 2 quarts water, cover, and let simmer
for about 2 hours, or until meat is tender. Remove meat; thicken and
strain liquor. Cut meat in slices and serve in sauce, or use cold for
lunch.

May 8

_Cream of Beet Soup
Cold Pot Roast
Stuffed Potatoes
String Bean Salad
Stewed Apricots
*Black Chocolate Cake
Coffee_

_*Black Chocolate Cake_--1-1/4 cups sugar, 2 eggs, 1/4 cup Crisco,
4 squares chocolate, 1-1/2 cups flour, measured after sifting, 3
teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup milk, and 1 teaspoon
vanilla.

Cream Crisco and sugar, add well beaten eggs, then chocolate melted,
beat thoroughly. Sift salt and baking powder with flour and add
alternating with milk to previous mixture. Add flavoring last and beat
thoroughly before pouring into a pan well greased with Crisco. Bake in
a moderate oven abou