y before
sending to table.

Declaration Day

July 4

_Fruit Cocktail
Carrot Soup Radishes
Stuffed Shoulder of Veal, Roasted
Potato Souffle
Green Corn
Molded Spinach, French Dressing
Washington Ice Cream
*Flag Cake
Coffee_

_*Flag Cake_--2/3 cup sugar, 1/2 cup Crisco, 2/3 cup milk, 1-2/3 cups
flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, whites of 4 eggs,
and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Cream Crisco and sugar together, add flour,
salt, baking powder, milk, vanilla and whites of eggs beaten to a
stiff froth. Mix carefully, turn into Criscoed and floured tin and
bake in moderate oven for 3/4 of an hour. Decorate with frosting and
tiny flags.

July 5

_Iced Pimiento Consomme
Small Tenderloins of Beef
Molded Potatoes
*Corn Cakes
Orange, Grapefruit and Romaine Salad
Cup Custards
Coffee_

_*Corn Cakes_--Make a custard from 2 eggs well beaten, 1/2 cup milk,
1/2 tablespoon Crisco, and 1/2 tablespoon sugar; beat into this 3/4
of cup of canned corn. Sift together twice, 7/8 cup of flour, 1
tablespoon baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt; beat into other
mixture, and drop in Criscoed muffin rings by the tablespoon; set in a
Criscoed dripping pan, and bake in a moderate oven until done.

July 6

_Clam Bisque
Lamb Chops
Escalloped Corn
Creamed Sweet Potatoes
German Salad
*Cheese Drops
Strawberry Bavarian Cream
Coffee_

_*Cheese Drops_--Add to 3-1/2 tablespoons flour, 2 tablespoons melted
Crisco, and blend together until smooth. Remove from fire, add 4
tablespoons grated cheese, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and a dash of red
pepper. Fold in stiffly beaten whites of 3 eggs, and drop from end of
spoon on a Criscoed baking sheet about 1 inch apart, and bake from
12 to 14 minutes in a moderate oven. Serve hot in folded napkin with
salad course.

July 7

_Beef Broth with Vermicelli
*Baked Bluefish
Cucumbers, French Dressing
Mashed Potatoes
Buttered Bermuda Onions
Heavenly Hash
Coffee_

_*Baked Bluefish_--Select nice large bluefish, clean, and prepare it
for baking. Wash it in salted water, and after drying it thoroughly,
stuff with bread stuffing, and sew up opening and rub fish all over
with salt. Then, having put small pieces of Crisco over, place in
pan with enough water to cover bottom, and bake in hot oven 45 or 50
minutes. After it begins to bake, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Baste
it often with liquid in pan and a little melt