Stewed Okra
Cucumber Salad
Cheese Straws
*St. Leonard's Pudding
Coffee_

_*St. Leonard's Pudding_--Line edge of a pudding dish with pastry, and
spread 2 tablespoons of jam in the bottom. Blend 4 tablespoons Crisco
with 1/2 cup flour, when smooth stir in 1 cup milk, 4 tablespoons
sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 2 yolks of
eggs, stir well together and pour over jam, bake 30 minutes. Beat up
whites of eggs to a stiff froth, add 1 tablespoon sugar, and arrange
roughly on the top. Place in oven until lightly browned.

August 24

_*Boiled Mutton, Caper Sauce
Riced Potatoes
String Beans
Olive Salad
Toasted Crackers
Cheese
Plum Compote
Coffee_

_*Boiled Mutton_--Wipe leg of mutton, put on fire, barely covered
with boiling water, and let boil about 10 minutes, then simmer until
tender; season with salt when half cooked. A few slices of onion,
turnip, and carrot, or 2 or 3 stalks of celery, may be added while
cooking. When tender, brush over the meat with melted Crisco and
sprinkle with finely chopped parsley. Serve with caper sauce which is
made as follows: Mix 2 tablespoons Crisco with 1 tablespoon flour;
add 1 cup boiling water; stir it over fire until thick; add to it 1
hard-cooked egg chopped fine and 2 tablespoons of capers.

August 25

_Barley Broth
Mutton Souffle
Sweet Corn
Creamed Carrots and Peas
*Peach Cobbler
Coffee_

_*Peach Cobbler_--Sift 1-1/2 cups flour and 1-1/2 teaspoons baking
powder. With tips of fingers work into flour 1 tablespoon Crisco, and
when well mixed add 1/2 cup milk.

Peel and slice 4 peaches, and mix with 3/4 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons
melted Crisco. In bottom of baking dish invert a cup, around this
arrange peaches, and over all place dough patted out to about 3/4 of
an inch in thickness. Bake in moderate oven until crust is brown and
peaches are tender. This will require about 40 minutes. The cup keeps
dough from lying on fruit and becoming soaked with juice.

August 26

_*Beef Steak Pudding
Spaghetti with Tomato
Potatoes on Half Shell
Green Pepper Salad
Apricot Pudding
Coffee_

_*Beef Steak Pudding_--Line a Criscoed basin with plain pastry. Mix
together on a plate 1 tablespoon flour, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2
teaspoon pepper for seasoning. Cut 1 pound lean beef in thin slices,
dip them in the seasoning, and place them lightly in the basin; split
1 sheep's kidney, skin and cut in