_*Chestnut Soup_--Boil 1 quart chestnuts 20 minutes, then remove
shells and brown inner skin, and put into saucepan with sufficient
boiling water to cover them. Add piece lemon rind and 1 teaspoon salt,
when soft remove rind and rub through a sieve. Then pour over
them stirring all the time, 2 quarts white stock, 1/2 cup cream, 1
tablespoon Crisco rolled with 2 tablespoons flour, seasoning of salt
and pepper. Bring to boiling point, remove from fire and serve hot.

September 8

_*Planked Smelts
Baked Lamb Chops
Breaded Beets
Riced Potatoes
Avocado Pear Salad
Apricot Cream
Coffee_

_*Planked Smelts_--Crisco a plank quite generously, and place upon
it smelts that have been split, cleaned, and seasoned, and squeeze
liberal amount of lemon juice over them. Arrange in form of large
fish shape, and garnish with potato roses put on with pastry tube and
sprinkle with tiny bits of Crisco and finely chopped parsley. Place
plank in oven and cook until potatoes are slightly browned. Garnish
before taking to table with sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, dressed in
vinegar, between potato roses.

September 9

_Soft Shell Crabs on Toast
Broiled Steak
Creamed Potatoes
*Stuffed Onions
Oyster Plant Salad
Mint and Pineapple Sherbet
Jumbles
Coffee_

_*Stuffed Onions_--Boil 8 large onions in boiling salted water
till tender. Drain, and with sharp knife cut centers from each. Mix
together in a basin 2 tablespoons chopped cooked ham, 3 tablespoons
crumbs, 2 tablespoons Crisco, 2 tablespoons cream, 1 beaten egg, salt,
pepper, and paprika to taste, and 1 tablespoon chopped parsley. Fill
with this mixture, sprinkle each with crumbs and dot with Crisco.
Place on baking dish and bake in moderate oven 1 hour. Spanish onions
are best to use.

September 10

_Braised Ox Tails with Chestnuts
Boiled Sweet Potatoes
*Baked Stuffed Tomatoes
Lima Bean Salad
Peach Chartreuse
Coffee_

_*Baked Stuffed Tomatoes_--Prepare tomatoes by scooping out centers.
Put into a basin 1 cup crumbs, season with salt and pepper, 1 dozen
chopped olives, 2 tablespoons chopped capers, 1 tablespoon chopped
parsley, 1 tablespoon Crisco, beaten yolks 3 eggs, and moisten with
stock. Fill tomatoes and set in hot oven to bake. Sprinkle top with
crumbs and dot with Crisco.

September 11

_Oysters au Gratin
Sirloin Steak, Anchovy Sauce
Duchesse Potatoes
*Buttered Beets
Red Cabbage and Celery S