g, mix with milk, lemon rind, salt, and about 1 teaspoon
sugar. Lay slices of cake in this custard until they are soft, but not
crumbly; time will depend upon how stale cake is. Heat 1/2 Crisco in
frying pan, lift few pieces of cake up carefully and lay them in hot
Crisco. Brown 1 side, then turn them over and brown other side also.
Add some pieces of Crisco as required. Mix cinnamon with 2 teaspoons
sugar and sprinkle some of these over each fritter. Serve with hard
sauce.

November 24

_Cannelon of Beef
Creamed Cabbage
Franconia Potatoes
Cranberry Salad
Cheese Wafers
*Baba with Syrup
Coffee_

_*Baba with Syrup_--Sift 3 cups flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt into a
basin, add 1 yeast cake dissolved in 1/2 cup lukewarm milk; make well
in center of flour, pour in 5 beaten eggs, mix with the hand for 5
minutes. Put it into Criscoed basin, spread over with 1/2 cup Crisco,
cover and put in warm place until it has risen to twice its original
size. Knead until elastic, add 1 tablespoon sugar, 2 tablespoons
currants, 2 tablespoons sultana raisins, knead again. Turn into large
Criscoed mold. It should not be more than half full. Allow to rise to
top of tin, then bake in moderate oven for 30 minutes. Turn out and
pour syrup over it. To make syrup, boil 2 cups water with 1/4 cup
sugar for 10 minutes, then add 2 tablespoons apricot jam and boil 5
minutes. Strain, add 1 wineglass rum and bring to boiling point.

November 25

_Quick Beef Soup
Panned Chicken
Brown Sauce
Curried Rice
Creamed Carrots
Tomato Salad
*Baked Macaroni Pudding
Coffee_

_*Baked Macaroni Pudding_--1 pint milk, 4 long sticks macaroni, 1 egg,
2 tablespoons sugar, nutmeg, 1 tablespoon Crisco, and salt to taste.

Bake macaroni into 1/2 inch lengths. Boil milk, shake in macaroni and
salt and boil it very slowly for 1/2 an hour, or until quite tender,
and keep it well stirred during cooking. Thickly Crisco a pudding
dish and beat up egg. Add sugar and Crisco to macaroni, let it cool a
little, then pour in egg and mix it well. Grate little nutmeg on top
and bake pudding very slowly until top is delicately browned.

November 26

_Pea Soup
Boiled Tongue
Raisin Sauce
Rice Balls
Stewed Celery
Tomato and Cress Salad
*Graham Pudding
Coffee_

_*Graham Pudding_--Mix 2 cups graham flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2
tablespoons Crisco, 1 teaspoon each cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and
nutmeg, 1 cup currants,