Cold Tongue.
Cake and Preserves.
Ice Cream and Cake later in the evening.
TEA COMPANY — No. 2,
Tea, Coffee, or Chocolate.
Escalloped or Fried Oysters. Muffins.
Sliced Turkey and Ham.
Cold Biscuits.
Sardines and Sliced Lemons.
Thin slices of Bread, rolled. Sliced Pressed Meats.
Cake in variety.
SUPPERS.
SUPPER -No. 1.
Cold Roast Turkey. Chicken Salad.
Quail on Toast.
Ham Croquettes. Fricasseed Oysters.
Charlotte Russe. Vanilla Cream.
Chocolate Cake. Cocoanut Cake.
Mixed Cakes.
Fruit.
Coffee and Chocolate.
SUPPEK-No. 2.
Cold Roast Partridges or Ducks.
Oyster Patties. Cold Boiled Ham. Dressed Celery,
Oysters or Minced Ham Sandwiches.
Raw Oysters. Chicken Croquettes or Fricasseed Oysters.
Wine Jelly. Ice Cream. Biscuit Glace. Cakes.
Fruits. Chocolate. Coffee.
Pickles and Biscuits.
VALUABLE EECIPES. 399
Allowance of Supplies for an Entertainment.
In inviting guests, it is safe to calculate that out of one hundred
and fifty, but two-thirds of the number will be present. If five hun-
dred are invited, not more than three hundred can be counted upon
as accepting.
Allow one quart of oysters to every three persons present. Five
chickens [or, what is better, a ten pound turkey, boiled and minced],
and fifteen heads of celery, are enough for chicken salad for fifty
guests ; one gallon of ice cream to every twenty guests ; one hundred
and thirty sandwiches for one hundred guests ; and six to ten quarts
of wine jelly for each hundred. For a company of twenty, allow
three chickens for salad ; one hundred pickled oysters ; two moulds
of Charlotte Russe ; one gallon of cream ; and four dozen biscuits,
Cold Lunches for Washing Days, or Other Days of
Extra Labor.
Lunch No. i. — Cold corn beef, nicely sliced ; baked potatoes ;
bread, butter and pickles. Dessert — mince pie and cheese.
Lunch No. 2. — Chicken pie ^ baked potatoes ; rolled bread or
biscuit. Dessert — cake and custard.
Lunch No. 3. — First course : Raw oysters, with lemon and crack-
ers. Second course : Cold veal, with jelly and Saratoga potatoes ;
bread and butter. Dessert — cherry pie with cheese.
Lunch No. 4. — Casserole of fish, with mushroom cutsup ; bread
and butter. Dessert — pie with cheese.
Economical Dinners.
Sunday. — Roast beef, potatoes and greens. Dessert — pudding or
pie, cheese.
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THE HOME COOK BOOK.
Monday. — Hashed beef, potatoes and bread pudding.
Tuesday. — Broiled beef, vegetables, apple pudding.
Wednesday. — Boiled pork, beans, potatoes, greens, and pie or rice
pudding.
Thursday. — Roast or broiled fowl, cabbage, potatoes, lemon pie,
cheese.
Friday. — Fish, potato croquettes, escalloped tomatoes, pudding.
Saturday. — A la mode beef, potatoes, vegetables, suet pudding
and mince pie, cheese.
Cleveland's
Baking Powder,
Manufactured originally by Cleveland Brothers, Albany, N. Y.,
now by the Cleveland Baking Powder Company, New York,
has been used by American housewives for twenty-five
years, and those who have used it longest praise it most
It is perfectly pure and wholesome.
Its composition is stated on every can.
It is always uniform and reliable.
It does the most work and the best work.
It is the strongest of all pure cream of tartar pow-
ders, as shown by the U. S. and Canadian Govt. Reports.
All the leading teachers of cookery and writers on
domestic science use and recommend it, as : —
Mrs. Sarah T. Rorer, Mrs. Emma P. Ewing,
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Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Cold Tongue. Cake and Preserves. Ice Cream and Cake later in the evening.
TEA COMPANY — No. 2,
Tea, Coffee, or Chocolate. Escalloped or Fried Oysters. Muffins. Sliced Turkey and Ham. Cold Biscuits. Sardines and Sliced Lemons. Thin slices of Bread, rolled. Sliced Pressed Meats. Cake in variety.
SUPPERS.
SUPPER -No. 1.
Cold Roast Turkey. Chicken Salad. Quail on Toast. Ham Croquettes. Fricasseed Oysters.
Charlotte Russe. Vanilla Cream. Chocolate Cake. Cocoanut Cake.
Mixed Cakes. Fruit. Coffee and Chocolate.
SUPPER — No. 2.
Cold Roast Partridges or Ducks. Oyster Patties. Cold Boiled Ham. Dressed Celery, Oysters or Minced Ham Sandwiches. Raw Oysters. Chicken Croquettes or Fricasseed Oysters. Wine Jelly. Ice Cream. Biscuit Glace. Cakes. Fruits. Chocolate. Coffee.
Pickles and Biscuits.
Allowance of Supplies for an Entertainment.
In inviting guests, it is safe to calculate that out of one hundred and fifty, but two-thirds of the number will be present. If five hundred are invited, not more than three hundred can be counted upon as accepting.
Allow one quart of oysters to every three persons present. Five chickens [or, what is better, a ten pound turkey, boiled and minced], and fifteen heads of celery, are enough for chicken salad for fifty guests ; one gallon of ice cream to every twenty guests ; one hundred and thirty sandwiches for one hundred guests ; and six to ten quarts of wine jelly for each hundred. For a company of twenty, allow three chickens for salad ; one hundred pickled oysters ; two moulds of Charlotte Russe ; one gallon of cream ; and four dozen biscuits,
Cold Lunches for Washing Days, or Other Days of Extra Labor.
Lunch No. 1. — Cold corn beef, nicely sliced ; baked potatoes ; bread, butter and pickles. Dessert — mince pie and cheese.
Lunch No. 2. — Chicken pie ^ baked potatoes ; rolled bread or biscuit. Dessert — cake and custard.
Lunch No. 3. — First course : Raw oysters, with lemon and crackers. Second course : Cold veal, with jelly and Saratoga potatoes ; bread and butter. Dessert — cherry pie with cheese.
Lunch No. 4. — Casserole of fish, with mushroom cutsup ; bread and butter. Dessert — pie with cheese.
Economical Dinners.
Sunday. — Roast beef, potatoes and greens. Dessert — pudding or pie, cheese.
Monday. — Hashed beef, potatoes and bread pudding. Tuesday. — Broiled beef, vegetables, apple pudding. Wednesday. — Boiled pork, beans, potatoes, greens, and pie or rice pudding.
Thursday. — Roast or broiled fowl, cabbage, potatoes, lemon pie, cheese.
Friday. — Fish, potato croquettes, escalloped tomatoes, pudding. Saturday. — A la mode beef, potatoes, vegetables, suet pudding and mince pie, cheese.
Cleveland's Baking Powder,
Manufactured originally by Cleveland Brothers, Albany, N. Y., now by the Cleveland Baking Powder Company, New York,
has been used by American housewives for twenty-five years, and those who have used it longest praise it most
It is perfectly pure and wholesome.
Its composition is stated on every can.
It is always uniform and reliable.
It does the most work and the best work.
It is the strongest of all pure cream of tartar powders, as shown by the U. S. and Canadian Govt. Reports.
All the leading teachers of cookery and writers on domestic science use and recommend it, as : — Mrs. Sarah T. Rorer, Mrs. Emma P. Ewing,