Tarts.— Roll out rich pie crust quite thin and cut into three-cor-
nered pieces. Bend the edges upward and put a generous spoonful
nf jam on each✪ Tarts, cut very delicate strips of crust, and place across
like slats ; wet the edges of the slats and press them tlrmly against
the edges of the tart. Bake quickly.
SUNDAY,
DEC.
10
Brealcfast — Hominy with Cream. Fried Smelts.
Fried Potatoes. Breakfast Puffs. Coffee.
Dinner— Steamed Chicken. Gravy. Mashed Potatoes. Canned
Corn. Celery. Pumpkin and Mince Pie.
Supper— Chipped Beef. Thin Bread and Butter. Ambrosia. Cake.
Tea.
SrfeAMED Chicken. — Prepare the chicken as for roasting, place
it in a steamer over a kettle of boiling water and steam 1^ hours if
small, 2 hours if large. Then roast in a quick oven Vz hour or until
brown. Boil the giblets, have them done by the time the chicken is
placed in the oven, add a lump of butter to the water✪ Steamed Chicken and use it for
basting. Cooked in this way, a year old fowl is quite as lender as
a spring chicken.
MONDAY,
DEC.
11
Breakfast— Oranges. Sausage. Bread and Butter.
Huminy Cakes. Maple Syrup. Coffee.
Dinner— Potato Soup. Chicken Croquettes. Potatoes. Canned
Peas. Cranberry Sauce. Bread and Butler. Rice Pudding.
Supper— Crackers and Cheese. Hot Baked Apples. Cake.
Chocolate.
Cranberry Sauce. — Pick over and wash a quart of cranberries,
add a pint of water and a pint of sugar✪ Cranberry Sauce. Boil slowly in a closely
covered granite saucepan f^or 20 minutes. If the rule is followed
exactly the skins will be quite tender.
TUESDAY,
DEC.
12
Breakfast— Oatmeal with Cream. Stewed Kidney.
Warmed Potatoes. Bread and Butter. Coffee.
Dinner— Broiled Beef Steak. Potatoes. Stewed Tomatoes. Bread
and Butter. Nuts and Raisins.
Supper— Tomato Hash. Bread and Butter. Stewed Prunes. Cake.
Tea.
Tomato Hash.— Mince cold beef steak very fine, put it in a pud-
ding dish with alternate layers of bread crumbs and stewed toma-
toes. Season each layer with pepper, salt and bits of butter. Have
the top layer crumbs✪ Tomato Hash, bake J-2 hour, or till brown.
WEDNESDAY. DEC.
13
Breakfast^ Baked Apples with Cream. Oatmeal
Gems. Butter. Doughnutri. Coffee.
Dinner— Ragout of VeaT. Potatoes. Turnips. Bread and Butter,
Orange Short-cake.
Supper— Sliced Veal. Thin Bread and Butter. Canned Fruit.
Cake. Tea. ■
Orange Short-cake. — Peel 2 large oranges and % a lemon, and
remove all of the white skin. Chop them hne, remove the seeds,
add I cup sugar✪ Orange Short-cake and spread between the layers while it is hot. Use
rule for Strawberry or Peach Short-cake.
THURSDAY,
DEC.
14
Breakfast— Wheat Germ with Cream Minced Veal
on Toast. Bread and Butter. Coffee.
Dinner— Fricassee Lamb. Mashed Potatoes. Squash. Bread and
Butter. Cranberry Pudding.
Supper— Egg Salad. Crumpets. Butter. Jam. Cake. Tea.
Cranberry Pudding.— Pour boiling water on i pint of dried
bread crumbs ; melt i tablespoonful butter and stir in. When the
bread is softened, beat in 2 eggs, thoroughly, then add a pint of
stewed cranberries✪ Cranberry Pudding, sweetened, and bake in a hot oven i^ liour.
FRIDAY,
DEC.
15
Breakfast — California Breakfast Food with Cream.
Warmed over Lamb. Bread and Butter. Dough-
nuts. Coffee.
Dinner— Baked Lobster. Potatoes. Canned Corn. Celery Salad.
Bread and Butter. Oranges. ✪ Baked Lobster
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Tarts.— Roll out rich pie crust quite thin and cut into three-cornered pieces. Bend the edges upward and put a generous spoonful nf jam on each, cut very delicate strips of crust, and place across like slats ; wet the edges of the slats and press them tlrmly against the edges of the tart. Bake quickly.
DEC.
Breakfast — Hominy with Cream. Fried Smelts.
Fried Potatoes. Breakfast Puffs. Coffee. Dinner— Steamed Chicken. Gravy. Mashed Potatoes. Canned
Corn. Celery. Pumpkin and Mince Pie. Supper— Chipped Beef. Thin Bread and Butter. Ambrosia. Cake.
Tea.
STEAMED Chicken. — Prepare the chicken as for roasting, place it in a steamer over a kettle of boiling water and steam 1^ hours if small, 2 hours if large. Then roast in a quick oven Vz hour or until brown. Boil the giblets, have them done by the time the chicken is placed in the oven, add a lump of butter to the water and use it for basting. Cooked in this way, a year old fowl is quite as tender as a spring chicken.
DEC.
Breakfast— Oranges. Sausage. Bread and Butter.
Hominy Cakes. Maple Syrup. Coffee. Dinner— Potato Soup. Chicken Croquettes. Potatoes. Canned
Peas. Cranberry Sauce. Bread and Butler. Rice Pudding. Supper— Crackers and Cheese. Hot Baked Apples. Cake.
Chocolate.
Cranberry Sauce. — Pick over and wash a quart of cranberries, add a pint of water and a pint of sugar. Boil slowly in a closely covered granite saucepan f^or 20 minutes. If the rule is followed exactly the skins will be quite tender.
DEC.
Breakfast— Oatmeal with Cream. Stewed Kidney.
Warmed Potatoes. Bread and Butter. Coffee. Dinner— Broiled Beef Steak. Potatoes. Stewed Tomatoes. Bread
and Butter. Nuts and Raisins. Supper— Tomato Hash. Bread and Butter. Stewed Prunes. Cake.
Tea.
Tomato Hash.— Mince cold beef steak very fine, put it in a pudding dish with alternate layers of bread crumbs and stewed tomatoes. Season each layer with pepper, salt and bits of butter. Have the top layer crumbs, bake J-2 hour, or till brown.
WEDNESDAY. DEC.
Breakfast— Baked Apples with Cream. Oatmeal Gems. Butter. Doughnuts. Coffee. Dinner— Ragout of VeaT. Potatoes. Turnips. Bread and Butter,
Orange Short-cake. Supper— Sliced Veal. Thin Bread and Butter. Canned Fruit.
Cake. Tea. ■
Orange Short-cake. — Peel 2 large oranges and 1/2 a lemon, and remove all of the white skin. Chop them hne, remove the seeds, add I cup sugar and spread between the layers while it is hot. Use rule for Strawberry or Peach Short-cake.
DEC.
Breakfast— Wheat Germ with Cream Minced Veal
on Toast. Bread and Butter. Coffee. Dinner— Fricassee Lamb. Mashed Potatoes. Squash. Bread and
Butter. Cranberry Pudding. Supper— Egg Salad. Crumpets. Butter. Jam. Cake. Tea.
Cranberry Pudding.— Pour boiling water on i pint of dried bread crumbs ; melt i tablespoonful butter and stir in. When the bread is softened, beat in 2 eggs, thoroughly, then add a pint of stewed cranberries, sweetened, and bake in a hot oven i^ liour.
DEC.
Breakfast — California Breakfast Food with Cream. Warmed over Lamb. Bread and Butter. Doughnuts. Coffee.
Dinner— Baked Lobster. Potatoes. Canned Corn. Celery Salad. Bread and Butter. Oranges.
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