LETTicr..— Pick over and wash carefully, do not cut the
leaves, but tear apart as cutting wilts it. Shake off the water and
keep in a cool place untill ready to serve, then arrange in a salad
bowl, the large leaves around the edge and the light ones in the
center. Serve with sugar, salt and vinegar to taste.
MONDAY, APRIL
Breakfast.— Wheat Germ with Cream. Omelet. Warmed ^^m
Potatoes. Bread and Butter. Coffee. ^^^
Dinner.— Beef Roils or Olives. Baked Potatoes. Celery. Bread
and Butter. Pumpkin Pie. Cheese.
Supper.— Sardines served with Slices of Lemon. Bread and But-
ler. Stewed Fruit. Cake. Tea.
Baked PoT.\TOKS.— Select large potatoes and bake until soft,
then cut each potato lengthwise, into halves. Carefully dig out
themiddle with a spoon leaving nothing but the shell which you
must not break. Mash the potatoes and season with pepper, salt,
melted butter, and add hot milk to make soft and creamy. Put
this mixture back into the shells, heaping full, sprinkle powdered
cracker crumbs✪ Baked Potatoes over the top and bake until brown.
TUESDAY, APRIL
Breakfast.— Indian Meal Mush with Cream. Broiled Beef
Steak. Hot Rolls. Coffee.
Dinner.— Boiled Leg of Mutton. Caper Sauce. Boiled Rice.
Boiled Potatoes. Bread and Butter. Cocoanut Pudding.
Supper.-Cold Sliced Mutton. Current Jelly, Bread and Butter.
Cake. Chocolate.
Boiled Lec, of Mutton. — Put leg into well salted boiling
water. Skim, and simmer twelve minutes for each pound of meat.
Caper Saice.— i tablespoonful of butter, while bubbling
add I tablespoon ful of flour, stir well and add a cups of boiling
water. When thick add 4 tablespoonfuls of capers. Salt and
pepper to taste✪ Caper Sauce.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL fj
Breakfast.— Fried Indian Mush with Maple Syrup. Hash. ^J
Hot Buttered Toast. Coffee. ^^^
Dinner.— Broiled Beef Steak. Mashed White Potato. Spinach.
Bread and Butter. Jelley Crackers.
3upper. — Salmon Patties. Bread and Butter. Canned Peaches.
Cake. Tea.
Spinach.— Wash in several waters, to rid of all grit, and pick
over very carefully, cutting off the roots and dead leaves. Cook
without water, place pan on the stove where it will cook slowly
until juice is drawn out, then boil till tender. Drain and chop
tine. Season with pepper, salt and butter. Garnish with hard
boiled eggs.
THURSDAY, APRIL C
Creamed Salm.on on ^^9
Breakfast.— Oatmeal with Cream.
Toast. Breakfast Puffs. Toast.
Dinner. — Mutton Chops. Canned Tomatoes.
Bread and Butter. H[-pwn T^Ptry
Supper.- Lettuce. Bread andButter. Stewed Fruit. Cake.
Mashed Potatoes.
Tea.
Bkown Bgttv. — Grease a pudding dish and place in the
bottom a layer of bread crumbs. Then nearly fill the dish with al-
ternate layers of bread crumbs and chopped apples. Sprinkle
sugar, cinnamon and bits of butter over each layer. Make the
top layerof crumbs and serve with hard sauce.
FRIDAY,
APRIL
Breakfast. — California Breakfast Food with Cream. ■
Poached Eggs on Toast. Doughnuts. Coffee. ^
Dinner.— Fish Chowder. Cold Slaw. Bread and Butter. Apple
Pie. Cheese.
5upper.— Welsh Rarebit. Bread and Butter. Canned Quinces.
Cake. Tea. "—-- '
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LETTicr..— Pick over and wash carefully, do not cut the
leaves, but tear apart as cutting wilts it. Shake off the water and
keep in a cool place untill ready to serve, then arrange in a salad
bowl, the large leaves around the edge and the light ones in the
center. Serve with sugar, salt and vinegar to taste.
MONDAY, APRIL
Breakfast.— Wheat Germ with Cream. Omelet. Warmed ^^m
Potatoes. Bread and Butter. Coffee. ^^^
Dinner.— Beef Roils or Olives. Baked Potatoes. Celery. Bread
and Butter. Pumpkin Pie. Cheese.
Supper.— Sardines served with Slices of Lemon. Bread and But-
ler. Stewed Fruit. Cake. Tea.
Baked PoT.\TOKS.— Select large potatoes and bake until soft,
then cut each potato lengthwise, into halves. Carefully dig out
themiddle with a spoon leaving nothing but the shell which you
must not break. Mash the potatoes and season with pepper, salt,
melted butter, and add hot milk to make soft and creamy. Put
this mixture back into the shells, heaping full, sprinkle powdered
cracker crumbs over the top and bake until brown.
TUESDAY, APRIL
Breakfast.— Indian Meal Mush with Cream. Broiled Beef
Steak. Hot Rolls. Coffee.
Dinner.— Boiled Leg of Mutton. Caper Sauce. Boiled Rice.
Boiled Potatoes. Bread and Butter. Cocoanut Pudding.
Supper.-Cold Sliced Mutton. Current Jelly, Bread and Butter.
Cake. Chocolate.
Boiled Lec, of Mutton. — Put leg into well salted boiling
water. Skim, and simmer twelve minutes for each pound of meat.
Caper Saice.— i tablespoonful of butter, while bubbling
add I tablespoon ful of flour, stir well and add a cups of boiling
water. When thick add 4 tablespoonfuls of capers. Salt and
pepper to taste.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL fj
Breakfast.— Fried Indian Mush with Maple Syrup. Hash. ^J
Hot Buttered Toast. Coffee. ^^^
Dinner.— Broiled Beef Steak. Mashed White Potato. Spinach.
Bread and Butter. Jelley Crackers.
3upper. — Salmon Patties. Bread and Butter. Canned Peaches.
Cake. Tea.
Spinach.— Wash in several waters, to rid of all grit, and pick
over very carefully, cutting off the roots and dead leaves. Cook
without water, place pan on the stove where it will cook slowly
until juice is drawn out, then boil till tender. Drain and chop
tine. Season with pepper, salt and butter. Garnish with hard
boiled eggs.
THURSDAY, APRIL C
Creamed Salm.on on ^^9
Breakfast.— Oatmeal with Cream.
Toast. Breakfast Puffs. Toast.
Dinner. — Mutton Chops. Canned Tomatoes.
Bread and Butter. H[-pwn T^Ptry
Supper.- Lettuce. Bread andButter. Stewed Fruit. Cake.
Mashed Potatoes.
Tea.
Bkown Bgttv. — Grease a pudding dish and place in the
bottom a layer of bread crumbs. Then nearly fill the dish with al-
ternate layers of bread crumbs and chopped apples. Sprinkle
sugar, cinnamon and bits of butter over each layer. Make the
top layerof crumbs and serve with hard sauce.
FRIDAY,
APRIL
Breakfast. — California Breakfast Food with Cream. ■
Poached Eggs on Toast. Doughnuts. Coffee. ^
Dinner.— Fish Chowder. Cold Slaw. Bread and Butter. Apple
Pie. Cheese.
5upper.— Welsh Rarebit. Bread and Butter. Canned Quinces.
Cake. Tea. "—-- '