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1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Take fresh, coarse oatmeal, put of it two cooking cups, scant full, into a three-quart bean pot, with a small top opening, two teaspoonfuls of salt, and fill the pot with freshly-boiled water; put on cover and set in oven to bake, and let bake six or eight hours. I bake mine all night. This serves a family of ten for first course at breakfast. — Good Housekeeping. SUNDAY, APRIL 16 Breakfast— Wheat Germ with Cream. Fried Oys- ters. Breakfast Puffs. Coffee. Dinner. — Chicken Pot Pie. Mashed White Potatoes. Cranberry Sauce. Lettuce Served with Mayonnaise. Bread and Butter. Bavarian Cream. Supper.— Oyster Stew with Crackers. Cake. Canned Pears. Tea. B.waRiAN Cream.— !^ box gelatine, K cup cold water, i cup milk, I cup rich cream, ^3 cup sugar, i teaspoonful vanilla. Soak the gelatine in the cold water till soft. Boil the milk with the sugar, and when boiling add the soaked gelatine. Stir till dissolved. Strain into a dish, stir occasionally and when cold and be- ginning tothicken. stir in lightly the cream, 'which has been whipped. Drop into moulds. MONDAY, APRIL 17 Breakfast.— Oatmeal with Cream. Omelet. Po- tato Cakes. Bread and Butter. Coffee. Dinner.— Broiled Beef Steak. Baked Potatoes. Bread and But- ter. Canned Corn. Steamed Pudding. Supper .— Scallooed Potatoes. Hot Buttered Toast. Coffee Cake. Jelly. Tea. Coffee Cake. — i pound raisins, i cup currants, i cup dark brown sugar, i cup molasses, i cup strong coffee, 2 eggs, 4 cups flour, I scant cup butter, cinnamon and cloves to tasteCoffee Cake. Bake i ^ hours in a slow oven. TUESDAY, APRIL Breakfast.- Hominy with Cream. Fried Potatoes. Bread and Butter. 18 Broiled Ham. Coffee. Dinner. — Corned Beef. Cabbage, Potatoes. Beets. Bread and Butter. Rice Pudding. Supper.— Cold Sliced Corned Beef. Bread and Butter. Cheese Crackers. Cake. Fruit. Tea. Cheese Crackers. — Grate dry cheese, split crackers and spread on a tin, the inside of the crackers turned up, put 2 tea- spoonfuls of cheese on each half cracker, and a small piece of but- ter. Put on the top grate of a very hot oven, until brown. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19 Breakfast,— Corned Beef Hash. Bread and Butter- Hominy Cakes with Maple Syrup. Coffee. Dinner.— Roast Mutton. Gravy. Browned Baked Potatoes. Canned Peas. Bread and Butter, Cup Custard. Supper.- Cold Roast Mutton. Currant Jelly. Bread and Butter. Cake. Chocolate. Ctfp Custard.- i quart milk. 4 eggs, a pinch of salt, sugar to taste, flavor with vanillaCup Custard. Scald the milk, add the beaten eggs, sugar and salt. Cook in a double boiler and when quite thick pour into fancy cups and put in coo! place in the ice box and serve very cold. THURSDAY, APRIL 20 Breakfast.— California Breakfast Food with Cream. Egg and Bacon. Bread and Butter. Coffee. Dinner.— Mutton Soup. Pork Chops. Dandelion Greens. Baked P'>tatoes. Bread and Butler. Nuts and Raisins, Supper.— Chipped Beef. Thin Bread and Butter. Jam. Cake. Cocoa. Dandelions. — Wash carefully and cover with boiling water and in 15 minutes drain themand again boil. Change the water until the very bitter taste is drawn off. When cooked, drain, chop, season and pour white sauce over it and serve on toast. FRIDAY, APRIL 21