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
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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 taste✪ Coffee Cake. Bake i ^
hours in a slow oven.
TUESDAY, APRIL
Breakfast.- Hominy with Cream.
Fried Potatoes. Bread and Butter.
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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 vanilla✪ Cup 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
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
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
Breakfast— Wheat Germ with Cream. Fried Oysters. 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 beginning to thicken. stir in lightly the cream, 'which has been whipped. Drop into moulds.
MONDAY, APRIL
Breakfast.— Oatmeal with Cream. Omelet. Potato Cakes. Bread and Butter. Coffee.
Dinner.— Broiled Beef Steak. Baked Potatoes. Bread and Butter. 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 taste. Bake i ^ hours in a slow oven.
TUESDAY, APRIL
Breakfast.- Hominy with Cream. Fried Potatoes. Bread and Butter.
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 teaspoonfuls of cheese on each half cracker, and a small piece of butter. Put on the top grate of a very hot oven, until brown.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL
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.
Cup Custard.- i quart milk. 4 eggs, a pinch of salt, sugar to taste, flavor with vanilla. 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
Breakfast.— California Breakfast Food with Cream.
Egg and Bacon. Bread and Butter. Coffee. Dinner.— Mutton Soup. Pork Chops. Dandelion Greens. Baked
Potatoes. 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
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