Dinner.— Chicken Soup and Crackers; Slice of Ham, Broiled ;
Mashed White Potatoes ; Turnips; Bread and Butter ; Oranges.
Supper,— Chicken Croquettes ; Bread and Butler ; Apple Sauce ;
Chocolate.
Chicken Croquettes. — One cup cold chicken, chopped very
fine and seasoned with half a teaspoonful of salt,✪ Beef Stew with Dumplings half a teaspoon-
ful of celery salt, a quarter of a saltspoonful of cayenne pepper,
and one saltspoonful of white pepper. Make one-half pint of
very thick cream sauce and mix the sauce with the chicken.
Spread on a shallow plate to cool. Shape into rolls. Roll in fine
cracker dust, then dip in beaten egg, then in crumbs again and
fry one minute in smoking hot lard. Drain on soft paper.
Thick Cream Sauce.— One cup hot milk, i even tablespoon-
ful butter, 2 heaping table spoonfuls flour, i heaping tablespoon-
ful cornstarch, !^ teaspoonful salt. % saltspoonful white pepper,
?3 teaspoonful celery salt. Scald the milk. Melt the butter in a
saucepan. When bubbling, add the dry cornstarch. Stir till
well mixed.* Add more milk and boil again. When perfectly
smooth, add the remainder of the milk. The sauce should be
very thick, almost like a drop batter. Add the seasoning and mix
while hot with the chicken.
TUESDAY,
JAN.
10
Breakfast.— California Breakfast Food, with Cream ;
Broiled Mutton Chops ; Fried Potatoes; Corn Muf-
fins and Butter; Coffee.
Dinner.— Roast Beef, Gravy ; Pickles; Mashed White Potatoes;
Parsnips • Bread and Butter.
Supper.— Cold Roast Beef, (sliced thin) ; Buttered Toast ; Apple
Jelly ; Cake.; Chocolate.
Corn Muffins.— One cup common corn meal, 2 tablespoon-
fuls sugar, i scant teaspoonful salt, 1 even tablespoonful butter,✪ Thick Cream Sauce
5 cups boiling water. Mix at night the meal, sugar and salt, in
the top of the double boiler. Add the butter and boilinj; water,
stir until smooth, and cook an hour. Turn into a mi.\ing-bowl
and pour over it one-fourth of a cup of water to prevent a crust
from forming. In the morning beat it up soft and smooth. Mix
one cup and a half of fine yellow corn flour, one cup and a half of
white flour, two even teaspoonfuls of baking-powder and stir
them in with the cooked meal. Add one egg (well beaten.) Drop
the mixture into round iron gem pans and bake in a hot oven.
WEDNESDAY,
JAN.
11
Breakfast. — Oatmeal, with Cream; Buckwheat
Griddle Cakes, with Maple Syrup; White Bread
and Butter ; Coffee.
Dinner.- Beef Soup ; Pork Chops; White and Sweet Potatoes;
Celery ; Bread and Butter ; Nuts and Raisins.
Supper.- Scalloped Beef; Bread and Butter; Canned Peaches;
Cake. •
Scalloped Beef.— Chop cold roast beef very fine. Season to
taste and make quite moist with gravy. Butter a baking dish
and put alternate layers of the meat and mashed potato. Dust
fine cracker crumbs on the top, and bury small lumps of butter.✪ Scalloped Beef
Bake till the crumbs are brown.
THURSDAY,
JAN.
12
Breakfast.— California Breakfast Food, with Cream;
Creamed Salt Fish ; Hot Rolls ; Coffee.
Dinner.— Roast Mutton, Gravy ; Boiled Potatoes ; Canned To-
matoes ; Squash ; Bread and Butter ; Cup Custard.
Supper.— Cold Sliced Mutton ; Currant Jelly ; Bread and Butter ;
Sponge Cake ; Cocoa.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Dinner.— Chicken Soup and Crackers; Slice of Ham, Broiled ; Mashed White Potatoes ; Turnips; Bread and Butter ; Oranges.
Supper,— Chicken Croquettes ; Bread and Butter ; Apple Sauce ; Chocolate.
Chicken Croquettes. — One cup cold chicken, chopped very fine and seasoned with half a teaspoonful of salt, half a teaspoonful of celery salt, a quarter of a saltspoonful of cayenne pepper, and one saltspoonful of white pepper. Make one-half pint of very thick cream sauce and mix the sauce with the chicken. Spread on a shallow plate to cool. Shape into rolls. Roll in fine cracker dust, then dip in beaten egg, then in crumbs again and fry one minute in smoking hot lard. Drain on soft paper.
Thick Cream Sauce.— One cup hot milk, 1 even tablespoonful butter, 2 heaping tablespoonfuls flour, 1 heaping tablespoonful cornstarch, 1/4 teaspoonful salt. 1/8 saltspoonful white pepper, 1/3 teaspoonful celery salt. Scald the milk. Melt the butter in a saucepan. When bubbling, add the dry cornstarch. Stir till well mixed.* Add more milk and boil again. When perfectly smooth, add the remainder of the milk. The sauce should be very thick, almost like a drop batter. Add the seasoning and mix while hot with the chicken.
JAN.
Breakfast.— California Breakfast Food, with Cream ; Broiled Mutton Chops ; Fried Potatoes; Corn Muffins and Butter; Coffee.
Dinner.— Roast Beef, Gravy ; Pickles; Mashed White Potatoes; Parsnips • Bread and Butter.
Supper.— Cold Roast Beef, (sliced thin) ; Buttered Toast ; Apple Jelly ; Cake; Chocolate.
Corn Muffins.— One cup common corn meal, 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, i scant teaspoonful salt, 1 even tablespoonful butter, 5 cups boiling water. Mix at night the meal, sugar and salt, in the top of the double boiler. Add the butter and boiling water, stir until smooth, and cook an hour. Turn into a mixing-bowl and pour over it one-fourth of a cup of water to prevent a crust from forming. In the morning beat it up soft and smooth. Mix one cup and a half of fine yellow corn flour, one cup and a half of white flour, two even teaspoonfuls of baking-powder and stir them in with the cooked meal. Add one egg (well beaten.) Drop the mixture into round iron gem pans and bake in a hot oven.
JAN.
Breakfast. — Oatmeal, with Cream; Buckwheat
Griddle Cakes, with Maple Syrup; White Bread
and Butter ; Coffee.
Dinner.- Beef Soup ; Pork Chops; White and Sweet Potatoes;
Celery ; Bread and Butter ; Nuts and Raisins. Supper.- Scalloped Beef; Bread and Butter; Canned Peaches;
Cake. •
Scalloped Beef.— Chop cold roast beef very fine. Season to taste and make quite moist with gravy. Butter a baking dish and put alternate layers of the meat and mashed potato. Dust fine cracker crumbs on the top, and bury small lumps of butter. Bake till the crumbs are brown.
JAN.
Breakfast.— California Breakfast Food, with Cream; Creamed Salt Fish ; Hot Rolls ; Coffee.
Dinner.— Roast Mutton, Gravy ; Boiled Potatoes ; Canned Tomatoes ; Squash ; Bread and Butter ; Cup Custard.
Supper.— Cold Sliced Mutton ; Currant Jelly ; Bread and Butter ; Sponge Cake ; Cocoa.
Records on this page
Beef Stew with DumplingsChicken CroquettesThick Cream SauceCorn MuffinsScalloped Beef