A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes

Put Crisco and sugar into 1 basin and beat them to a cream. Add yolks of eggs, 1 at a time, and beat each well in. Chop cherries and peel, add them and macaroons to mixture, mix thoroughly, add almonds and cornstarch. Roll out Crisco Plain Pastry and line small tartlet tins thinly with it. Beat whites of eggs to stiff froth and_ stir lightly into mixture. Fill each lined tin three parts full. Bake them in moderate oven until mixture is set and brown. Dust with sugar and serve either hot or cold. Place crossbars of pastry over mixture, if liked. Stale cakecrumbs can be used instead of macaroons. August 9 Casserole of Lamb Rice Spiced Peaches . *Macaroon Pudding After Dinner Mints Coffee *Macaroon Pudding—Soak 6 macaroons in % cup milk. Heat 2 cups milk in double boiler, add 2 tablespoons cornstarch moistened with 1 well beaten egg, 1 teaspoon Crisco, % teaspoon salt, and macaroons. Cook A Calendar of Dinners for 20 minutes, remove from fire, add Y% teaspoon vanilla extract. Turn into Criscoed and sugared pudding dish, sprinkle % cup sugar on top, and cover with sliced peaches. Serve cold. August 10 Tomato Bisque Croutons Potato Croquettes Fried Egg Plant Celery and Apple Salad *Chocolate Pudding Coffee *Chocolate Pudding—Crisco a mold or basin. Beat 3 tablespoons Crisco and 2 tablespoons sugar to a cream, then beat in 3 yolks of eggs. Dissolve 1 1/4 teacups grated chocolate smoothly in 1 cup milk, add it to Crisco mixture, with 2 cups cakecrumbs, 1 teaspoon vanilla, % tea- spoon salt, and whites of eggs stifly beaten. Fold the whites in gently. Pour into prepared mold, cover with Criscoed paper and steam for 2 hours. Turn out and serve with white sauce. This mixture may be placed in a Criscoed pudding dish and baked in a moderate oven. August 11 Fried Chicken, ala Maryland French Fried Potatoes *Stewed Onions Stuffed Tomato Salad Musk Melon with Ice Cream Coffee *Stewed Onions—Peel onions and boil in boiling salted water till tender. When done, drain, and turn into hot vegetable dish. Melt 2 tablespoons of Crisco in saucepan, then stir in 1 tablespoon flour, mix well, add 1 cup milk and stir till boiling, add salt and pepper to taste and pour over onions. August 12 Broiled Ham Baked Potatoes Green Corn Custard Apple Salad Grape Juice Syllabub *Tilden Cake Coffee *Tilden Cake—Cream 34 cup Crisco with 1%4 cups sugar, add 4 well beaten eggs, 1 cup milk, sift in 3 cups flour, 34 teaspoon salt, % cup cornstarch, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and add 2 teaspoons lemon extract. .Turn into’ Criscoed © and floured cake tin and bake for 1% hours in moderate oven. August 13 *Roast Fowl with Chestnuts and Mushrooms. Franconia Potatoes Shell Beans Lettuce and Tomato Salad Peach Short-Cake Coffee * Roast Fowl with Chestnuts and Mushrooms—Stuff 1 large or 2 small fowls with chestnuts or mushroom stuffing, truss it, brush with melted Crisco, dust with salt and pepper, and put on a rack in pan and in a hot oven until beginning to brown, reduce heat, and cook 1 or 2 hours, basting often. Add to pan % cup hot water, 1 slice salt pork, diced, tiny bit bay leaf, 1 clove, and sprig of parsley. If with mushrooms pour over little sherry mixed with cream. When done place fowl on platter, pour off all fat in pan but 3 tablespoons, add 2 tablespoons flour and slightly color, add 1 cup stock from giblets cooked with 1 slice of salt pork, salt and pepper, a little lemon juice, and minced giblets. Serve surrounded with chestnut or mushroom puree put through a pastry bag and tube in roses. Place a small piece of canned red pepper on each rose and serve gravy in boat. August 14 © Celery Soup Braised Ox Tongue *Mashed Turnips Baked Potatoes Waldorf Salad : Coffee Ginger Ice Cream