A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes

*Venison Cutlets Hashed Browned Potatoes Oyster and Celery Salad Marrons, ala Creme Coffee *Venison Cutlets—Trim venison cutlets in usual way. Put 4 tablespoons Crisco in saute pan and when hot put in cutlets, seasoned with salt and pepper, fry till brown. Then take out cutlets, put into pan % tumbler currant jelly to melt, add 2 tablespoons Crisco with % teaspoon salt, and serve separately with cutlets. November 11 *Baked Scallops in Shells Chicken Souffle Fried Celery Latticed Potatoes Watercress and Green Pepper Salad Meringues Glaces Coffee *Baked Scallops in Shells—Take desired quantity of fresh scallops— 1 pint or 1 quart, and cook them in little white wine until done. Drain, cut in quarters, and add to them 4 their quantity of _minced onion fried until tender, but not brown. Moisten with white sauce, season with red pepper and salt, heap high in scallop shells, cover with breadcrumbs moistened in melted Crisco, and brown in hot oven Garnish with lemon slices and parsley. November 12 Hamburg Steak Balls Mashed Potatoes Fried Parsnips Apple and Celery Salad *Baked Indian Pudding Coffee *Baked Indian Pudding—3% quarts milk, 3 tablespoons cornmeal, % pint molasses, 3 tablespoons Crisco: 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and ¥% teaspoon ginger. Boil 1 quart milk; add to it molasses, Crisco, salt, and spices, and lastly meal stirred smooth with little cold milk; scald whole together, and turn into a well Criscoed baking dish. When it begins to crust over, stir it all up from bottom, and add 1 pint of cold milk. Repeat process every ¥% hour, or oftener if pudding browns too fast, till 5 pints are used; then let it bake till done—6 hours in all. Serve hot with sauce of grated or granulated maple sugar stirred into rich cream, and kept very cold till needed. November 13 Lamb Cutlets Potatoes *Curried Lima Beans Tomato Salad Cheese Fritters Benedictine Jelly Coffee *Curried Lima Beans—Chop 1 onion finely and fry it for a few minutes in 2 tablespoons Crisco, add 1 tablespoon curry powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon flour, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, and 1 cup water, allow to cook slowly for 20 minutes, then add 1% cups cooked lima beans, mix welland serve hot. November 14 Cream of Tomato Soup * Nut Roast, Piquante Sauce Sweet Potatoes Fried Egg Plant Lettuce Salad Baked Quinces Gingerbread Coffee cS * Nut Roast—% cup lentils, % cup shelled roasted peanuts, % tablespoon Crisco, % cup toasted breadcrumbs, % teaspoon salt, ¥% saltspoon pepper and milk. Soak lentils over night; in morning drain, cover with fresh water and bring to boil. Drain again; and put in fresh water and cook until tender. Drain once more; throw away water and press lentils through colander. Add nuts, either ground or chopped, Crisco, breadcrumbs, seasoning and milk sufficient to make mixture consistency of mush. Put into Criscoed baking dish; bake in moderate oven 1 hour; turn out on heated platter; garnish with parsley or watercress and serve with Piquante sauce. Vegetarian November 15 Sweet Potatoes au Gratin Corn, a la Southern * Raisin and Nut Bread Apples Stuffed with Celery Caramel Custards Coffee * Raisin and Nut Bread—l1 egg, 34 cup sugar, 1% cups milk, 1 teaspoon salt, 3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 2 tablespoons Crisco, % cup raisins, and 1 cup chopped walnut meats. Beat egg with sugar; add sifted flour, baking powder and salt alternately with milk; last add Crisco, melted, and walnuts. Bake in deep pan in slow oven 45 minutes. November 16 Cream of Corn Soup Roast Turkey, Giblet Sauce Mashed Potatoes Creamed Onions Melon Mangoes Cheese Fingers *Apple Strudel Coffee