A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes

*Braised Loin of Mutton with Mushrooms—3 pounds loin mutton, | stalk celery, 14 teaspoon whole peppers, 1 bunch of sweet herbs, 2 tablespoons Crisco, pepper, salt, red pepper, 1 turnip, | carrot, 2 or 3 cloves, sprig of parsley, and 2 tablespoons flour. Remove bone from mutton, thoroughly rub it with salt, pepper, and red pepper; roll up and tie into roll; cut up celery, onion, carrot, and turnip, and lay them at bottom of stewpan with sweet herbs and parsley; lay mutton on top of these, and pour round enough water to 3 parts cover it, simmer slowly 1% to 2 hours; lift mutton into dripping tin with few tablespoons gravy; set in brisk oven until brown; strain gravy and skim off fat, put Crisco into saucepan, and when brown, add flour, and brown also; then add gravy gradually, little pepper and salt, and 1 dozen button mushrooms, skinned; boil 8 minutes; dish mutton with mushrooms round, and gravy strained over. February 2 * Artichoke Soup Fried Fillets of Fish, Sauce Tartare Riced Potatoes Onions Stuffed with Nuts Egg Salad Toasted Cheese Russian Charlotte Coffee * Artichoke Soup—2 pints white stock or water, | pint milk, 2 pounds Jerusalem artichokes, 2 onions, 1 bay leaf, 1 strip celeny, 2 tablespoons Crisco, pepper and salt to taste. A Calendar of Dinners Wash artichokes, put 1 tablespoon vinegar into basin of water and keep artichokes in it as much as possible while paring them, to preserve their whiteness. Cut onions, bay leaf, celery, and artichokes into slices, melt Crisco in stewpan, fry vegetables 10 or 15 minutes without browning; then pour in stock and boil until tender. Rub through fine sieve, return to saucepan, add milk and seasoning, bring to boil and serve. When a thicker soup is desired 1 dessertspoon of cornstarch, flour, or a mashed potato should be blended with little milk or stock, and added to soup a few minutes before serving. February 3 Consomme du Barry Roast Ribs of Beef *Franconia Potatoes Corn Cakes Mashed Turnips Radish Salad Marshmallow Pudding Coffee *Franconia Potatoes—Pare 10 med- 1um-sized potatoes; parboil five min- utes. Place on grate under roast tibs of beef. Baste with melted Crisco, and bake from 20 to 30 minutes, turning often. February 4 Steamed Oysters Lambs’ Tongues, Tremont Style Browned Potatoes * Anchovy Fritters Romaine Salad Madeira Jelly Coffee *Anchovy Fritters—Pound yolks 2 hard-cooked eggs with % dozen bottled anchovies, 1 teaspoon capers 4 tablespoons Crisco and 4 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese. Rub all through fine wire sieve and add yolk 1 raw egg and 1 tablespoon breadcrumbs. Season with pepper and with salt if it is needed. Form paste into small balls, roll first in breadcrumbs, then in egg and again in crumbs, and drop into hot Crisco. Serve on napkin with grated Parmesan A Calendar of Dinners cheese. The recipe as here given may be doubled, and redoubled as many times as it is thought the demand for fritters will warrant. February 5 Broiled Smelts Chicken, a la Florentine Brussels Sprouts with Cheese Spanish Salad Cheese Loaf *Date Souffle Coffee *Date Souffle—Stone and chop % pound dates and cook them in % cup boiling water, mashing until smooth. Add 1 tablespoon melted Crisco, stifly beaten whites 5 eggs, 4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and salt to taste. Pour into Criscoed souffle mold and bake until brown, or 25 minutes. Serve cold with boiled custard or whipped cream. February 6 Rose and White Radishes with Butter Cream of Mutton Soup Baked Bluefish, Breslin Style * Planked Chicken Jerusalem Artichokes Saute Apple and Cress Salad Snow Pudding with Chocolate Sauce Coffee *Planked Chicken—Cream together 4 cup Crisco, 1 teaspoon minced onion, % tablespoon each of minced red pepper, green pepper, and parsley, 4 clove minced garlic, and | teaspoon lemon juice.