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1921

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Presented as published in 1921. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Find the nrtirlcs wanted in index Hasio I'nit and then l<K)k for (-orres[M>ndinK tiihle. Hun down to the iuimlM>r (»f persons you wi.sh to fe<>d and to the left han<l eolunui will Im> the numlM>r of units of the article you are lit;urin^ on pre- |>arinK- If y«Mi do not wish to u.s<' the tables, you ran fiKure it this way: Fin<! the Hasii- Liiit of the artitle. If it is 2H and you wish t<i feed 177 persons, multiftly 177 by .28. The rt'sult is l''.."»6 — the amount re<iuirc«i. IIRE.AKFAST DISHES Milk for itrrakfiiat FimmIm i 100 Srout«)t jo one iMMind eiuis l^vap<»ratc><l Milk 10 ozs. Sujjar 1 pinch of Salt tmil eold water to make live gallons. Stir well. 24 Batter Cakes (100 Scouts) : 13 lbs. Flour 3 Lbs. Sugar 24 Eggs 13 oz. Baking Powder 1.5 ozs. Salt Make batter of flour, sugar, salt, and eggs. Before cooking, to each portion of batter mbc in the proper portion of baking powder. Example: To 1-13 batter add one oz. baking powder. Hot griddle grease well. Cornmeal Mush (100 Scouts): 9 lbs. Cornmeal 2.5 lbs. Sugar 2 ozs. Salt 6.5 gallons Water Have water to boil and add salt and sugar if not on table. Stir the meal in well, whip to keep from lumping, and cook 10 minutes. Then allow to stand on back of range to sim- mer. Serve hot milk over the mush. Example — Change recipes to quantity for 20 Scouts. Batter Cakes: 13 X .20 equals 2.6 lbs. flour 13 X .20 equals 2.6 lbs. Flour 3 X .20 „ .6 lbs. Sugar 24 X .20 „ 4.8 Eggs 1.5 X .20 „ .3 ozs. Salt Example: Change recipe to quantity for 38 Scouts. Cornmeal Mush: 9 X .38 equals 3.42 lbs. Cornmeal 2.5 X .38 „ .95 lbs. Sugar 2 X .38 „ .76 ozs. Salt 6.5 X .38 „ 2.47 gallons Water Example: Change recipe to quantity for 62 Scouts. Corn Chowder: 5 X .62 equals 3.10 Can Corn 2.5 X .62 „ 1.55 lbs. Bacon 2.5 X .62 10 X .62 7x .62 2x .62 2X.62 1.55 lbs. Onions 6.20 lbs. Potatoes 4.34 gallons Stock 1.24 Can Milk 1.24 lbs. Hard Bread 25 Ojitincal Munh (1(K) Srtuitn : U IIm. OntriM-al .5 b. Siitrar 1 oz. Salt 6 palH. \\ utfT Have watpr to hoil and thfri arid Halt. Stir iiM-al in slfiwly. add siiffar. hoil five ininiitnt and stir ronstantly. Heniove to ha«k of run^e and let simmer 15 minutes. Corn Chowdf-r (100 Scouts): Fivf No. 2 ( lans ( '.orn 2..-. II.S. sli.o<i Macon 2.'} Dis. Onions 10 n»s. Potatoos (^sliced) 7 gals. H«H«f Sl«Mk 2 rails Kva|><irate<l Milk 2 ll>s. Hard Itrcad Fry bac'xin and onions to l»rf)wn lakf l>ake pan on top of rango, a<ld the above ingrctlients with (Kitatoes, cover with stixk. and let boil till done. Break up hard bread anil tftast slightly. Add to above with milk and curii. but do not Ijoil. Sea.son to taste. Potato Chowder (100 Sroutit): Same a.s rorn <howder. Ise 15 lbs. of potat<M*s in platx* of lU ll>s. Frie«l Hnron (100 Scouts) t 25 lbs. Haeon ('nt (iv(* slieeM to one iticli, plarc in bake pan and |NMir Ixtiling \sater over it. St4ind iivo niinut<>s. Pour ofT water aiwl fry on hot range. itrcf a \u M<Mle (100 Scouts): 35 lUs. Heef n.Hinds 2 lbs Ma.-on or I'ork 2 IIm. Fa I 2 Iks. Flour (brown in fat) 5 gals. Sl«Hk 2 lbs. ( 'arrols (sliced)