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608— Raspberries and Cream. Serve the berries in glass plates or ice cream saucers individually, quite plain, with powdered sugar and cream on the table. 609— Good White Cake. A great deal of the fuss and labor some people go through every time a white cake is to be made is altogether needless : to prove it try this easy cake and be surprised: that it can be put together so quickly : 2 cups sugar — a pound. I cup melted butter—1/4 pound. 10 whites of eggs. 1 cup milk. 2 teaspoons baking powder. I teaspoon cream tartar. 6 cups flour — 11/4 pounds. Put the sugar and melted butter into the mixing pan along with the whites, not whipped, then take the wire egg beater and beat them together a minute or two; add the milk, powder, cream tartar and flour and some flavoring extract if you choose, and beat it up with a spoon thoroughly. The more it is beaten the whiter and finer the cake. If there is no cream tartar handy use the juice of a lemon. Makes nearly 4 pounds; costs 34 cents. Ought to be frosted the easy way, No. 3; or, with frosting that will slice without breaking, No. 635. Breakfast. July 12. Fresh black cap raspberries (i qt, 10 cents.) Oatmeal (3 cents.) Fish plain fried {7 orders, i lb, and lard, 12 cents.) Beefsteak (12 orders, i^ lbs, 20 cents.) Liver breaded (Borders, 12 cents.) Potatoes baked and a la Francaise (7 cents.) French rolls (25, 10 cents.) Corn bread and corn batter cakes (16 cents.) Cream and milk 42, syrup 6, butter 15, coffee, tea 12. Total, $1 68; 25 persons; 6 1/2 cents a plate. 610-Fish Fried Plain. Dip the pieces in flour only and drop into a saucepan of lard hot enough to hiss. All the smaller kinds of fish and those most esteemed for their flavor such as brook trout and whitebait are best fried that way, and it is suitable for all kinds if they are cut in thin pieces. 611— Calf's Liver Breaded and Fried Cut thin slices, pepper and salt them, dip in a little milk in a saucer (not to wash the seasoning away) then in cracker meal in which a little flour has been mixed. To make it a better color the liver had better be dipped twice giving it a double breading, otherwise it comes out dark. Drop into a frying pan of hot drippings or lard, and fry. Serve either plain or with a slice of broiled bacon. 612— Potatoes Francaise. Cut potatoes raw with a fluted or scalloped knife, (there are knives made for the purpose) in thin strips the length of the potato, and drop them a few at a time into a saucepan of hot lard or drippings. When they rise from the bottom and float, they are dene. Take up in a colander set in a plate. Sprinkle with fine salt and a little minced parsely and serve hot and crisp. The fat should not be very hot for these as if fried too quickly the potatoes turn soft after taking up. Dinner. Italian soup (No. 613; 5 qts, 20 cents.) Boiled Mackinaw trout, pickle sauce (2 lbs, and sauce, 20 cents.) Roast beef (i rib, 2 lbs, 25 cents.) Roast lamb (Nos. 145, 146; 3 lbs, 35 cents.) Beet greens (from garden, worth 10 cents.) Sweet corn (i can, 15 cents.) Rice with cream (1/2 cup raw 2; seasoning 4—6 cents.) Mashed potatoes (5 cents.) Steamed raspberry pudding, hard sauce (Nos. 176 and 177 ; 21 cents.) Chocolate butter pie (without eggs; No. 5/ 617 ; 3 large, 20 cents.) . .