Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals

One hour before dinner time prepare the lamb and while cooking in the oven parboil the peas. While they are cooking wash, scrape and cube enough potatoes to make I c, and then make 2 c brown sauce. By this time the peas may be drained and sauted in the bacon fat with the minced onion. Now add peas, potatoes and sauce to the lamb, cover and cook until potatoes are tender. While the meat is cooking make the salad and chill with salt and ice until ready to serve the dinner. Then chop the ham for sandwiches and make the Sauce Tartare for supper. Just before taking up the meat arrange the salad in sherbet cups or whatever is to be used, and place on the table. Serve the dinner. Sunday Dinner — Cost Food Units Lenox Lamb (2 lbs.) $0.30 1,932 Potatoes •. . . .03 450 Peas 05 100 Orange and Mint Salad 068 312 Strawberry Ice Cream 181 1,806 Bread and Butter 038 600 Total Dinner $0,667 5,200 Sunday Lesson 216 DEVILLED HAM SANDWICHES CELERY, CARROT AND NUT SALAD NUT LOAF CAKE FRESH CURRANT CRUSH Devilled Ham Sandwiches Finely chop i c cold boiled ham. Mix thoroughly with y2 c Sauce Tartare, spread between thin slices of buttered bread, cut off the crusts, cut the sandwiches into triangles, oblongs, etc., and serve. JVNE MENUS 35i Sauce Tartare Mix y^ t mustard, 2 t sugar, ^ t salt, and dash cayenne thoroughly; add the yolks of 2 eggs and stir until the ingredients are very well mixed, setting the bowl in a pan of ice water. Now add 5^ c olive oil, drop by drop, stirring with a wooden spoon or wire whisk. As the mixture thickens, add a few drops of vinegar, of which there should be ij^ T used in all, then the oil may be added more rapidly. Put away in a cool place until ready to use, when J^ T each finely chopped capers, pickles, olives and parsley should be added. Celery, Carrot, and Nut Salad Put I c celery and i c raw carrots through the meat grinder. Then mix with j4 c English walnuts and put through the grinder again. Mix well with ^ c salad dressing, and serve on lettuce leaf. The second grinding is for the purpose of thoroughly blending the ingredients, so that the flavor is completely changed. Fresh Currant Crush Wash thoroughly i pt fresh red currants, then mash with 2 c sugar. Chill and serve. Nut Loaf Cake See Saturday Morning Baking. Preparing the Meal If desired this entire meal may be prepared just after dinner, the sandwiches made and wrapped in oiled paper until needed, the salad made and put in a cold place as its excellence will only be increased by standing, the currants washed and mashed and put in a cool place. So that 10 m before supper time will be ample for cutting the cake and putting the rest of the meal on the table. Sunday Suppeb — Cost Food Units Devilled Ham Sandwiches $0,146 1,600 Celery, Carrot and Nut Salad 076 362 Nut Loaf Cake (Vi recipe) 062 1,087 Fresh Currant Crush 082 2,212 Total Supper $0,366 5,261 Total for Day (4) 1.352 13,604 Per Person Per Day 838 3,401 WEDDING BREAKFAST FRUIT PUNCH HALIBUT TURBANS — HOLLANDAISE SAUCE NEW POTATO BALLS OLIVES SWEETBREAD CROQUETTES NEW PEAS IN TIMBALE CASES HOT ROLLS MOULDED CUCUMBER JELLY SALAD GRISINI WEDDING CAKE AND BRIDE's CAKE PINEAPPLE PARFAIT CREAM PATTIES