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One hundred-portion war time recipes

1918

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Presented as published in 1918. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Cheese, ground . Bread crumbs. . Walnuts, ground Onions, ground . 6 2H lbs. 4 lbs. 2 lbs. 5 oz. Celery salt Water, or vege- table stock . . Salt IMoz. 12 2H qts. 2 oz. Mix all ingredients thoroughly and season. Put into baking dishes and bake one-half to three-fourths hour in moderate oven. Serve with White Sauce No. 1. VEGETABLE STEW Kidney beans, dry Lima beans, dry . Carrots, diced. . Turnips, diced . Celery, diced . . Onions, chopped. Potatoes, diced . IMlbs. IM lbs. 2 qts. 2 qts. 2 qts. Mqt. 4 qts. Tomatoes Rice flour Cornstarch Fat . . . Water . . Salt . . . Pepper . . 3 qts. 5 oz. 5 oz. 10 oz. 10 qts. 33^ oz. Moz. Soak beans over night, drain, add water and cook one hour. Add carrots, turnips, onions and salt, bring to boihng point, and cook thirty minutes. Add other vege- tables, and cook twenty minutes. Thicken and season. Serve six portions to a quart. WELSH RAREBIT Worcestershire sauce .... 3 tbsp. Red pepper. . . 2 tsp. Salt 4 oz. Melt cheese, add to White sauce and season mixture. Strain sauce if cheese makes it lumpy. Serve six to seven portions to a quart on Toasted Mush. White sauce No. 2 14 qts Cheese 9 lbs. Mustard .... 13^ oz. SCALLOPED POTATO WITH EGG AND Potatoes, peeled. 18 lbs. Eggs, hard cooked 50 Cheese 5 lbs. CHEESE White sauce No. 2 11 qts. Salt 4 02. Red pepper. . . 2 tsp. GRAVIES AND SAUCES 25 SKce potatoes thin, cook slightly, add White Sauce in which three pounds of the cheese has been dissolved and seasonings. Put into baking dishes in alternate layers with sliced eggs, having potato mixture on bottom and top. Grate or chop remaining cheese and sprinkle on top, brown in oven. Serve six to seven ounces to a portion. POTATO AND NUT CROQUETTES Hotmashed potato 32 lbs. Paprika .... 3^ oz. Walnuts, chopped 3^ lbs. Eggs 8 Salt 23^02. Mix potatoes, nuts, eggs and seasonings, thoroughly. Mold into two ounce croquettes, roll in egg and criunbs and fry in deep fat. Serve two croquettes to an order with WTiite Sauce. Note. — Six pounds of Peanut Butter can be substituted for the walnuts, or all nuts may be omitted and the cro- quettes served with Cheese Sauce. TOASTED MUSH Cornmeal ... 3 lbs. Water 1 cup Water 9 qts. Cornflour ... 1)4. lbs. Salt 2Ji oz. Melted fat . . . 1)^ pts. Eggs 8 Add cornmeal to boiUng, salted water, and boil 20 min- utes. Cook in steamer 3 hours or more, and mould. Cut into Yz inch sUces, weighing 3 oz, each, roll in beaten egg, to which water has been added, then in corn flour and lastly in melted fat. Arrange on baking sheet and brown on both sides under a broiler. Note. — Hominy may be used in place of corn meal. GRAVIES AND SAUCES CHEESE SAUCE White sauce No. 1 9 qts. Red pepper. . . 1 tsp. Cheese 4 lbs. Mustard .... 3^ oz. Salt 1 oz. Melt cheese, add to sauce and season. Strain, if sauce is not smooth, and add Worcestershire Sauce, if desired. Serve ten to twelve portions to a quart. 26 GRAVIES AND SAUCES CREAM OF GREEN PEA SAUCE White sauce No. 1 7 qts. Salt 3^ oz. Green peas . . . 23^ qts. Pepper 2 tsp. Add peas and seasonings to the White Sauce. Serve twelve portions to a quart. MOCK HOLLANDAISE SAUCE