Cold Tongue, Tomato Sauce
Thin Bread and Butter
Potato Salad
Wine Jelly, with Whipped Cream
Wafers Tea
(£ofd jjJottgUC. ^Tse a indium size beefs tongue.
Wash thoroughly, and if it is a salt
tongue, soak in cold water over night. Put in a ket-
tle of cold water and cook slowly four hours, or until
very tender. Stand aside to cool in the water it was
cooked in, and when cold remove skin. Slice thin and
garnish. Serve with tomato sauce.
Tomato Sauce — See " Sauces," No. 1.
Potato Salad — See "Salads," No. 4.
tfQiXtt JJcffg. ^nree oran&es> two lemons, one box
of gelatine, one cup of sugar, one pint
of wine, one cup of boiling water. Cover the gelatine
with cold water and let soak an hour; then add the
boiling water, sugar, juice of oranges and lemons and
wine. Pour in a fancy mould, and serve, when hard-
ened, with whipped cream heaped around it.
T2?&fCt0» It is almost impossible to make anything
in the way of wafers as dainty as those
we buy in the little tin boxes imported by the best
grocers.
Tea — See " Beverages," No. 1.
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Menu Number Four
Lobster a la Newberg-
Celery Salad
Finger Rolls
Coffee Grape Fruit Cake
Lobster a la Newberg — See " Chafing Dish," No. 1.
Celery Salad — See "Salads," No. 6.
dfattipt StUtf Can ^e obtained through the summer
and fall. It is most delicious, though
used by comparatively few. Cut the fruit in halves,
and with sharp scissors remove the hard pulp and
seeds. This leaves quite a hole in the center of each
half. Fill this with sugar, and rum or sherry. Set on
ice for two hours before serving.
(ttuf (C&ftc. Whites of four eggs, one-half cup butter,
one and one-half cups sugar, three-
quarters of a cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour,
one large cup of nuts chopped fine, one and one-half
teaspoonfuls baking powder. Beat sugar and butter
to a cream, then add the whites of eggs (well beaten),
then the milk, stir all well and add the flour, in which
the baking powder has been sifted. Flavor to taste✪ Grape Fruit Cake,
and add the nuts last.
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Menu Number Five
Broiled Sardines with Bechamel Sauce
Saratoga Potatoes
Thin Bread and Butter
Iced Russian Tea
Fruit Salad Cake
Q$rOtfkb JJCUffctneS. Getthe large imported sardines.
Place in a wire bread toaster
and broil a delicate brown. Place each upon a slice
of buttered toast, which has been slightly moistened
with a dash of hot water. Pour the sauce over the
sardines, and serve hot.
Bechamel Sauce — See " Sauces," No. 2.
Saratoga $0tat0C8. slice the potatoes very thin.
It really requires a potato
cutter expressly for this. After slicing a sufficient
quantity, lay them in ice water for fifteen minutes.
Then dny on a fresh white cloth or napkin. Drop into
boiling lard, and fry until they are a delicate brown.
As they are cooked, lay upon coarse brown paper,
that all grease may be absorbed, and salt to taste.
These may be made the day before desired. Keep in
a dry, warm place, or they can be heated.
Russian Tea — See "Beverages," No. 7.
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S?Utf JSftf&fc* ^*ce oranges, pineapple (the canned
or fresh), and bananas; in fact, any
fruit in season. Sprinkle with sugar, and add one gill
of sherry or any other wine preferred. Set on ice for
several hours, and serve as a dessert.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Cold Tongue, Tomato Sauce Thin Bread and Butter Potato Salad Wine Jelly, with Whipped Cream Wafers Tea
Cold Tongue Use a medium size beef's tongue.
Wash thoroughly, and if it is a salt tongue, soak in cold water over night. Put in a kettle of cold water and cook slowly four hours, or until very tender. Stand aside to cool in the water it was cooked in, and when cold remove skin. Slice thin and garnish. Serve with tomato sauce.
Tomato Sauce — See " Sauces," No. 1.
Potato Salad — See "Salads," No. 4.
Wine Jelly Three oranges, two lemons, one box of gelatine, one cup of sugar, one pint of wine, one cup of boiling water. Cover the gelatine with cold water and let soak an hour; then add the boiling water, sugar, juice of oranges and lemons and wine. Pour in a fancy mould, and serve, when hardened, with whipped cream heaped around it.
Wafers It is almost impossible to make anything in the way of wafers as dainty as those we buy in the little tin boxes imported by the best grocers.
Tea — See " Beverages," No. 1.
Menu Number Four
Lobster a la Newberg- Celery Salad Finger Rolls Coffee Grape Fruit Cake
Lobster a la Newberg — See " Chafing Dish," No. 1. Celery Salad — See "Salads," No. 6.
Grapefruit ^e obtained through the summer and fall. It is most delicious, though used by comparatively few. Cut the fruit in halves, and with sharp scissors remove the hard pulp and seeds. This leaves quite a hole in the center of each half. Fill this with sugar, and rum or sherry. Set on ice for two hours before serving.
Grape Fruit Cake Whites of four eggs, one-half cup butter, one and one-half cups sugar, three-quarters of a cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, one large cup of nuts chopped fine, one and one-half teaspoonfuls baking powder. Beat sugar and butter to a cream, then add the whites of eggs (well beaten), then the milk, stir all well and add the flour, in which the baking powder has been sifted. Flavor to taste, and add the nuts last.
Menu Number Five
Broiled Sardines with Bechamel Sauce Saratoga Potatoes Thin Bread and Butter Iced Russian Tea Fruit Salad Cake
Broiled Sardines Getthe large imported sardines.
Place in a wire bread toaster and broil a delicate brown. Place each upon a slice of buttered toast, which has been slightly moistened with a dash of hot water. Pour the sauce over the sardines, and serve hot.
Bechamel Sauce — See " Sauces," No. 2.
Saratoga Potatoes slice the potatoes very thin.
It really requires a potato cutter expressly for this. After slicing a sufficient quantity, lay them in ice water for fifteen minutes. Then dny on a fresh white cloth or napkin. Drop into boiling lard, and fry until they are a delicate brown. As they are cooked, lay upon coarse brown paper, that all grease may be absorbed, and salt to taste. These may be made the day before desired. Keep in a dry, warm place, or they can be heated.
Russian Tea — See "Beverages," No. 7.
Fruit Salad ^*ce oranges, pineapple (the canned or fresh), and bananas; in fact, any fruit in season. Sprinkle with sugar, and add one gill of sherry or any other wine preferred. Set on ice for several hours, and serve as a dessert.
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