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Some simple Sunday suppers

1895

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Presented as published in 1895. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
powdered sugar; two cups sifted flour; one-half cup cold water; one teaspoonful soda ; rind and juice of half a lemonSponge Cake. Beat the yolks. Add the sugar, then the water (to which the soda is added dissolved in a little hot water), then flour. Add whites well beaten, and then the flavoring. Beat all thor- oughly— the longer, the better. Bake in a moderate oven about twenty minutes. 18 " Better, no doubt, is a dinner of herbs, When seasoned with love." Menu Number Ten Scrambled Eggs Hot Buttered Toast Tea Peaches and Cream (or Preserves, if Peaches are not in season) Ginger Bread Scrambled Eggs — See "Chafing Dish," No. 4. d3tHgfct* Q0?CC&. One cup molasses; one-half cup but- ter; two scant cups flour; one-half cup sour milk; one egg; one-half teaspoonful ginger; one-half teaspoonful salt; one -half teaspoonful soda. Mix all together and add the soda (dissolved in hot water) the last thing. Bake in a moderate oven. 19 Menu Number Eleven Chicken Croquettes Tomato Salad Toasted Crackers and Cheese Strawberries and Cream Angels' Food Cake Coffee Cfjtcften Croquettes 0ne Pmt fine-chopped cooked (Miss Parloa.) chicken ; one tablespoonful salt; one tablespoonful of flour; one-half teaspoonful pepper ; one cup of cream or chicken stock ; four eggs ; one teaspoonful onion juice; one pint crumbs; three tablespoonfuls of butterChicken Croquettes. Put the cream or stock on to boil. Mix flour and butter together and stir into boiling cream. Add chicken and seasoning. Boil for two minutes, and add two of the eggs, well beaten. When cold, shape into croquettes, dip first in beaten egg, then in bread crumbs, and fry. These can be made the day before, and can be simply heated through just before serving, while the coffee is being made, and in this there is little trouble. Tomato Salad — See " Salads," No. 9. <£oa0feb CtaC&eXB Cmb CfytZBt. Toast crackers, and sprinkle a little grated cheese over the top. Serve hot on a plate covered with a dainty little doily or napkin. Jj|ft%&tB6et,t*te0* Nothing can be more delicious than strawberries when in season, which can be easity prepared several hours before. 20 ^ttgcfs' J§00b* Whites of eleven eggs ; one and onc- (Mrs. Rorer.) half cups granulated sugar ; one cup sifted flour; one teaspoonful flavoring; one teaspoon- ful cream of tartar. Put cream of tartar into the sifted flour, and sift five times. Sift sugar. Beat whites of eggs to a very stiff froth, add the sugar, and mix care- fully. Then add the flour gradually, stirring all the time, and last the flavoring. Turn quickly into an un greased pan, and bake in a moderate oven forty-five minutes. Take from oven, and turn pan upside down on a rest until the cake falls out. Menu Number Twelve Sardines Omelet Finger Rolls Hot Russian Tea Crackers Cheese »&?fcutC0. Arrange the large imported sardines on a small platter. Garnish with lemon and parsley. Omelet— See "Chafing Dish," No. 6. Menu Number Thirteen Oyster Patties Lettuce Sandwiches Cold Roast Lamb Pineapple Lemonade Cake Oyster Patties