powdered sugar; two cups sifted
flour; one-half cup cold water; one teaspoonful soda ;
rind and juice of half a lemon✪ Sponge 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.
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" 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.
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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 butter✪ Chicken 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.
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^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
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
powdered sugar; two cups sifted flour; one-half cup cold water; one teaspoonful soda ; rind and juice of half a lemon. 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 thoroughly— the longer, the better. Bake in a moderate oven about twenty minutes.
" 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.
Ginger Bread One cup molasses; one-half cup butter; 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.
Menu Number Eleven
Chicken Croquettes Tomato Salad Toasted Crackers and Cheese Strawberries and Cream Angels' Food Cake Coffee
Chicken Croquettes One pint 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 butter. 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.
Toasted Crackers and Cheese Toast crackers,
and sprinkle a
little grated cheese over the top. Serve hot on a plate covered with a dainty little doily or napkin.
Strawberries and Cream Nothing can be more delicious than strawberries when in season, which can be easily prepared several hours before.
Angels' Food Whites of eleven eggs ; one and one- (Mrs. Rorer.) half cups granulated sugar ; one cup sifted flour; one teaspoonful flavoring; one teaspoonful 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 carefully. Then add the flour gradually, stirring all the time, and last the flavoring. Turn quickly into an ungreased 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
Sardines 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
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Ginger BreadSponge CakeChicken CroquettesAngels' Food CakeCake (Miss Parloa)Oyster Patties