MENU VII.
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POTATO SOUP.
2 lbs. of potatoes, 1/2 a stick of celery or the outer stalks of a head of celery, saving the heart for table use, 1 large Spanish onion, 1 pint of milk, 1 oz. of butter, a heaped-up tablespoonful of finely chopped Parsley, and pepper and salt to taste. Peel, wash, and cut in pieces the potatoes, peel and chop roughly the onion, prepare and cut in small pieces the celery. Cook the vegetables in 8 pints of water until they are quite soft. Rub them through a sieve, return the fluid mixture to the saucepan; add the milk, butter, and seasoning, and boil the soup up again; if too thick, add more water. Mix the parsley in the soup just before serving.
BREAD AND CHEESE SAVOURY.
1/2 lb. of Allinson bread, 3 oz. of grated cheese, 1 pint of milk, 3 eggs, pepper and salt to taste, a little nutmeg, and some butter. Cut the bread into slices and butter them; arrange in layers in a pie-dish, spreading some cheese between the layers, and dusting with pepper, salt, and a little nutmeg. Finish with a good sprinkling of cheese. Whip up the eggs, mix them with the milk, and pour the mixture over the bread and cheese in the pie-dish. Pour the custard back into the basin, and repeat the pouring over the contents of the pie-dish. If this is done two or three times, the top slices of bread and butter get soaked, and then bake better. This should also be done when a bread and butter pudding is made. Bake the savoury until brown, which it will be in about 3/4 of an hour.
ORANGE MOULD.
The juice of 7 oranges and of 1 lemon, 6 oz. of sugar, 4 eggs, and 4 oz. of Allinson cornflour. Add enough water to the fruit juices to make 1 quart of liquid; put 1-1/2 pints of this over the fire with the sugar. With the rest smooth the cornflour and mix with it the eggs well beaten. When the liquid in the saucepan is near the boil, stir into it the mixture of egg and cornflour. Keep stirring the mixture over a gentle fire until it has cooked 5 minutes. Turn it into a wetted mould and allow to get cold, then turn out and serve.
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Nutritive Value and Chemical Composition of Various Fruits, Nuts, Grains, and Vegetables.
(Analysis of the edible portion.)
PROFESSOR ATWATER'S ANALYSIS.
Proteid Calories per cent. in one lb. FRUIT--FRESH. Apples .4 290 Apricots 1.1 270 Bananas 1.3 460 Blackberries 1.3 270 Cherries 1.0 365 Cranberries .4 215 Currants 1.5 265 Figs 1.5 380 Grapes 1.3 450 Huckleberries .6 345 Lemons 1.0 205 Musk-melons .8 90 Nectarines .6 305 Oranges .8 240 Pears .6 295 Persimmons .8 630 Pineapple .4 299 Plums 1.0 395 Pomegranates 1.5 460 Raspberries 1.0 255 Strawberries 1.0 180 Water-melons .4 140 Whortleberries or Wimberries .7 390 FRUIT--DRIED. Apples 1.6 1350 Apricots 4.7 1290 Citron .5 1525 Currants 2.4 1495 Dates 2.1 1615 Figs 4.3 1475 Grapes 2.8 1205 Pears 2.8 1635 Prunes 2.1 1400 Raisins 2.6 1605 Apricots (canned) .9 340 Marmalade .6 1585 Pears (canned) .3 355 Pineapple " .4 715 GREEN VEGETABLES Artichoke 2.6 365 Asparagus 2.1 220 Beetroot 1.6 215 Cabbage 1.6 145 " (Curly) 4.1 215 " (Sprouts) 4.7 215 Carrots 1.1 210 Cauliflower 1.8 140 Celery 1.1 85 Corn (green) 3.1 470 Cucumber .8 80 Dandelion 2.4 285 Egg Plant 1.2 130 Horseradish 1.4 230 Kohl Rabi 2.0 145 Leeks 1.2 150 Lettuce 1.2 90 Mushrooms 3.5 210 Olives (green) 1.1 1400 " (ripe) 1.7 1205 Onions 1.6 225 Parsnips 1.6 300 Potatoes (boiled) 2.5 440 " (chipped) 6.8 2675 " (raw) 2.2 385 " (sweet) 1.8 570 Pumpkins 1.3 135 Radishes 1.0 120 Rhubarb .6 105 Spinach 2.1 110 Tomatoes .9 105 Turnips 1.3 185 NUTS--SHELLED. Acorns 8.1 2620 Almonds 21.0 3030 Beechnuts 21.9 3075 Brazil Nuts 17.0 3265 Butternuts 27.0 3165 Chestnuts (dried) 10.7 1875 " (fresh) 6.2 1125 Cocoanuts 5.7 2760 " desiccated 6.3 3125 Filberts (Hazels) 15.6 3290 Hickory 15.4 3345 Peanuts 25.8 2560 Peanut Butter 29.3 2825 Pecans 9.6 3435 Pine Kernels 34.0 2845 Pistachios 22.3 2995 Walnuts 18.0 3300 " Black } " Californian} 27.6 3105 GRAIN FOODS, ETC. Barley Meal 10.5 1640 " Pearled 8.5 1650 Buckwheat Flour 6.4 1620 Corn Flour 7.1 1645 Corn Meal (granular) 9.2 1655 " Popped 10.7 1875 Hominy 8.3 1650 Oatmeal 16.1 1860 Oats (rolled) 16.7 1850 Rice 8.0 1630 Rye Flour 6.8 1630 " Meal 13.6 1665 Wheat Flaked 13.4 1690 " Flour, or Wholemeal 13.8 1675 " Germs 10.5 1695 " Gluten 14.2 1665 " Self-raising 10.2 1600 Macaroni 13.4 1665 " Spaghetti 12.1 1660 " Vermicelli 10.9 1625 Beans, small White 21.9 1675 " Lima or Butter 18.1 1625 Lentils 25.7 1620 Peas (dried) 24.6 1655 " (green) 7.0 465 Arrowroot --- 1815 Corn-starch --- 1675 Sago 9.0 1635 Tapioca --- 1650 CAKES. Cake, Fruit 5.9 1760 " Gingerbread 5.8 1670 " Sponge 6.3 1795 BISCUITS. All kinds, average 10.0 1800 Water 11.7 1835 BREAD. Buns, Currant 6.7 1515 " Hot Cross 7.9 1275 Corn, Indian 7.9 1205 Cheap Bread 10.9 1255 Gluten 9.3 1160 Home-made Bread 9.1 1225 White Bread 9.2 1215 Whole-wheat Bread 9.7 1140 Rolls, Plain 9.7 1470 " Vienna 8.5 1300 " Water 9.0 1300 Rye 9.0 1180 VARIOUS. Chocolate 12.9 2860 Cocoa 21.6 2320 Candy --- 1785 Honey --- 1520 Molasses (cane) 2.4 1290