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Grapefruit cocktail. Slice one grapefruit and one-half orange and put in bowl with a spoonful of sugar and a pony of kirschwasser. Allow to stand for an hour. Serve in grapefruit suprême glasses, decorated on top with brandied cherries.

APRIL 19

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Raspberries with cream Fillet of mariniert herring

Plain omelet Potato salad

Rolls Consommé in cups

English breakfast tea Sweetbread patties in cream

Cold artichokes, vinaigrette

Roquefort cheese and crackers

Coffee

DINNER

Purée of spinach

Crab meat, Suzette

Roast tenderloin of beef, Cubaine

Gendarme potatoes

Peas and carrots in cream

Lettuce and alligator pear salad

Frozen egg nogg

Macaroons

Coffee

Sweetbread patties in cream. Soak two pounds of sweetbreads in cold water for two hours, to cause the blood to flow out. Then put them on the fire in one quart of water and two ounces of salt, bring to a boil, and then allow to become cold. Pull off the skin and cut the sweetbreads in pieces one-half inch square. Put in vessel with one cup of bouillon, and boil till soft. Then add a cup of cream, season with salt and a little Cayenne pepper, and boil for five minutes. Knead one ounce of butter with one ounce of flour, and use for thickening. Boil again for five minutes. Serve in hot patty shells, on napkin, garnished with parsley in branches. (Patty shells, Jan. 25).

Purée of spinach (Soup). Bring to a boil two quarts of chicken broth, add one peck of well-washed spinach and two ounces of butter, and boil for an hour. Strain through a fine sieve, and put back in the casserole. It should now be of the thickness of a purée of pea soup. Season well with salt and pepper, and stir in, while boiling, one-quarter pound of sweet butter. Serve with small squares of bread fried in butter.

Roast tenderloin of beef, Cubaine. Roast the beef in the usual manner. Serve with sauce Madère, and garnish with stuffed green or red peppers.

Candied sweet potatoes. Boil four sweet potatoes, remove the skins, and cut in egg shapes. Put in sauté pan with two ounces of butter, and roast slowly. When nearly brown add a spoonful of powdered sugar and continue roasting till sugar and potatoes are brown.

Cole slaw, ravigote. Slice a white cabbage very thin and put in a salad bowl. Cover with highly seasoned sauce Tartar, and mix thoroughly.

Frozen egg nogg. One quart of milk, six eggs, one-half pound of sugar, one pony of brandy, one pony of rum, and one-half teaspoonful of grated nutmeg. Mix well, strain, and freeze. Serve in glasses.

APRIL 20

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Stewed prunes Grapefruit cocktail

Plain shirred eggs Eggs en cocotte, Valentine

Rolls Roast loin of pork, apple sauce

Coffee Candied sweet potatoes

Cole slaw, ravigote

Vanilla custard pie

Demi tasse

DINNER

Consommé Théodora

Scalloped halibut with cheese

Rump of beef

Peas

Parisian potatoes

Beets Frouard

Chocolate ice cream

Assorted cakes

Coffee

Eggs en cocotte, Valentine. Mix some crab meat with a little well-seasoned cream sauce. Put a spoonful in the bottom of a buttered cocotte dish, break an egg on top, salt and pepper the egg, put a little more crab meat and cream on top, sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese, put some bits of butter on top, and bake in oven for five minutes.

Consommé Théodora. Put in the consommé, equal parts of small chicken dumplings, royal, and boiled asparagus tips. Before serving add some chopped chervil.

Vanilla custard pie. Six eggs, one quart of milk, one-quarter pound of sugar, one-half of a vanilla bean. Boil the milk with the vanilla bean. Mix the eggs with the sugar and add to the milk. Strain, and fill a large pie dish lined with a thin pie dough, and bake in a moderate oven until set.

Lemon custard pie. Same as vanilla custard pie, except use the grated rind and the juice of two lemons instead of the vanilla bean.

Orange custard pie. Same as lemon custard pie, but use two oranges instead of the lemons.

Cocoanut custard pie. Same as vanilla custard pie, but put a handful of shredded cocoanut in the bottom of the pie before filling.

Vanilla meringue pie. Same as vanilla custard pie, but when baked, cover, and ornament the top with meringue paste, dust with powdered sugar, and put back in oven to color.

Meringue paste for pie. The whites of four eggs beaten firm and stiff; then add one-half pound of powdered sugar and mix well. Flavor to taste.

Lemon meringue pie. Same as lemon custard pie, but cover and ornament with meringue paste, and bake until colored.

Orange meringue pie. Same directions as for lemon meringue pie.

Lemon pie, special. The yolks of eight eggs, six ounces of sugar, three lemons, the whites of four eggs. Mix the yolks, sugar, and the grated rinds and the juice of the lemons, and beat over a fire until thick. Then add the whites of eggs well beaten, and pour into a large pie dish lined with thin pie dough. Bake slowly. Serve with powdered sugar on top.

Cocoanut meringue pie. Same as cocoanut custard pie, but cover with meringue paste, and bake until colored.

APRIL 21

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Strawberries with cream Antipasto

Virginia ham and eggs Fried smelts, sauce rémoulade

Rolls Spring lamb Irish stew

Cocoa with whipped cream Chiffonnade salad

Old fashioned raspberry shortcake

Coffee

DINNER

Toke Points on half shell

Potage santé

Boiled salmon, Villers

Roast capon, au jus

Parsnips with cream

Duchesse potatoes

Endive salad, Victor dressing

Frankfort pudding, sauce Sabayon

Coffee

Boiled salmon, Villers. Cut two slices of salmon about one and one-half inch thick. Put in vessel with one quart of water, a bouquet garni, one spoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of whole black peppers, and one spoonful of white wine vinegar. Boil slowly for twenty minutes. In a casserole put two ounces of butter, heat, and then add two ounces of flour. When the flour is hot add a pint and a half of the fish broth from the salmon, and boil for five minutes. Then add the yolk of one egg and one cup of cream, mix well, season with salt and pepper, and strain. Add to the sauce one can of sliced mushrooms and half a pound of picked shrimps. Place the salmon on a platter and pour the sauce over it.

Frankfort pudding. One-quarter pound of butter, one-quarter pound of sugar, the yolks of seven eggs, six ounces of cake crumbs, the whites of six eggs, and some vanilla flavoring. Mix the butter with the sugar, and work well with a wooden spoon until creamy, then add the yolks, one by one, and mix thoroughly. Add the cake crumbs; which are made by passing left-over cake through a colander with large holes; flavor with the vanilla extract, and mix well. Beat the whites to snow, and add to the batter, mixing very lightly. Put in a buttered pudding mould and bake. Serve hot Sabayon sauce separate, or pour over the pudding.

Sabayon sauce. In a copper kettle put six yolks of eggs and six ounces of powdered sugar. Set on a slow fire, or bain-marie, and beat until warm. Add a glass of Marsala or sherry wine and whip until it thickens. Serve either hot or cold.

Boiled parsnips. Peel a half dozen parsnips, wash, and boil whole in salt water. When done cut in slices, or some fancy shape, and put in sauce pan with two ounces of butter. Heat through. Season with salt and pepper.

Parsnips in cream. Cut boiled parsnips in pieces two inches long, put in sauce pan with one cup of cream sauce, season with salt and white pepper. Serve in deep vegetable dish, and very hot.

Victor dressing. Two pinches of salt, one pinch of fresh-ground black pepper, one spoonful of tarragon vinegar, two spoonfuls of olive oil, and one teaspoonful of chopped chervil.

APRIL 22

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Fresh cherries Grapefruit with chestnuts

Flannel cakes with maple syrup Austrian chicken fritters

Rolls Cold asparagus, mustard sauce

Coffee Lemon pie, special

Demi tasse

DINNER

Consommé Soubise

Ripe olives with garlic and oil

Deviled crabs in shells

Tenderloin of beef, Cumberland

Stuffed cucumbers

Sweet potatoes, Southern style, II.

California sherbet

Assorted cakes

Coffee

Consommé Soubise. Mix one cup of purée of onions, one pint of cold chicken broth, three whole eggs and the yolks of three eggs; season with salt, pepper, and a little grated nutmeg. Strain through a fine sieve, put in buttered moulds, and cook in bain-marie. Allow to set, slice, and serve in hot consommé.

Ripe olives with garlic and oil. Rub an olive dish or salad bowl with garlic. Put the olives in the dish, add a spoonful of olive oil, and roll the olives in the dish for a few minutes.

Austrian chicken fritters. Chop the meat of a boiled or baked fowl, season with salt, pepper, nutmeg and herbs; place in a saucepan, and add enough cream or white sauce to moisten. To each cup of the meat and cream add the yolk of one egg. Cut some sandwich bread into thick slices. Mix a pint of milk with two well-beaten eggs. Spread the sandwich bread with a thick layer of the creamed chicken, press two pieces of the bread together, as if making a sandwich, dip this in the egg and milk mixture, then roll in sifted bread crumbs, and fry in hot lard to an even brown color; and in the same manner as for pancakes.

Sweet potatoes, Southern, II. Peel some sweet potatoes and cut lengthwise into strips about an eighth of an inch thick. Put some butter into a sauté pan, and the potatoes, and sprinkle them with brown sugar. Then place on top another layer of potatoes, sprinkle them with sugar, and so on, filling the pan. Add hot water, cover the dish, and set in the oven and bake until soft.

California sherbet. Fill glasses with orange water ice, and on top place five strawberries that have been soaked in California brandy.

Tenderloin of beef, Cumberland. Roast tenderloin of beef, sauce poivrade, garnished with stuffed cucumbers.

Stuffed cucumbers. Peel two cucumbers and cut in pieces one and one-half inches thick. Put in casserole and cover with a quart of water, season with a pinch of salt, bring to a boil, and cool off. With a round cutter remove the inside from the cucumbers, leaving firm rings. Place these on a buttered sauté pan and fill with the following stuffing: Mix a cup of bread crumbs with a cup of purée of fresh mushrooms; season with salt and pepper, add the yolks of two raw eggs, and some fresh-chopped parsley. Mix well, and fill the cucumbers. Cover with buttered manilla paper, put a cup of bouillon in the bottom of the pan, and bake in oven for twenty minutes. Serve as a garnishing for entrées, or fish; or as a vegetable course, on a platter, with tomato sauce or meat gravy.

APRIL 23

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Baked apples with cream Oysters mariné

Boiled eggs Clam broth in cups Cheese straws

Dry toast English chuck steak, maître d'hôtel

Coffee White beans with tomatoes

French fried potatoes

Cocoanut meringue pie Coffee

DINNER

Potato soup, Dieppoise

Broiled herring, cream sauce

Hollandaise potatoes

Roast leg of reindeer, port wine sauce

Sweet potatoes flambé with rum

Asparagus tips au gratin

Vanilla charlotte glacée Demi tasse

English chuck steak, maître d'hôtel. This steak is cut from the end of the saddle, near the legs. It should be cut all the way across the saddle, and about an inch and a half thick. Season with salt and pepper, dip in oil, and broil. When done put on a platter, cover with maître d'hôtel sauce, and garnish with lemon and watercress.

White beans and tomatoes. Soak two pounds of white beans in cold water, over night. Then put the beans in a vessel with three quarts of water, a ham bone, a bouquet garni, and a handful of salt. Bring to the boiling point, skim, cover, and boil until well done. Remove the ham bone and the bouquet, and drain off the water. In a casserole put two ounces of butter and a chopped onion, and simmer until nice and yellow. Then add four peeled and chopped fresh tomatoes, or a quart of canned tomatoes, and simmer for thirty minutes. Then add the beans, season with salt and pepper, and simmer all together for fifteen minutes.

Oysters, mariné. Same as pickled oysters.

Potato soup, Dieppoise. In a sauce pan put three ounces of butter, one sliced celery root, two leeks, a half dozen sliced parsley roots, and simmer for five minutes. Then add two pounds of potatoes sliced very thin, and two quarts of bouillon. Season with salt and pepper, and boil for forty-five minutes. Just before serving add two rolls that have been sliced thin and toasted in the oven, and a little fresh-chopped parsley.

Sweet potatoes flambé with rum. Boil and peel four sweet potatoes, and cut in egg shapes. Put in pan with two ounces of butter and roast until nice and yellow. Then add a little salt and a teaspoonful of sugar, heat, and then put in chafing dish. Pour two ponies of rum on top, light, and bring to the table flaming.

Vanilla charlotte glacée. Line a pudding mould with lady fingers, fill with vanilla ice cream, unmould, and decorate with whipped cream and glacé cherries.

Dartois Chantilly. Roll some puff paste with six turns, and about one-quarter inch thick. Cut in strips two inches wide and four inches long. Place them in a wet pan about one-half inch apart, and let them set for a few minutes, then brush over with egg, and with the point of a small knife mark a line about one-eighth inch deep all around the cakes, and about one-quarter inch from the edges. Bake in rather hot oven for about twenty-five minutes. Remove the top while hot, and empty the cake, leaving only the dry crust. Fill with sweetened whipped cream, vanilla flavor, after cooling.

APRIL 24

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Orange marmalade Eggs en cocotte, plain

Finnan haddie in cream Ripe California olives

Baked potatoes Sand dabs, meunière

Rolls Cold asparagus, vinaigrette

Oolong tea Strawberry short cake

Coffee

DINNER

Little neck clams

Burned farina soup

Radishes

Fillet of sole, sauce cardinal

Olivette potatoes

Roast shad and roe, à l'Américaine

Artichokes, Hollandaise

Lettuce salad

English rice pudding

Coffee

Eggs en cocotte, plain. Break one or two eggs in a buttered cocotte dish, season with salt and pepper, put a little butter on top, and bake in oven for a few minutes. Serve on napkin or paper doily.

Burned farina soup. Melt in a casserole one-half pound of butter; when hot add three-quarters of a pound of farina, and roast on top of the range, stirring with a wooden spoon so it will not stick to the bottom. Cook until the color of a chestnut, then add two quarts of boiling water, season with salt and pepper, and boil for one hour. This is a good soup for Friday.

Fillet of sole, cardinal. In a buttered sauté pan put four fillets of sole, season with salt and white pepper, add one-half glass of white wine, cover with buttered paper, and bake in oven for ten minutes. Remove the fillets to a platter, and to the sauté pan add one pint of white wine sauce. Bring to a boil and then stir in two tablespoonfuls of lobster butter. When the butter is melted strain the sauce over the fish.

Roast shad and roe, à l'Américaine. Secure from the fish dealer a fresh shad with the roe inside, and without the belly cut open. In a roasting pan put four ounces of butter, one chopped onion, a carrot cut in very small dices, a spoonful of chopped parsley, and a bay leaf, clove, and a garlic clove, all chopped fine. Place the fish on top, season well with salt and pepper, put a few bits of butter on top of the fish, and place in the oven. Baste continually, and if the pan becomes too dry, add one-half glass of white wine, baste, and then add one-half glass of water. Bake for about an hour in a moderate oven. When done place on a platter and pour the sauce in the pan over the fish. A spoonful of Worcestershire sauce, and the juice of a lemon or two, may be added to the sauce if desired.

English rice pudding. Three pints of milk, one-quarter of a pound of rice, one-quarter of a pound of sugar, and one-half of a vanilla bean split in two. Boil the milk with the vanilla bean, then add the washed rice, and cook for about forty minutes. Add the sugar and boil again for a few minutes, turning carefully with a wooden spoon, so it will not stick to the bottom. Then remove from the fire, add one cup of thick cream, and pour into deep china vegetable dishes, and bake in a hot oven until brown on top. Use one large dish for baking, or individual ones, as desired.

APRIL 25

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Grapefruit à la Rose Consommé in cup

Boiled eggs Fillets of sand dabs, sauce verte

Dry toast Leberkloese (liver dumplings)

Coffee Sauerkraut

Boiled potatoes

Escarole and chicory salad

Port de Salut cheese and crackers

Coffee

DINNER

Cream of potatoes

Pickles

Tenderloin steak, à la Polonaise

Spinach with eggs

Mashed potatoes

Lettuce and alligator pear salad

Orange custard pie

Coffee

Grapefruit à la Rose. Peel and slice two grapefruit and put in salad bowl. Mix one-half cup of fresh strawberries and one-half cup of fresh raspberries and two spoonfuls of powdered sugar, and strain through a fine colander. Have all very cold. Put the grapefruit in glasses and pour the fresh fruit sauce over it.

Fillet of sand dabs, fried. Cut the fillets from four sand dabs, season with salt and pepper, roll in flour, then in beaten eggs, then in bread crumbs, and fry in hot swimming lard. When done serve on napkins with fried parsley and quartered lemons. Serve sauce Tartar or sauce verte separate.

Sauce verte. In a mortar mash equal parts of chives, chervil and parsley. When very fine add some mayonnaise sauce, mix well, and strain through a cheese cloth. Season well before serving.

Leberkloese (liver dumplings). Remove the skin from a calf's liver of good size, and scrape well with a fork to remove all the nerves. Then put in a bowl and add four cups of fresh bread crumbs, three eggs, a little salt, pepper, grated nutmeg, chopped parsley, chopped garlic, one chopped onion and four chopped shallots fried in butter, a teaspoonful of chopped thyme leaves, and one bay leaf chopped almost to a powder. Mix all well together, and drop with a soupspoon into boiling bouillon or salt water, and cook slowly for about twelve minutes. Place on a platter with a little brown gravy; or, in a pan put three ounces of butter with one cup of bread cut in small squares and fry until nice and yellow, then pour over the dumplings, and sprinkle chopped parsley on top.

Tenderloin steak, Polonaise. Broil the steak, put on a platter, cover with maître d'hôtel sauce, and garnish with cauliflower Polonaise.

APRIL 26

BREAKFAST DINNER

Sliced oranges Consommé à la Russe

Ham and eggs Salted Brazil nuts

Rolls Frogs' legs, sauté à sec

Coffee Breast of tame duck, Virginia style

Fried apples

Wax beans in butter

Romaine salad

LUNCHEON Neapolitan ice cream

Eggs gourmet Assorted cakes

Honeycomb tripe with cream and peppers Coffee

Baked potatoes SUPPER

Fresh vegetable salad Angels on horseback

Imperial pancake Chicken à la King

Demi tasse Coffee

Eggs gourmet. Spread some terrine de foie gras on four pieces of toast, lay a poached egg on top of each piece, and cover with sauce Périgord.

Honeycomb tripe with cream and peppers. Cut three pounds of tripe in strips about two inches long and one-half inch wide, and put in casserole with cold water and a spoonful of salt. Bring to a boil and cook for ten minutes. Then drain off the water, add one pint of milk, season with salt, and boil for thirty minutes. Cut six green peppers in small squares, and put in casserole with three ounces of butter, simmer until done, then add one pint of cream sauce, boil for a minute, and add to the tripe. Boil together for five minutes.

Imperial pancakes. Make some thin pancakes, and cut in circular shapes with a three-inch round cutter. With the same cutter cut some sponge cake, and about one-half inch thick. Put some apple sauce on top of the cake, then one of the round pieces of pancake, and repeat until you have four layers with the pancake on top. Decorate with meringue paste, with a pastry bag and a fancy tube, and form in the shape of a crown on top. Put in oven to give a light color.

Consommé à la Russe. To consommé brunoise add a spoonful of boiled barley and a few squares of boiled smoked beef tongue for each person.

Breast of tame duck. Cut the breasts from a tame duck, season with salt and pepper. Put a piece of butter in a sauté pan, add the breasts and sauté for about fifteen minutes if the duck is a young one. Serve on a platter covered with sauce Colbert.

Breast of duck, Virginia style. Broil two slices of Virginia ham and lay on top of the breasts prepared as above.

Boiled wax beans. Cut the strings from both sides of the beans, and cut the beans in two. Boil in salted water until done, then drain off the water, and to each pound of beans add two ounces of butter and a little salt and pepper. Simmer for a few minutes, and sprinkle with chopped parsley before serving.

Angels on horseback. Select large eastern oysters, wrap a slice of thin raw bacon around each oyster, and fasten with a wooden toothpick. Dip them in beaten eggs mixed with a little Worcestershire and English mustard, then roll in fresh bread crumbs, and place in a buttered sauté pan with bits of butter on top of each oyster. Bake in hot oven for about eight minutes, and serve on toast. Pour maître d'hôtel sauce on top, and garnish with parsley in branches and halves of lemon.

APRIL 27

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Grapefruit juice Poached eggs, d'Artois

Oatmeal and cream Turkey hash in cream

Rolls Alligator pear salad

Cocoa Vanilla meringue pie

Demi tasse

DINNER

Purée of green asparagus

Lyon sausage Radishes

Fillet of turbot, Windsor

Leg of mutton, Choiseul

O'Brien potatoes

Escarole and chicory salad

Jam roll pudding

Coffee

Poached eggs, d'Artois. Place the poached eggs on toast and pour thick tomato sauce over them.

Purée of green asparagus. Heat in a casserole three ounces of butter, then add three ounces of flour and four pounds of green asparagus cut in small pieces, one quart of milk, one quart of chicken broth or bouillon, a bouquet garni, a little salt, and one teaspoonful of sugar. Boil for an hour, and strain through a very fine sieve. Then put back in casserole and add the yolks of two eggs mixed with one cup of cream. Cut some bread in small squares, fry in butter, and add just before serving.

Fillet of turbot, Windsor. Cut six fillets of fish, put in a buttered sauté pan, season with salt and white pepper, add one-half glass of white wine and one-half glass of stock, cover with buttered manilla paper, and boil until done. Make a white wine sauce and add to it one dozen parboiled oysters and the tail of a lobster cut in slices. Place the fillets on a platter, pour the sauce over them, and garnish with six fried shrimps.

Leg of mutton, Choiseul. Roast leg of mutton, sauce Madère, garnished with small croustades of purée of peas and purée of spinach, and fresh mushrooms sauté in butter.

Jam roll pudding. Mince fine one pound of suet, add a pound of flour, a pinch of salt and a cup of milk, making a rather hard dough. Roll out to the thickness of a quarter of an inch or less. Cover evenly with a layer of any kind of fruit jam, then roll up like a sausage, wrap in a wet cloth, tie with a string so it will not become loose, and steam for an hour. Cut into individual pieces, and serve warm, with hard and soft sauces.

Peach Norelli. Fill two meringue shells with a small tablespoonful of vanilla ice cream. On a fancy plate place an ice cold whole preserved peach, or a fresh peach that has been cooked in syrup. On two sides of the peach press the filled meringue shells, decorate the center with whipped cream, and on the top place a whole marron glacé.

APRIL 28

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Honey in comb Stuffed tomatoes with anchovies

Plain scrambled eggs Clam broth in cups

Buttered toast Cheese straws

Coffee Planked shad and roe

Cucumber salad

Roquefort cheese with crackers

Coffee

DINNER

Consommé Céléstine

Brook trout sauté, miller style

Larded tenderloin of beef, Montpasson

Onion glacés

Quartered artichokes

Parisian potatoes

Field salad

Meringue glacée au chocolat

Coffee

Consommé Céléstine. Make some thin pancakes, cut in strips like matches, and serve in consommé.

Larded tenderloin of beef. Lard a tenderloin of beef, after removing the fat and skin. Put in a roasting pan with a sliced onion, carrot, celery, a little leek, parsley, one bay leaf, six cloves, and one spoonful of whole black peppers. Put some small bits of butter on top of the tenderloin, season with salt and pepper, and place in a hot oven. Baste frequently. After the fillet is done remove to a platter, place the pan on top of the stove and take off the fat except about one spoonful. Then add one spoonful of flour, stir well, and add two cups of stock and a spoonful of meat extract, season with salt and pepper, boil for five minutes, and strain. Add one-half glass of good Madeira wine, pour half of the sauce over the tenderloin, and serve the rest in a sauceboat.

Larded tenderloin of beef, Montbasson. Cook the tenderloin as above, but serve with sauce Madère, and garnish with a bouquet of quartered artichokes, glacéd onions, and Parisian potatoes.

Quartered artichokes. Cut four large artichokes in quarters, remove the fuzzy parts on the inside, and immediately rub the quarters with lemon so they will not become black. Boil in salt water until soft.

Pears Bourdaloue. Peel and cook some nice pears in a light syrup, which can be made of one pint of water and one pound of sugar. Mix a half pound of sugar with the yolks of eight eggs and two ounces of flour. Boil one quart of milk with half of a vanilla bean, and pour into the yolks and sugar, and cook until it thickens. Add two ounces of sweet butter and mix well, making a nice smooth cream. Put some of this cream on a plate and put the cooked pears on top. The pears may be cut in half and cored, if desired. Cover the pears with the rest of the cream, sprinkle some macaroon crumbs on top, and put in a hot oven to brown. Serve very hot.

APRIL 29

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Strawberries with cream Pickled salmon, St. Francis

Fried hominy Eggs, Commodore

Country sausages Hashed fillet of beef, Sam Ward

Rolls Cocoanut custard pie

Coffee Demi tasse

DINNER

Cream of parsnips

Ripe olives

Tomcods, Montmorency

Chicken sauté, Madeleine

Alligator pear salad

Omelette au cognac Coffee

Pickled salmon, St. Francis. Cut in small pieces two pounds of raw salmon and put in sauté pan, add a can of sliced cèpes, a cupful of sliced sour pickles, one-half cup of sliced green olives, a glass of white wine, a pint of tomato ketchup, one spoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of paprika, and four peeled tomatoes, squeezed and cut in small pieces. Put on fire, bring to the boiling point, set on back of the stove and let stand for a half hour. Then put in earthen jar and place in ice box. Serve cold.

Eggs, Commodore. Cook the eggs en cocotte, just before serving pour a little Béarnaise sauce on top.

Hashed fillet of beef, Sam Ward. Take the unused portions of roasted or larded tenderloin of beef and cut in small squares. Also an equal amount of boiled potatoes cut in the same way. In a sauté pan put one chopped onion and two green peppers cut in small dices, with two ounces of butter. Simmer until soft, then add the potato and meat, one cup of bouillon, or two cups, if necessary, season with salt, cover, put in oven and cook for thirty minutes. Serve on platter with chopped parsley on top, and garnished with small pieces of toast.

Cream of parsnips. Peel and slice six parsnips and put in vessel with one pint of chicken broth, boil, and when soft add one pint of cream sauce. Boil for ten minutes and then pass through a fine sieve. Put back in vessel, add one pint of thick cream, season with salt and pepper, and add two ounces of sweet butter before serving.

Tomcods, Montmorency. Put four tomcods on a buttered flat sauté pan, season with salt and pepper, put four canned heads of mushrooms on top of each fish, cover with Italian sauce, sprinkle with a little grated cheese, put small bits of butter on top, and bake in a moderate oven for twenty minutes. Before serving pour the juice of two lemons over the fish, sprinkle with chopped parsley, and serve in same pan.

Chicken sauté, Madeleine. Joint two spring chickens and put in sauté pan with three ounces of butter, season with salt and pepper, and then simmer for five minutes. Then sprinkle two spoonfuls of sifted flour over the chicken and simmer for two minutes. Add one pint of boiling milk and boil for ten minutes. Then remove the chicken to a platter, bring the sauce to a boil, add one cup of cream, and strain over the chicken. See that the sauce is well seasoned. Sprinkle about one and one-half cupfuls of macédoine vegetables over all.

Omelet au cognac. Sprinkle a plain omelet with plenty of powdered sugar, burn with a red-hot poker, pour two ponies of cognac around the omelet, and set afire before bringing to the table.

APRIL 30

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Raspberries with cream Grapefruit en suprême

Waffles Eggs à la Turque

Chocolate with whipped cream Chickens' legs, deviled

Crescents Asparagus Hollandaise

Gauffrette potatoes

Apple pie

American cheese

Coffee

DINNER

Consommé printanier royal

Salted almonds

Halibut, Richmond

Roast tame duck with olive sauce

Sweet potatoes, country style

Stewed tomatoes, family fashion.

Cold asparagus, mayonnaise

Biscuit Tortoni

Assorted cakes

Coffee

Eggs à la Turque. To shirred eggs add a few chickens' livers sauté, in brown gravy. Place a slice of truffle on top of each egg.

Deviled chickens' legs. Left over boiled or broiled chickens' legs may be utilized. Season with salt and pepper, spread with a little French mustard mixed with a little powdered mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Roll in fresh bread crumbs, and broil over a slow fire. When done serve on a platter with devil sauce, or sauce poivrade.

Devil sauce. In a casserole put one chopped shallot and one ounce of butter, and merely warm, then add the juice of a lemon, one spoonful of French mustard, one spoonful of Worcestershire sauce, and one pint of brown gravy. Season with salt and pepper, boil for five minutes, and strain.

Consommé printanier. Cut all kinds of spring vegetables in fancy or dice shapes, boil in salt water, and serve in hot consommé. Just before serving add some small leaves of chervil. The vegetables commonly used are carrots, turnips, peas, string beans, small green asparagus tips, small flowers of cauliflower, etc.

Halibut, Richmond. Make a border with a potato croquette preparation, around a silver platter. Remove the skin and bones from two pounds of halibut and boil in salt water for ten minutes. Then put in vessel, add one-half pint of cream and one pint of cream sauce, season with salt and Cayenne pepper, and boil together for five minutes. Then place inside the border on the silver platter, sprinkle with grated cheese, put small bits of butter on top, and bake in oven until nicely colored.

Olive sauce. Remove the stones from twenty-four green olives, cut the olives in two, and put in a casserole with a glass of sherry or Madeira wine, and boil until nearly dry. Then add one pint of brown gravy, season with salt and a little Cayenne pepper, and boil for five minutes. Serve with any meat.

Stewed tomatoes, family fashion. Peel six tomatoes and cut each in eight pieces. Put in a casserole with three ounces of butter, season with salt and pepper, add a pinch of sugar and two slices of bread cut in small squares, cover, and simmer on a slow fire for about forty minutes.

MAY 1

BREAKFAST DINNER

Stewed prunes Bisque of crabs

Melba toast Radishes

Ceylon tea Fillet of sole, Marguery

Vol au vent of salmon, Génoise

Planked shad and roe

Cucumber salad

Fancy ice cream

LUNCHEON Alsatian wafers

Little Neck clam cocktail Demi tasse

Broiled striped bass, maitre d'hôtel

Potatoes natural SUPPER

Lettuce and tomato salad Canapé of sardines

French pancakes Yorkshire buck

Coffee Coffee

Fillet of sole, Marguery. Put four fillets of sole in a buttered sauté pan. Season each fillet with salt and a little Cayenne pepper, add one-half glass of white wine, and cover with buttered manilla paper. Put in oven and cook for six minutes. Remove the fillets to a buttered silver platter, place six boiled mussels and one head of canned mushrooms on top of each fillet. Now add to what wine is left in the sauce pan, one spoonful of white wine sauce, and bring to a boil, and bind with the yolks of two eggs and two ounces of butter. Stir well so the butter will be thoroughly melted. Strain and pour over the fish, sprinkle with grated bread crusts, and bake in a very hot oven just long enough to acquire a light golden color.

Vol au vent of salmon, Génoise. Make one large, or four individual, vol au vent shells. Boil one pound of salmon in salted water; when done cut in pieces one inch square, put in casserole, cover with one-half pint of Génoise sauce, add eight heads of canned mushrooms, season well, and fill the shells.

Chicken sauté, Montpensier. Joint a spring chicken and season with salt and pepper. Melt in a sauté pan one ounce of butter; when hot add the chicken and sauté until nice and brown. Then sprinkle with one-half spoonful of flour and let that get brown; add one-half cup of bouillon and a spoonful of meat extract, and simmer without being covered for five minutes. Then remove the chicken to a platter, season the sauce well and pour over it. Garnish with quartered tomatoes sautéed in butter, and chopped parsley and chives, and also with small pieces of bread cut in heart shapes and fried in butter.

Yorkshire buck. Welsh rabbit on anchovy toast with a poached egg and two strips of broiled bacon on top.

MAY 2

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Baked apples with cream Suprême of oysters, St. Francis

Buckwheat cakes, maple syrup Eggs Malakoff

Rolls Broiled chicken

English breakfast tea Soufflé potatoes

Lettuce salad

Old fashioned strawberry shortcake

Coffee

DINNER

Farina soup, Francis Joseph

Fillet of flounder, Pompadour

Larded sirloin of beef, D'Orsay

Artichokes jardinière

Rissolées potatoes

Romaine salad

Burgundy wine jelly

Assorted cakes

Coffee

Breast of squab, Périgord. Cut the breasts from four squabs, season with salt and pepper, roll in flour, and fry in sauté pan in three ounces of butter. When done place on toast and cover with sauce Périgord.

Fillet of flounder, Pompadour. Cut the fillets from a flounder and place them on a china platter, season with salt, pepper, the juice of a lemon, and a spoonful of olive oil. Set in the ice box for twelve hours; then take out and roll in flour, then in beaten eggs, and finally in bread crumbs, and fry in swimming lard. When done place on a platter on a napkin, and garnish with fried parsley and quartered lemons. Make a sauce of six fillets of anchovies cut in small slices, mixed with sauce Tartar, well seasoned, and serve separate.

Artichokes jardinière. Boiled artichoke bottoms filled with macédoine of vegetables.

Farina soup, Francis Joseph. Roast a pheasant in the oven for five minutes to obtain a slight color, then put in fresh-prepared consommé and boil until soft. Then strain the consommé, bring to a boil, add three pints of farina and boil for fifteen minutes. Then bind with the yolks of two eggs and one-half cup of cream, add a glass of sherry wine, one spoonful of grated cheese; season with salt, a little cayenne pepper and the juice of a lemon. Cut the breast of the pheasant in thin slices and put in the soup tureen and pour the soup over it; give it a sprinkle of chopped parsley, and serve hot.

MAY 3

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Baked apples with cream Suprême of oysters, St. Francis

Buckwheat cakes, maple syrup Eggs Malakoff

Rolls Broiled chicken

English breakfast tea Soufflé potatoes

Lettuce salad

Old fashioned strawberry shortcake

Coffee

DINNER

Consommé chiffonnade

Ripe California olives

Fillet of smelts, Stanley

Chicken sauté, Demidoff

Turnips glacés

Potato croquettes

Endives salad

Biscuit glacé, au peppermint

Macaroons

Coffee

Suprême of oysters, St. Francis. For about eight people. Use twenty California oysters or seven Eastern oysters for each person. Serve like an oyster cocktail in grapefruit suprême glasses in the following sauce: Mix one cup of tomato ketchup, a short cup of cream, one teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce, one teaspoonful of lemon juice, season with salt, a dash of tobasco, and paprika. The cream should be added last. Keep the sauce on ice until needed.

Eggs, Malakoff. Spread some fresh caviar on four pieces of toast, lay a poached egg on each, and cover the eggs with horseradish sauce and cream.

Consommé chiffonnade. Cut equal parts of lettuce and sorrel in Julienne style, put in casserole, cover with water, bring to a boil, then drain off water and allow to become cool. Then put back in casserole, add two quarts of consommé, and boil very slowly for about thirty minutes. Before serving add a little chopped parsley and chervil.

Fillet of smelts, Stanley. Split six smelts, remove the bones, season with salt and pepper, place in a buttered sauté pan, add one-half glass of white wine, and cover with buttered paper. Bake in oven for five minutes, and then place the fillets on a platter. Make a cardinal sauce but add to it the tail of a lobster cut in small squares, twelve slices of truffles, and six heads of canned mushrooms, sliced. Pour over the fish.

Cardinal sauce. One pint of sauce au vin blanc; bring to a boil and stir in two spoonfuls of lobster butter.

Chicken sauté, Demidoff. Joint a spring chicken, season with salt and pepper and put in sauté pan with two ounces of butter. Heat, add the chicken, and sauté on both sides for fifteen minutes. Then add a cup of Madeira sauce, and dress on a platter with sauce over it. Garnish the platter with turnips glacé; onions glacé; queen olives with the stones removed, and warmed in sherry wine; and French carrots.

MAY 4

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Raspberries with cream Canapé Riga

Boiled eggs Sand dabs, meunière

Buttered toast Ox tail braisé

Coffee Noodles Polonaise

Cole slaw, 1,000 Island dressing

Lemon custard pie

Coffee

DINNER

Purée of red kidney beans

Radishes

Fillet of halibut, Bristol

Sweetbreads braisé, Zurich

New peas, au cerfeuil

Julienne potatoes

Roast chicken, au jus

Lettuce and grapefruit salad

Savarin Mirabelle

Coffee

Ox tail braisé. Cut two ox tails in pieces three inches long, wash well and dry with a towel or cloth. Season with salt and pepper. In a casserole put three ounces of butter, put on the stove, and when hot add the ox tail. Sauté until nice and brown, then add three spoonfuls of flour, and let that become brown also. Then add one quart of boiling water, a bouquet garni, a little salt, one-half can of tomatoes, or four chopped fresh tomatoes, one piece of garlic, an onion and a carrot. Cover the casserole and put in the oven until the ox tail is soft. It will require two or three hours. When done remove the ox tail to a platter, reduce the sauce, season well, and strain over the ox tail on the platter.

Purée of kidney beans. Soak three pounds of dry red kidney beans in cold water over night. Then put on fire with two quarts of cold water, a handful of salt, a ham bone, an onion, a carrot and a bouquet garni. Skim well, and when it boils, cover and cook until soft. Remove the ham bone, carrot, onion, and bouquet garni, and strain the beans through a fine sieve. Put back in casserole, boil again, then season with salt and pepper, and add three ounces of butter, little by little, and stir well until thoroughly melted. Serve with bread cut in small squares and fried in butter.

Fillet of halibut, Bristol. Put four fillets of halibut in a buttered sauté pan, season with salt and pepper, cover with buttered paper, add one-half glass of milk and water mixed, and cook. When done place the fish on a buttered platter, garnish with two dozen parboiled oysters, and cover all with cream sauce. Sprinkle with grated cheese, put small bits of butter on top, put in oven and bake until colored.

Sweetbreads braisé, Zurich. Put some braised sweetbreads on a platter and garnish with croustades financière and sauce Madère.

MAY 5

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Gooseberries in cream Oranges en suprême au Curaçao

Waffles Clam broth in cups

Honey in comb Cheese straws

Coffee Broiled squab on toast

Olivette potatoes

Cold asparagus, mustard sauce

Chocolate éclairs

Coffee

DINNER

Consommé croûte au pot

Crab legs, Josephine

Fillet of beef, Cendrillon

Pâté de foie gras

Hearts of lettuce

Omelet with fresh strawberries

Demi tasse

Oranges en suprême au Curaçao. Slice two oranges, sprinkle with a spoonful of powdered sugar, and add one pony of Curaçao. Have well iced, and serve in large suprême glasses.

Consommé croûte au pot. Cut carrots, turnips, cabbage and leeks in small thin squares, parboil, and finish cooking in consommé. Serve with sliced French bread browned in oven.

Crab legs, Josephine. Bread the crab legs with fresh bread crumbs, and fry in a pan, with butter. Dish up on a round platter, with sliced fresh mushrooms sauté in butter in center. Serve sauce Colbert separate.

Fillet of beef, Cendrillon. Roast tenderloin of beef, sauce Madère, garnished with the following: Shape some potato croquettes in the form of small patties, about one and one-half inch in diameter and one inch high. Roll in flour, beaten eggs, and bread crumbs. Mark about an eighth inch deep on top with a small round cutter, and fry in swimming lard. Then lay out on a towel, lift out the cover formed by the cutter, and save. Scoop out the center, fill with a soubise (purée of onions), and replace the cover.

MAY 6

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Strawberries and raspberries, with cream Hors d'oeuvres variés

Scrambled eggs Eggs Châteaubriand

Rolls Breaded lamb chops, reformé

Oolong tea Endives salad

Roquefort cheese and crackers

Coffee

DINNER

Lamb broth à la Grecque

Ripe California olives

Lake Tahoe trout, maître d'hôtel

Calf's head, Providence

Roast chicken

Peas

Potatoes au gratin

Watercress salad

French pastry

Coffee

Eggs Châteaubriand. Spread some foie gras on a piece of toast, lay a poached egg on top, and cover with tomato sauce.

Breaded lamb chops, reformé. Mix the crumbs made from one loaf of bread with two slices of chopped ham and one spoonful of chopped parsley. Season eight chops with salt and pepper, roll in flour, then in beaten eggs, and finally in the crumbs mixed as above. Fry in hot butter, and when done place on a platter and pour around them the following sauce: Cut in small strips, and in equal parts, some gherkins, beets, fresh mushrooms sauté in butter, or canned mushrooms, smoked beef tongue, and the whites of hard-boiled eggs. Add one pint of good meat gravy and a spoonful of melted currant jelly. Season with salt and Cayenne pepper. Serve some of the sauce separate.

Lamb broth, à la Grecque. Cut a pound of raw lamb, from the shoulder or leg, in dices about one-half inch square. In a casserole put three ounces of butter and set on the stove. When hot add the lamb and one chopped onion and simmer together for ten or fifteen minutes. Then add two spoonfuls of flour and one spoonful of curry powder, and simmer for five minutes, then add two quarts of stock, bouillon or hot water. If water is used add a bouquet garni. Bring to a boil and cook for fifteen minutes, then add a cup of washed rice and boil until soft. Season with salt and pepper, remove the bouquet garni if used, add one tablespoonful of Worcestershire sauce and a teaspoonful of sugar. Serve with a little chopped parsley.

Calf's head, Providence. Boil a calf's head with the brain and tongue. Place one piece of each, for each person, on a platter, cover with sauce Madère with mushrooms and olives.

MAY 7

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Sliced bananas with cream Crab salad, Louis

Ham and eggs Braised mutton chops with string beans

Rolls Gendarme potatoes

Coffee Orange meringue pie

Demi tasse

DINNER

Little Neck clams

Consommé Vivieurs

Fillet of sole, Suchet

Sweetbreads braisé, Godard

Roast leg of reindeer, au jus

Sweet potatoes, Southern style

Purée of salad (vegetable)

Vanilla ice cream

Assorted cakes

Coffee

Crab salad, Louis. Arrange lettuce leaves around the inside of a salad bowl, with a few sliced leaves on the bottom. Put crab meat on top of the sliced leaves, and a few sliced hard-boiled eggs and sliced chives on top of the crab meat. In another bowl mix one-half cup of French dressing with one-half cup of Chili sauce, two spoonfuls of mayonnaise, salt, pepper, and one teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce. Pour over the salad, and serve very cold.

Braised mutton chops. Have six chops cut one and one-half inches thick, season with salt and pepper. In a sauté pan on the stove put one spoonful of fat or lard, and when hot add the chops and fry on both sides until brown. Then drain off the fat, add two ounces of butter, sprinkle with a spoonful of flour, add one pint of stock, one crushed tomato, one bay leaf, one clove; and then simmer slowly for an hour and a half. When done place the chops on a platter, season the sauce well, and strain over the chops.

Consommé Vivieurs. Make a Julienne of beets, leeks and celery, in equal parts, parboil in salt water, and finish cooking in consommé. Then add the breast of a boiled chicken also cut Julienne. Chop a raw beet, press out the juice and add to the consommé. This will give it a nice reddish color. Serve croûtons diablé separate.

Croûtons diablé (for soup). Use either white or rye bread, and cut in round pieces the size of a quarter of a dollar. Mix some grated Parmesan cheese with Cayenne pepper, and put on the round pieces of bread. Place on a flat pan and bake in oven until brown. Serve on a napkin.

Fillet of sole, Suchet. Make a Julienne of vegetables in the same manner as for consommé. Prepare a fillet of sole, au vin blanc. When the sole is done add the Julienne of vegetables to the white wine sauce, together with a little chopped tarragon, and pour over the fish. Have the sauce well seasoned.

Sweetbreads braisé, Godard. Braise the sweetbreads and dish up on a platter. Garnish with whole truffles heated in sherry wine, and whole heads of mushrooms fried in butter, rooster combs, rooster fries, and sauce Madère around the platter.

MAY 8

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Guava jelly Grapefruit en suprême au marasquin

Rice cakes Consommé in cups

Breakfast sausages Finnan haddie in cream

Chocolate with whipped cream Baked potatoes

Rolls Italian salad

Camembert cheese

Coffee

DINNER

Consommé with royal and carrots

Ripe California olives

Crab meat, Belle Hélène

Tournedos Bordelaise

Julienne potatoes

Cauliflower au gratin

Fresh strawberry coupe

Assorted cakes

Coffee

Consommé with royal and carrots. Boil one quart of French carrots in salted water. When done, drain off the water and pass the carrots through a fine sieve. Take a cup of this carrot purée and mix with two whole eggs and one yolk, season with salt and pepper, and strain again. Put in a small buttered pudding mould and cook in a bain-marie. When set, allow to become cool, remove from mould, and cut in any fancy shape desired. Serve in hot consommé.

Tournedos Bordelaise. Either fry in butter or broil a small tenderloin steak. Dish up on a platter, put some sliced parboiled beef marrow on top, and cover with Bordelaise sauce.

Fresh strawberry coupe. Select some nice strawberries and put them in a bowl with powdered sugar and a little maraschino, and mix well. Fill some coupe glasses about half full, pour some of the juice over each, and fill the remainder of the glass with vanilla ice cream. Decorate the top with selected strawberries.

Fresh raspberry coupe. Use raspberries, and prepare as above.

Banana coupe. Use sliced bananas, and prepare in the same manner as for strawberries.

Orange coupe. Use sliced oranges, and prepare as above.

Grapefruit coupe. Same as orange coupe, but use a little more sugar.

MAY 9

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Orange juice Crab ravigote

Omelet with cèpes Consommé in cups

Rolls Chicken à la King

Coffee Knickerbocker salad

Baba au rhum

DINNER

Purée of white beans, Soubise

Fillet of bass, Duglère

Rack of lamb, Montjo

Sybil potatoes

Artichokes, Hollandaise

Chiffonnade salad

Peach Norelli

Assorted cakes

Coffee

Knickerbocker salad. On a long leaf of romaine salad put one slice of grapefruit, then one slice of orange, and so on until the leaf is full. Then put four fresh strawberries on top, cover with French dressing and garnish with whipped cream. Serve on individual plates.

Purée of white beans, Soubise. Soak two pounds of white beans in cold water over night. Then put on fire with two quarts of water, six whole white onions, one bouquet garni, one ham bone, and two pounds of veal bones. Season with salt; and skim when it comes to a boil. When the beans are soft remove the bouquet garni, ham and veal bones, strain the rest through a fine sieve, and put back on the fire. Bring to a boil, and stir in three ounces of butter, adding it little by little. Season with salt and pepper, and if too thick add a little bouillon. Serve separate, some small squares of bread fried in butter.

Crab ravigote. Mix the meat of one boiled crab with a cup of Tartar sauce and a little Cayenne pepper. With this fill four Eastern crab shells. These shells are smaller and daintier than the Pacific Coast variety, and can be obtained from first-class grocers. Sprinkle the tops with finely chopped parsley, then lay a band of pimento across the center, parallel this with chopped yolk of egg on one side, and with chopped whites on the other, and fringe the whole with chopped parsley. Serve with quartered lemon and parsley.

Fillet of bass, Duglère. On a buttered platter put four fillets of bass, and season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with a half of an onion, chopped fine, and a little chopped parsley, tarragon and chervil. Peel and chop two tomatoes and spread over the top of the fish. Put around the platter a little brown gravy and one-half glass of white wine. A spoonful of meat extract diluted with warm water may be used in place of the gravy if desired. Put a small piece of butter on top of each fillet, then place the platter in a moderate oven and bake for about thirty-five minutes. Serve on the same platter.

Rack of lamb, Montjo. Roast a rack of lamb, and serve with sauce Madère, to which has been added a can of French mushrooms and some stuffed olives.

Omelet with cèpes. Melt two ounces of butter in an omelet pan, then add a can of sliced cèpes, season with salt and pepper, and fry them. Then add twelve beaten eggs, and make the omelet. Pour some brown gravy around the omelet. Cream or tomato sauce may be used, if desired.

MAY 10

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Cherries Crab meat in cream

Poached eggs on toast Radishes

Broiled bacon Loin of lamb chops, jardinière

Rolls Soufflé potatoes

Coffee Cold artichokes, mustard sauce

Assorted cheese with crackers

Coffee

DINNER

Consommé Valentienne

Salted almonds

Lake Tahoe trout, meunière

Chicken sauté, Montpensier

Duchesse potatoes

Jets de houblons

Dandelion salad

Dartois Chantilly

Coffee

Loin of lamb chops, jardinière. Season four lamb chops with salt and pepper, roll in oil, and broil. Then place on a platter, cover with Madeira sauce, and garnish with bouquets of fresh vegetables; such as peas in butter, cauliflower Hollandaise; or asparagus tips, string beans, young carrots, etc. Also add some kind of potatoes.

Consommé Valentienne. Make some small dumplings of cream puff paste and boil in salt water for two minutes. Cook some lettuce, cut Julienne style, in consommé. Boil some Italian paste. Serve equal parts of each in boiling consommé.

Suggestions and recipes for preserves, jellies and pickles. For jelly select your fruit before it is too ripe, as the flavor will then be much better. Put it on the stove and bring to a heat, to facilitate the easy extraction of the juice. Have a funnel-shaped bag made of flannel, to strain the juice through. The first time it is strained use a wire sieve with a revolving wire to crush the fruit. The juice should always be strained twice, and the second time if the flannel bag is used, and it is allowed to hang over night and drip, it will be much clearer. Put on the juice over a good fire and allow it to come to a heat, then add the sugar, which should be first heated in the oven. Boil rapidly in a pan with a very large bottom, so that as much surface can be on the stove as possible. If it is desired that the color be light add a little gelatine. From fifteen to twenty minutes is long enough to boil it, but it should not stop boiling during this time. Better success will probably be had if the jelly is cooked in small quantities. After pouring the jelly in glasses set in the hot sun until set, and then cover with melted paraffine.

If corn starch be put in the juice before adding the sugar it will make it clearer. Use two teaspoonfuls in two tablespoonfuls of water, to three pints of juice. A teaspoonful of sugar on top of jelly, in the glass, prevents moulding. (To one pint of juice 1½ lbs. sugar).

Preserves. Small stone jars are best for preserves. If glass jars are used they should be wrapped in paper to exclude the light. To prevent preserves from sugaring add a little tartaric acid after they are cooked.

Pickles. Cider vinegar is best for pickles. If vinegar is too strong dilute it with water. The pickles should be tightly sealed to prevent the air reaching the vinegar, as this kills it. The vinegar should always be poured on hot, just as it comes to the first scald—never allowing it to boil.

Never put up pickles in anything that has held grease; and never let them freeze. If pickles are put into brine it should be strong enough to bear an egg. To make the brine, use a heaping pint of salt to each gallon of water. Put the pickles in bottles, and seal while the brine is hot. A half bushel of grape leaves added to the barrel of salt pickles will keep them sound and firm. A slice of horseradish added to each jar or bottle of vinegar pickles will keep the vinegar clear.

MAY 11

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Fresh raspberries with cream Sardines in oil

Boiled eggs Chicken broth in cups

Buttered toast Fried tomcods, Tartar sauce

English breakfast tea Broiled honeycomb tripe, Chili sauce

Browned mashed potatoes

Field and beet salad

Lemon meringue pie

Coffee

DINNER

Potage santé

Crab meat, Suzette

Roast ribs of beef, Yorkshire pudding

Stewed corn

French peas

Chiffonnade salad

Grapefruit coupe

Assorted cakes

Coffee

Broiled honeycomb tripe, Chili sauce. Roll four pieces of well seasoned boiled tripe in oil, then in fresh bread crumbs, and then broil. Heat one-half bottle of Chili sauce, pour on a platter and lay the tripe on top.

Preserves. Amount of fruit required. Seven and one-half pounds of cherries and seven and one-half pounds of sugar will make one gallon of preserves.

Fourteen pounds of berries and fourteen pounds of sugar will make five quarts of jam.

Two quarts of stemmed currants will make two pints of juice. Added to two pounds of sugar it will make three tumblers of jelly.

Always wash strawberries before removing the hulls, and then put in a colander to drain. Always select strawberries for their flavor rather than for their size.

Strawberry preserves. Prepare a small quantity at a time to secure the best results. Make a syrup in a kettle with two pounds of cane sugar and half a cup of water. Drop the berries into it and cook rapidly for twenty minutes. Do not stir, but remove any scum which may arise. After twenty minutes remove the berries and put in tumblers. Cook the syrup to a jelly and fill up the tumblers with it. Allow to become cold before covering.

Blackberry jam. Four quarts of blackberries, two quarts of nice cooked apples, four quarts of cane sugar. Boil for twenty-five or thirty minutes.

Raspberry or loganberry jam. In making raspberry jam, if two-thirds red raspberries and one-third currants are used the jam will be better, as the berries alone do not contain enough acid. Loganberries are sufficiently acid. Mash the fruit well, and boil it for twenty minutes. Weigh, and to every pound of fruit use three-quarters of a pound of sugar. Boil until when some is placed on a saucer no juice will gather around it. Put in small jars or glasses, in the same manner as jelly.

Canned strawberries. Wash well before hulling. Weigh, and to each pound of berries add one-quarter pound of cane sugar. Boil for fifteen minutes. Put in pint jars and seal while hot.

Apple jelly. Take ripe Belleflower, or other fine-flavored cooking apples. Cut in quarters and remove the cores. Drop in water as fast as cut, to prevent them from turning black. Add a little lemon juice to the water. When all are ready drain off the water, and put the apples in a copper preserving kettle. Pour a little water over them and cook until soft, then strain through a flannel bag. Boil the juice with an equal weight of sugar, until it jells, and pour while hot into jelly glasses.

Blackberry jelly. Heat the berries to the boiling point, mash, and strain through a flannel bag. Add an equal weight of sugar to the juice, and boil briskly for twenty-five minutes. Pour into glasses while hot.

MAY 12

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Nutmeg melon Écrevisses en buisson

Shirred eggs Chicken patties, Toulouse

Rolls Broiled Virginia ham

Coffee French fried potatoes

Panachée salad

Savarin with strawberries

Coffee

DINNER

Consommé Ravioli

Queen olives

Shad roe, Bordelaise

Fillet of beef, Lombarde

Cold asparagus, vinaigrette

Soufflé pudding, Dame Blanche

Coffee

Chicken patties, Toulouse. Fill some patty shells with Toulouse filling, prepared in the same manner as for Vol au vent Toulouse.

Broiled Virginia ham. Use either boiled or raw Virginia ham. Cut in thin slices, broil, and serve on platter, garnished with parsley in branches.

Panachée salad. This is a mixed salad of two kinds of vegetables such as beans and flageolets, peas and carrots, potatoes and lettuce, beets and field, etc.

Consommé Ravioli. Make some small raviolis and boil them for five or ten minutes in consommé.

Shad roe, Bordelaise. Season four roes with salt and pepper, roll in oil, and broil; when done put on a platter. Parboil one-half pound of beef marrow, slice very thin, and lay on top of the broiled roe. Cover with Bordelaise sauce.

Fillet of beef, Lombarde. Roast tenderloin of beef, sauce Madère, garnished with stuffed tomatoes and potato croquettes.

Soufflé pudding, Dame Blanche. One-quarter pound of butter, one-quarter pound of sugar, three ounces of flour, one pint of milk, the yolks of eight eggs, the whites of eight eggs, and three ounces of ground blanched almonds. Put the almonds in boiling water for one second, then immediately put them into cold water, then remove the skins, and chop them very fine. Mix the butter, flour and sugar into a hard batter. Put the milk and the almonds on the stove to boil, then add the batter, and stir until it becomes a creamy mixture. Then remove from the fire, and add the yolks one by one, mixing well. Beat the whites of eggs to snow, and mix with the rest. Put in a buttered mould and bake in a moderate oven for about forty minutes. Serve hot, with cream sauce to which chopped almonds have been added.

MAY 13

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Baked apple with cream Cantaloupe

Griddle cakes Strained onion soup

Maple syrup Croûtons Parmesanne

Coffee Pickelsteiner stew

Roquefort cheese with crackers

Coffee

DINNER

Potage Turinoise Salted Brazil nuts

Sand dabs, David

Chicken sauté, au Madère

String beans in butter

Persillade potatoes

Romaine salad

Peaches Bordaloue

Assorted cakes Coffee

Croûtons Parmesanne. Four yolks of eggs, two ounces of grated Parmesan cheese, one-half ounce of salt, a pinch of Cayenne pepper, and the whites of three eggs. Beat well together the yolks of eggs, grated cheese, salt and Cayenne pepper. Then add the whites of eggs, beaten very hard. Put in a buttered pan and bake in a moderate oven. Cut in diamond shapes while warm.

Pickelsteiner stew. Two pounds of veal, two pounds of shoulder of lamb, and two pounds of pork cut in pieces one and one-half inches square. Put in a sauté pan with two ounces of butter, season with salt and pepper, and cook until brown; then put in casserole with an onion chopped fine, and let it become brown, then add one-half cup of flour; one pint of purée of tomatoes; one quart of bouillon, stock, or hot water, and a bouquet garni. Cover, and cook for half an hour; then add two pounds of potatoes cut in one inch squares, and cook until soft. Serve in casserole, or individual cocotte dishes.

Potage Turinoise. One quart of purée of tomatoes and two quarts of consommé, mixed. Garnish with cooked spaghetti cut one inch long. Serve about two cupfuls of grated cheese separate.

Salted Brazil nuts. Roast in oven one pound of shelled Brazil nuts until they are brown. Then rub them together to loosen the second skin, which should be removed. Wet them with a little melted gum Arabic, and sprinkle with about an ounce of fine table salt. Stir until dry.

Sand dabs, David. Salt and pepper four sand dabs, roll in flour, and fry in butter. Then place on platter and sprinkle with chopped parsley and the juice of one lemon. Put two ounces of fresh butter in the frying pan, add one-half cup of fresh bread crumbs, and fry until golden yellow. Pour over the fish.

Chicken sauté, au Madère. Joint a spring chicken, season with salt and pepper. Put a small piece of butter in a frying pan, heat, and add the chicken. When nice and brown sprinkle with a spoonful of flour and brown again. Then add a half glass of Madeira wine, simmer a few minutes, add a cupful of stock or bouillon, and a spoonful of meat extract, and boil for five minutes. Dress the chicken on a platter, reduce the sauce one half, season well, and strain through a fine cloth or sieve. Before pouring over the chicken add a spoonful of dry sherry wine.

Peaches Bourdaloue. Prepare in the same manner as Pears Bourdaloue.

MAY 14

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Fresh strawberry preserves Alligator pear cocktail

Scrambled eggs, asparagus tips Broiled Alaska black codfish

Rolls Maître d'hôtel potatoes

Coffee Fricadellen

Spinach with eggs

Banana coupe

Macaroons

Demi tasse

DINNER

Consommé Diablé

Ripe California olives

Boiled salmon, Fidgi

Saddle of lamb, Carnot

Watercress salad

Omelette soufflée à la vanille

Coffee

Alligator pear cocktail. Scoop out the inside of one large, or two small, ripe alligator pears and cut in small pieces. Add one-half cup of tomato ketchup, one-half teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce, one-half teaspoonful of lemon juice, a little salt and paprika, a dash of Tabasco sauce, and last of all, one-half cup of cream. Mix lightly, and serve in glasses set in ice. The cocktails should be very cold.

Fricadellen (Balls of cooked meat). Use any kind of meat that may be left over, such as boiled beef, roast lamb, etc. Chop very fine. To each two pounds of meat add one chopped onion fried in butter, one cup of bread crumbs, two whole eggs, and some chopped parsley. Season with salt and pepper and a little grated nutmeg. Mix well, and make into small balls, like Hamburger. Roll them in bread crumbs, and fry in pan, with melted butter. When well browned serve on a platter with any kind of brown gravy, or tomato sauce, or brown butter.

Consommé Diablé. Cut three thin slices of bread, as for sandwiches, and spread with two cups of grated Parmesan or Swiss cheese, that has been mixed with the yolks of two eggs and plenty of Cayenne pepper. Bake in a hot oven until brown. Cut in small squares or circles, and serve on a napkin on a platter. Serve the consommé very hot.

Boiled salmon, Fidgi. Boil the salmon and serve on a napkin, garnished with small round boiled potatoes, quartered lemons, and parsley in branches. Serve sauce Fidgi separate.

Sauce Fidgi. One cup of sauce Hollandaise and one cup of sauce Riche, mixed with one spoonful of melted meat extract. Season well.

Saddle of lamb, Carnot. Roast saddle of lamb, with sauce Madère. Garnish the saddle with six stuffed fresh mushrooms and Parisian potatoes.

MAY 15

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Cantaloupe Eggs ministerielle

Ham and eggs Koenigsberger klobs

Rolls Mashed potatoes

Coffee Stewed tomatoes

Ginger snaps

Coffee

DINNER

Potage Fontange

Radishes

Fillet of sole, Doria

Tenderloin of beef, Brillat Savarin

Spinach in cream

Lettuce salad

Strawberry ice cream

Assorted cakes

Coffee

Koenigsberger klobs. With a medium-fine meat chopper cut six ounces of shoulder of lamb, six ounces of shoulder of veal, and ten ounces of fat and lean pork. Simmer one chopped onion and six shallots in butter, and add to the meat. Season with salt, pepper, a little grated nutmeg and Cayenne pepper, and chopped parsley. Add a glassful of water, one dozen chopped anchovies, a little chopped garlic, two raw eggs, and some chives, chopped fine. Roll into small round balls about one inch in diameter. Bring two quarts of thin caper sauce to a boil, and boil the meat balls in it for about a half hour. Serve in a deep dish with the sauce.

Ginger snaps. Work one-half pound of sugar and one-quarter pound of butter together until creamy. Then add one egg, and work well again. Add one gill of molasses, one teaspoonful of powdered ginger, one-half ounce of soda dissolved in a gill of water; and mix in lightly one pound of flour. Roll out about one-eighth inch thick, and cut with a round cutter the size desired. Put them in a buttered pan, brush with egg, and bake in a moderate oven.

Potage Fontange. Make a purée of white beans. Simmer some sliced sorrel in butter, and add to the soup before serving.

Fillet of sole, Doria. Put four fillets of sole in a buttered sauté pan, season with salt and pepper, add a half glass of claret, and cover with buttered paper. Bake in oven, and when done remove the fish to a platter. Put in a casserole one ounce of butter, and heat same. Add to the hot butter one ounce of flour, one cup of stock or bouillon, the remainder of the claret used in cooking the fish, and one spoonful of meat extract. Season with salt, pepper, and a teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce, boil for five minutes, and strain. Cut some cucumbers in round balls and simmer in butter. Add to the sauce, and pour over the fish.

Tenderloin of beef, Brillat Savarin. Roast tenderloin of beef, sauce Madère, garnished with stuffed fresh mushrooms and stuffed tomatoes.

MAY 16

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Blackberry jam Canapé St. Francis

Buckwheat cakes Eggs Mirabel

Rolls Sour schmorrbraten

Coffee Noodles

Roquefort cheese and crackers

Coffee

DINNER

Consommé Tosca

Lyon sausage and pimentos

Crab meat in chafing dish

Chicken sauté, Amphitian

Timbale of rice, Créole

Parisian potatoes

Romaine salad

Savarin au kirsch

Demi tasse

Eggs Mirabel. Spread some foie gras on four pieces of toast, lay a poached egg on top of each piece, and cover with sauce Périgueux.

Sour schmorrbraten. Rub a six pound piece of rump of beef with salt and pepper, and a piece of garlic. Place in an earthern pot, add one sliced onion, one carrot, a little celery, leeks, parsley, two bay leaves, one sprig of thyme, and two cloves. Boil one quart of white wine vinegar, pour over all in the earthen jar, and allow to stand in the ice box from thirty-six to forty-eight hours. Then put two ounces of butter in a casserole and heat. When hot put in the piece of meat and fry on all sides until nice and brown, and then remove. Then put two spoonfuls of flour in the casserole and allow to brown, add one glass of the vinegar used to pickle the beef, and one and one-half quarts of bouillon or stock. Then put in the beef again, bring to a boil, and add three chopped tomatoes. When the beef is soft, slice fine. Reduce the sauce, season well, and strain over the beef.

Consommé Tosca. Peel and cut a cucumber in small squares, boil in salt water until soft, and then allow to become cool. Cut one-half stalk of celery Julienne style, and cook in salt water until soft. Cook one-half pound of large barley in salt water for two hours, and cool. Boil two quarts of consommé, add two peeled tomatoes cut in small squares, and boil for two minutes. Add the cucumber, celery and barley, and serve.

Chicken sauté Amphitian. Joint a chicken, season with salt and pepper, and sauté in butter. When done place on a platter. Slice four heads of fresh mushrooms, put in a casserole with one ounce of butter, season with salt and pepper, and simmer till soft. Then add two sliced truffles, and one-half glass of sherry wine, and boil for five minutes. Then add one cup of brown gravy (meat or chicken gravy); and pour over the chicken. Garnish the platter with four timbales of rice, à la Créole.

Timbales of rice, Créole. Prepare some rice Créole, as described December 23. Butter four timbale moulds, fill with the rice, and then turn them out. Serve as a garnish, or as a vegetable with tomato sauce.

MAY 17

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Apple jelly Poached eggs, St. Pierre

Omelet with onions Sand dabs, miller style

Rolls Lamb hash with peppers

Coffee Chow chow

Neapolitan sandwich (ice cream)

Assorted cakes Coffee

DINNER

Crème Bagration Salted Jordan almonds

Fillet of flounder, Circassienne

Tournedos Niçoise Duchesse potatoes

Asparagus, Hollandaise

Escarole and chicory salad

Cherry pie Coffee

Omelet with onions. Chop an onion very fine. Simmer slowly until soft, in an omelet pan in one ounce of butter. Then add eight beaten eggs, season with salt and pepper; and make the omelet in the usual manner.

Poached eggs, St. Pierre. Lay four poached eggs on four pieces of anchovy toast, and cover with anchovy sauce.

Anchovy toast. 1. Mix one spoonful of anchovy paste with one spoonful of butter, and spread on toast.

2. Soak two dozen salt anchovies in cold water for fifteen minutes. Then dry them and force them through a fine sieve. Mix with two ounces of butter, and spread on toast.

Lamb hash with peppers. Chop an onion and two green peppers, and put in a casserole with two ounces of butter. Simmer till soft, then add two pounds of roast or boiled lamb, cut in small squares, and one pound of chopped boiled potatoes, one cup of bouillon or stock, a little salt and pepper, and six red peppers (pimentos) cut in small squares. Mix well, cover, and simmer in oven for forty minutes. Serve on a platter, garnished with toast cut in triangles, and with chopped parsley on top. If desired, a spoonful of Worcestershire sauce may be added when mixing the hash.

Neapolitan sandwich. In a brick-shaped mould put three layers of ice cream of different colors, such as pistache, vanilla and strawberry. Freeze very hard. Make a layer of sponge cake about one-half inch thick. Put the brick of ice cream on top of a slice of the cake, and lay another slice of cake on top of the ice cream. Serve in slices about one inch thick. The cake should be trimmed to the size of the brick, and should be cut through crosswise to serve.

Crème Bagration. Cream of chicken with small pieces of boiled macaroni served in it.

Fillet of flounder, Circassienne. Put four fillets of flounders in a flat buttered pan, season with salt and pepper. Lay a slice of cucumber on top of each fillet, then one slice of peeled tomatoes, then a few slices of pickles and a teaspoonful of capers. Season with salt and pepper again, add a glass of white wine, and one-half ounce of butter on top of each piece of fish, and bake in the oven. Serve hot, direct from the oven.

Tournedos Niçoise. Broil, or sauté in butter, a small tenderloin steak. Dish up on a platter, with Madeira sauce with stuffed olives.

Stuffed olives. Cut the stones out of a dozen large green olives, and fill with chicken force meat (chicken dumplings). Boil in bouillon, stock, water, white sauce, or any other kind of sauce. Stuffed olives are used principally in sauces, or as a garnish for meats and fish.

MAY 18

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

California marmalade Assorted hors d'oeuvres

Boiled eggs Clam broth, Bellevue

Butter toast Crab meat, au gratin

Chocolate with whipped cream Broiled mutton chops

French fried potatoes

Sliced tomatoes, French dressing

Lillian Russell

Lady fingers

Demi tasse

DINNER

Consommé aux éclairs

Fillet of sole, Lord Curzon

Roast chicken

Potato croquettes

Cold artichokes, mustard sauce

Broiled fresh mushrooms on toast

Orange coupe

Macaroons

Coffee

California marmalade. One grapefruit, one orange, and two lemons. Shave the fruit very thin, discarding the seeds only. Pack lightly into an earthern vessel, add just water enough to cover, and allow to stand from twelve to twenty-four hours. Then bring to a boil, and simmer for fifteen minutes. Return to the earthern vessel and allow to stand for another twenty-four hours. Then measure, and add an equal quantity of sugar, return to stove and boil until it jells. Put up in jelly glasses.

Lillian Russell. Cut a nice cantaloupe in half, remove the seeds, and set each half in cracked ice. Fill with ice cream, with a sprinkle of maraschino on top.

Consommé aux éclairs. Make some small éclairs about one inch long. Chop a little white meat of chicken very fine, add some salt and a little whipped cream, and mix well. Split the éclairs and fill with the prepared chicken meat. Serve on a napkin. Have the consommé very hot, with a little Cayenne pepper in it.

Fillet of sole, Lord Curzon. Cut one green pepper, three heads of fresh mushrooms, and one peeled tomato in small squares. Put in a sauté pan with one ounce of butter, and simmer. Lay four fillets of flounder in a frying pan, season with salt and pepper and a chopped shallot, spread the simmered vegetables on top, add one glass of white wine, sprinkle with a spoonful of curry powder, cover, and bake ten minutes. Then remove the fish to a platter. To the pan add one cupful of Hollandaise sauce and one and one-half cupfuls of tomato sauce. Mix well and pour over the fish. Now place the platter with the fish and sauce in a very hot oven and brown slightly.

MAY 19

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Fresh raspberries with cream Cantaloupe

Waffles Eggs, Waterloo

Honey in the comb Breaded pork chops, tomato sauce

Coffee Lorraine potatoes

Cole slaw

French pastry

Coffee

DINNER

Veloutine aurore

Lake Tahoe trout, meunière

Cucumber salad

Leg of lamb, Renaissance

Château potatoes

Millionaire punch

Assorted cakes

Coffee

Eggs, Waterloo. Spread some foie gras on four pieces of toast; place a poached egg on each, and cover with Béarnaise sauce.

Veloutine aurore. Mix two pints of velouté of chicken soup with one pint of purée of tomatoes.

Leg of lamb, Renaissance. Garnish a roast leg of lamb with small croustades filled with chickens' livers sauté au Madère, and artichokes bottoms filled with macédoine of vegetables. Serve sauce Périgueux separate.

Millionaire punch. Sliced mixed fruits and a few berries soaked in Chartreuse. Serve in punch glasses with lemon water ice on top.

Raspberry juice. Mash some clean ripe raspberries to a pulp, and allow to stand over night. Then strain through a jelly bag, and to each pint of juice add one cupful of granulated sugar. Boil for three minutes, and seal hermetically in bottles, while hot. Other berries or fruit may be prepared in the same manner. This is a good substitute for brandy or wine, for puddings or sauces. It also makes a nice drink when added to a glass of ice water.

Boiled cider. Put five quarts of sweet newly-made cider, before fermentation has set in, in a granite kettle, put on the fire and boil slowly until reduced to one quart. Seal in a bottle while hot. For mince pies, fruit cake, etc., use about a gill to a quart of mince meat, or cake dough.

Peach with brandy sauce. Bring one pint of water and one pound of sugar to the boiling point, add four peeled peaches, and cook slowly until they are soft. Remove the peaches to a bowl. Reduce the syrup one-half, add a large pony of brandy, and pour over the peaches.

MAY 20

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Quince jelly Grapefruit with cherries

Oatmeal with cream Eggs en cocotte, Porto Rico

Crescents Filet mignon, Maréchale

Chocolate with whipped cream New peas

Lettuce salad

Camembert cheese with crackers

Coffee

DINNER

Little Neck clams

Consommé Sarah Bernhardt

Ripe California olives

Boiled Tahoe trout, Vatchette

Broiled Porterhouse steak, Bercy

French fried potatoes

String beans

Sliced tomatoes, mayonnaise

Peaches, brandy sauce

Assorted cakes

Coffee

Eggs en cocotte, Porto Rico. Butter four cocotte dishes. Cut a peeled tomato in small squares and distribute in the four dishes, season with salt and pepper, and simmer for two minutes. Then add a slice of boiled ham cut in small dices, and a few fresh-cooked asparagus tips. Break an egg in each dish, season with salt and pepper, put a small piece of butter on top, and bake in oven for about five minutes.

Filet mignon, Maréchale. Broil or sauté four small tenderloin of beef steaks, and season well. Slice four heads of fresh mushrooms and chop four shallots. Put them in a casserole and simmer until done, then add two truffles sliced fine, and a small glass of sherry wine, and reduce until nearly dry. Then add two cupfuls of brown gravy, and cook again for five minutes, season with salt and Cayenne pepper, and pour over the fillets, on a platter.

Consommé Sarah Bernhardt. Consommé tapioca with small lobster dumplings. Cook a few leaves of fresh tarragon in clear consommé, and strain into the consommé tapioca before serving.

Boiled Tahoe trout, Vatchette. Put two nice Lake Tahoe trout in cold water, with a little salt, one sliced onion, one carrot, a bay leaf and a clove, some parsley and chervil. Bring to the boiling point, then set on side of the range for fifteen minutes. Serve on a napkin, with small round boiled potatoes, parsley in branches, and quartered lemons. Serve separate a sauce formed by mixing one cup of Hollandaise sauce, one and one-half cupfuls of tomato sauce, and a few chopped truffles.

Broiled Porterhouse steak, Bercy. Season a four pound Porterhouse steak with salt and pepper, roll it in oil, and broil. When nearly done place on a china platter and put on top a mixture of three ounces of butter, four shallots chopped very fine, a spoonful of chopped parsley, a little chives sliced very fine, a spoonful of meat extract, and the juice of two lemons. Put in oven and cook for five minutes. Garnish with plenty of well-washed watercress, and three lemons cut in half.

MAY 21

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Pineapple preserves Antipasto

Boiled eggs Consommé in cups

Dry toast Beef à la mode

Coffee Baked potatoes

Hearts of romaine salad

Strawberry cream pie

Coffee

DINNER

Purée Camelia

Radishes Salted almonds

Boiled salmon, Hollandaise

Potatoes natural

Roast tame duckling

Apple sauce

Potatoes au gratin

Cold asparagus, mustard sauce

Chocolate ice cream

Lady fingers Coffee

Purée Camelia. Boil two pounds of green peas in one quart of chicken broth; with the addition of a bouquet garni. When the peas are soft remove the bouquet, and strain the soup through a fine sieve. Put back in casserole, bring to a boil, season with salt and white pepper; and add three ounces of sweet butter, stirring well to ensure its being melted.

Beef à la mode. Take about five pounds of rump of beef and lard it with a special larding needle with fresh larding pork. Season with salt and pepper, and lay in earthen pot. Cover with half claret and half water, add one sliced onion, one sliced carrot, one bouquet garni; and allow to stand for twenty-four hours. In a casserole put one spoonful of melted butter, and when the casserole is hot put the piece of beef in it and fry brown on both sides. Put the beef on a platter, and add to the casserole one ounce of fresh butter and two spoonfuls of flour, let it become brown, then add the wine, water and vegetables used in the earthen pot, bring to the boiling point, put the beef in it and simmer until the beef is soft. Place the beef on a platter, and strain the sauce through a fine sieve. Garnish the beef with carrots, onions glacés, peas and potatoes.

MAY 22

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Fresh blackberries with cream Canapé of raw beef

Scrambled eggs with bacon Clam broth en Bellevue

Southern corn pone Sand dabs, meunière

Coffee Potatoes au gratin

Chiffonnade salad

Strawberries Parisienne

Coffee

DINNER

Consommé, quenelles Doria

Broiled halibut, Alcide

Smoked beef tongue with spinach

Baked potatoes

Sorbet Eau de Vie de Dantzig

Assorted cakes

Coffee

Canapé of raw beef. Chop one-half pound of lean fresh beef very fine, and season with salt and pepper. Spread four slices of rye bread, first with sweet butter, and then with the chopped beef. Place on a napkin and garnish with lettuce leaves filled with chopped onions, sliced pickles, ripe olives, and two lemons cut in half.

Strawberries, Parisienne. Put some nice ripe strawberries in a bowl and put in the ice box until very cold. Make a sauce by mixing one-half pint of strawberry pulp, made by passing some strawberries through a fine strainer or sieve; one-quarter pound of powdered sugar, the juice of one lemon, and a half pint of whipped cream. Do not whip the cream too hard. When well mixed pour over the strawberries, and serve on cracked ice.

Consommé, quenelles Doria. Make a cream puff paste. When cold, form into small balls the size of a pea, and fry in swimming lard. Serve on a napkin with hot consommé.

Broiled halibut, Alcide. Cut the halibut in slices one and one-half inches thick, season with salt and pepper, roll them in oil, and broil. To a Colbert sauce add two chopped hard-boiled eggs, and pour over the fish; which has been placed on a platter. Garnish with six small fried smelts.

Southern corn pone. Mix one quart of yellow corn meal with cold water, into a soft dough. Add one teaspoonful of salt, a little melted lard, and a little sugar. Shape with the hands into oval cakes, so that the impression of the fingers will show. Bake in a well-greased pan in a very hot oven.

Smoked beef tongue with spinach. Put a smoked tongue in a casserole and cover with cold water, bring to a boil, and then set at the side of the stove and simmer slowly until soft. Cook some spinach English style, and place on platter. Slice the beef tongue and place on top of the spinach. Serve with it either sauce Madère, Champagne sauce, or plain bouillon.

Sorbet Eau de Vie de Dantzig. One pound of sugar, three pints of water, the juice of two lemons and one orange, and the whites of two eggs beaten with one gill of maraschino. Freeze, and serve in sorbet glasses, with Eau de Vie de Dantzig on top. Pour the Eau de Vie on immediately before serving, so the silver leaves will show.

MAY 23

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Sliced apricots with cream Eggs Hongroise

Plain shirred eggs Calf's liver sauté, sauce Robert

Dry toast Lyonnaise potatoes

Coffee String bean salad

Raspberry cream pie

Demi tasse

DINNER

Little Neck clams

Cooper soup

Queen olives

Crab meat, Suzette

Roast capon, au jus

Potato croquettes

Cold artichokes, mayonnaise

Caramel ice cream

Macaroons

Coffee

Eggs, Hongroise. Boil a cup of rice, and spread on a platter, lay four poached eggs on top. Place some chickens' livers, that have been cooked sauté in butter, around the rice; and cover all with sauce Périgueux.

Calf's liver sauté, sauce Robert. Slice some calf's liver three-quarters of an inch thick. Season with salt and pepper, roll in flour, and fry in melted butter. Place on a platter and cover with sauce Robert.

Sauce Robert. Slice two onions very fine and put in casserole with two ounces of butter. Simmer slowly until soft; then add a spoonful of flour and simmer again. Then add one pint of bouillon, one spoonful of vinegar, two spoonfuls of French mustard, one spoonful of meat extract, and some salt and pepper. Cook for thirty minutes. Before serving add some chopped parsley. Serve with boiled beef, tongue, etc.

String bean salad. Boil two quarts of cleaned string beans in salt water. Allow to become cool, place in salad bowl, season with salt and pepper, add two spoonfuls of white wine vinegar, five of olive oil, and a little chopped parsley. Mix well.

Strawberry cream pie. Line a plate with pie dough and bake it. (Put some white beans in the pie so it will not lose its shape while baking. When done remove the beans.) Place a handful of biscuit crumbs in the bottom, and fill with strawberries. Dust with powdered sugar, and garnish with whipped cream on top.

Raspberry cream pie. Make in the same manner as strawberry cream pie.

Banana cream pie. Use sliced bananas, and make in the same manner as strawberry cream pie.

Cooper soup. Slice three large onions and put in casserole with two ounces of butter. Cover, and simmer until the onions are done. Then add one and one-half quarts of bouillon, consommé or chicken broth; season with salt and pepper, and boil for thirty minutes. Strain. Serve toasted French bread and grated Parmesan cheese separate.

Caramel ice cream. Boil one and one-half pounds of sugar with one pint of water until slightly brown. Add two quarts of milk and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Mix one pint of milk with the yolks of eight eggs and stir gradually into the boiling milk until well mixed. Remove from the fire, add one quart of cream, and freeze.

MAY 24

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Pineapple preserves Cantaloupe

Breakfast sausages Fried smelts, Tartar sauce

Flannel cakes English mutton chops, XX Century Club

Rolls Celery root, beet and field salad

Coffee Cottage cheese and crackers

Coffee

DINNER

Consommé aux perles de Nizam

Fillet of perch, St. Charles

Shoulder of lamb, baker's oven style

Romaine salad

Baba au rhum

Coffee

English mutton chop, XX Century Club. Secure from the butcher four English mutton chops with the kidneys. Season with salt and pepper, roll in oil, and broil. Place on a platter and cover with sauce Madère. Garnish with four red peppers (pimentos) stuffed with purée of sweet potatoes.

Cottage cheese. Let two quarts of milk become sour. Put in a cheese cloth and allow to hang for twenty-four hours, so all the water can drain out. Then put the curd in a salad bowl, season with salt and pepper, mix well until smooth; or strain it through a fine sieve; then add a cup of sweet cream, and some chives cut very fine.

Consommé aux perles de Nizam. Perles de Nizam is large pearl tapioca. Boil two quarts of consommé, then add slowly one-half pound of pearl tapioca, and cook slowly until soft.

Fillet of perch, St. Charles. Cut four fillets of perch and place in sauté pan with butter, salt, white pepper, and one-half glass of white wine. Cover with buttered paper and simmer for ten minutes, then remove the fish to a platter. Put in the same sauté pan one pint of white wine sauce, and boil for five minutes. Strain, and add a few slices of truffle, and the tail of a lobster cut in thin slices. Pour over the fish, and sprinkle some chopped lobster corals over all.

Shoulder of lamb, baker's oven style. Season a shoulder of lamb with salt and pepper, and rub with a piece of garlic. Then place in a deep earthen flat pan, or a roasting pan about two inches deep. Slice eight potatoes to the size of a silver dollar, and slice six onions very fine. Mix together and put on top and around the piece of lamb. Add a bay leaf and two cloves to the pan, sprinkle with salt, fresh-ground pepper, and some chopped parsley, add two quarts of water, and put in a baker's oven; or in the stove oven; and simmer slowly for about two and one-half hours. Do not cover while cooking, and if the stove oven is used do not have it too hot. Serve from the pan in which it was cooked.

MAY 25

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Strawberries with cream Scrambled eggs, Marseillaise

Boiled eggs Crab meat, Louise

Buttered toast Corned beef hash, au gratin

Chocolate with whipped cream Lettuce salad with French dressing

Banana cream pie

Demi tasse

DINNER

Cream soup, à l'Algérienne

Salted pecans

Sole, Colbert

Filet mignon, Chéron

Olivette potatoes

Chicory salad

Victoria punch

Assorted cakes

Coffee

Scrambled eggs, Marseillaise. Peel and slice two fresh tomatoes and put in casserole with two ounces of butter. Simmer for five minutes. Rub the inside of a bowl with garlic, break twelve eggs in the bowl and beat them. Add salt and pepper and half a cup of cream, pour into the casserole and scramble in the usual manner.

Cream soup, à l'Algérienne. Boil two sweet potatoes, and force through a fine sieve. Add two quarts of cream of chicken soup. If too thick add a little plain chicken broth, or boiling milk, season well, and strain. Before serving add two cups of boiled rice.

Sole, Colbert. Cut off the head of a large sole, and pull off the black skin. Lift off the four fillets complete, spreading the two sides apart with two toothpicks, so they will not touch. Dip in milk, then in flour, and then in beaten eggs and fresh bread crumbs, the lower side only. Dip the top side in milk and flour. Season well with salt and pepper, and place in a pan with butter, and two ounces of butter on top of the fish. Bake in the oven, basting continually until done. Then put the sole on a platter, remove the toothpicks and fill the space with two ounces of butter that has been mixed with salt, pepper, a little chopped parsley, one spoonful of meat extract, and the juice of one lemon. Place the platter in the oven just long enough to melt the butter. Garnish with parsley in branches and lemons cut in half. The whole sole may be fried in swimming lard instead of baking, if desired. This way is easier, but is not the correct one.

Filet mignon, Chéron. Sprinkle four small tenderloin steaks with salt and pepper, roll in oil, and broil; or sauté in pan with butter. Place on a platter, cover with Béarnaise sauce, lay a slice of truffle on top of each, and have for each fillet one artichoke bottom filled with macédoine of vegetables.

Victoria punch. Two pounds of sugar, two quarts of water, and the juice of six oranges, mixed. Then add a small glass of rhum, a small glass of kirsch, and a glass of sauternes. Freeze. Serve in glasses, covered with a meringue made with the white of three eggs and one-half pound of sugar.

MAY 26

BREAKFAST LUNCHEON

Preserved pears Cantaloupe

Broiled salt mackerel with melted butter Poached Eggs, Vanderbilt

Baked potatoes Breaded veal cutlets, tomato sauce

Rolls Spaghetti in cream

Coffee Allumettes (cake)

Coffee

DINNER

Consommé aux pluches

Ripe California olives

Fillet of halibut, sauce Venitienne

Roast tame duck, apple sauce

Asparagus Hollandaise

Potatoes au gratin

Lettuce and grapefruit salad

Soufflé glacé

Assorted cakes

Coffee

Poached eggs, Vanderbilt. Make a purée of fresh mushrooms and spread over toast. Lay a poached egg on top, and cover with sauce Madère.

Breaded veal cutlets, tomato sauce. Have your butcher cut four veal cutlets from the leg, and about one-third of an inch thick. Season with salt and pepper, roll in flour, then in beaten eggs, and finally in fresh bread crumbs. Heat a half cup of melted butter in a frying pan, and fry the cutlets. Serve on a platter with tomato sauce.

Spaghetti in cream. Boil half a pound of spaghetti in two quarts of water seasoned with a little salt, and when soft drain off the water. Melt an ounce of butter in a casserole, add one-half spoonful of flour, one-half cup of boiling milk, and one-half cup of cream, season with salt and pepper, and boil for five minutes. Pour over the spaghetti, adding a half cup of grated Parmesan or Swiss cheese.

Consommé aux pluches. Slice a head of lettuce and two leaves of tarragon very fine. Boil in two quarts of consommé for thirty minutes. Add some chervil before serving.

Fillet of halibut, sauce Venitienne. Put four fillets of halibut in a buttered sauté pan, season with salt and pepper, add one-half glass of white wine, cover with buttered manilla paper, and bake in the oven for fifteen minutes. Then place the fish on a platter, put in the sauté pan one pint of white wine sauce, and simmer for a few minutes. Then add two spoonfuls of green coloring, and strain over fish.