The Story of Crisco Part 62

September 27

_Pot Roast of Beef, Gravy Parsnips Boiled Potatoes Stuffed Cuc.u.mber Salad *Conservative Pudding Coffee_

_*Conservative Pudding_--The weight of 3 eggs in Crisco, sugar, and flour. Beat Crisco and sugar to a cream, add flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and mix slowly with eggs. Add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract and mix all well. Ornament a Criscoed mold with raisins, pour in mixture, steam 2 hours and serve hot with milk.

September 28

_Pea Soup Boiled Tripe, Cream Sauce Stewed Celery Mashed Potatoes Beet Salad Meringues with Sliced Peaches *Almond Fingers Coffee_

_*Almond Fingers_--2 cups flour, 1/2 cup Crisco, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon baking powder. Rub Crisco into flour, add sugar and baking powder. Make into stiff paste with egg. Roll out and cut into fingers. Chop 1 cup almonds and mix with 1/2 cup sifted sugar, and white of 1 egg. Spread on fingers and bake quickly a light brown color.

September 29

_*Pilau of Fowl Glazed Carrots Potatoes au Gratin Lettuce and Nasturtium Salad Vanilla Eclairs Coffee_

_*Pilau of Fowl_--Truss fowl for boiling, place in pan with 3 cups stock or water and simmer 30 minutes. Wash and dry 1 cup rice. Melt 2 tablespoons Crisco and fry 1 chopped onion to golden brown in it; remove onion to plate, add 2 extra tablespoons Crisco and fry rice and 1/4 cup blanched almonds till yellow, add onion, 2 tablespoons seeded raisins, with salt and paprika to taste. Tie in piece of muslin 3 cloves, 6 whole white peppers, 1 bay leaf, and 1 inch cinnamon stick and add them. Make hole in center of rice, lay fowl in it, pour in 1 cup of the stock, let simmer until fowl and rice are cooked, adding more stock as rice swells. Turn fowl over during cooking. Serve fowl with rice around it.

September 30

_Raw Oysters Steamed Fish, Lemon Sauce Potatoes Stuffed Tomatoes Radish and Lettuce Salad *Hot Cheese Sandwiches Vanilla Cream Puffs Coffee_

_*Hot Cheese Sandwiches_--Melt 1/4 pound cheese with 3 tablespoons Crisco, 1/2 teaspoon salt, few grains red pepper, and 1 teaspoon mustard; moisten with a little vinegar and spread between thin slices of white bread. Cut into neat rounds.

October 1

_Veal Cutlets Rice Croquettes Lima Beans Cabbage and Apple Salad *Nut Pudding Coffee_

_*Nut Pudding_--1 cup soft breadcrumbs, 2 cups scalded milk, 1 tablespoon Crisco, 1 cup chopped nuts, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 egg yolks, 3/4 cup sugar, juice and grated rind of 1 lemon, 2 egg whites beaten until stiff, and 2 squares chocolate, melted. Mix breadcrumbs, milk, Crisco, nuts, salt, egg yolks, sugar, chocolate, juice and rind of lemon. When well blended, cut and fold in whites of eggs; pour into Criscoed individual molds, and bake 20 to 30 minutes. Serve hot with cream.

Vegetarian

October 2

_Tomato Bisque Crackers Baked Sweet Potatoes Baked Beans Corn Fritters Lettuce, French Dressing *Orange Pie Coffee_

_*Orange Pie_--Line pie tin with Crisco pastry. Beat yolks of 3 eggs with 1 cup sugar till light; add 1 tablespoon cornstarch, 2/3 cup milk, grated rind and strained juice of 1 orange. Place in double boiler and stir till it thickens, then pour on to crust and bake 30 minutes. Cover top with meringue made with whites of eggs and sweetened with 3 tablespoons sugar and flavored with 1 teaspoon orange extract. Place in oven to brown.

Vegetarian

October 3

_Cream of Lettuce Soup *Vegetable Souffle Baked Potatoes Boiled Green Peppers Stuffed Egg Salad Apple Tapioca Coffee_

_*Vegetable Souffle_--Blend 3 tablespoons Crisco with 2 tablespoons flour, add 1 cup milk, stir till boiling, add 1/2 cup grated cheese, yolks of 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons chopped parsley, seasoning of salt, pepper, and red pepper, and cook till it thickens.

Remove from fire and fold in stiffly beaten whites of eggs. Put some pieces of boiled cauliflower into Criscoed mold, then slices of seasoned tomatoes. Pour in mixture, sprinkle on few crumbs and bake till firm. Garnish with watercress and serve immediately.

Vegetarian

October 4

_Almond Soup *Nut Loaf, Cranberry Jelly Lima Beans Carameled Sweet Potatoes Onion Souffle b.u.t.terscotch Pie Orange Ice Coffee_

_*Nut Loaf_--Mix together 1 tablespoon Crisco, 1 cup chopped English walnuts and almonds, 1 cup crumbs, 1/2 teaspoon salt, dash pepper, 1 large ground onion, 3 tablespoons flour, 2 well-beaten eggs and 1 cup milk. Pour into Criscoed pudding dish and bake 30 minutes.

Vegetarian

October 5

_Baked Chestnuts Galantine of Lentils Escalloped Tomatoes Fruit Salad *Apple Charlotte Coffee_

_*Apple Charlotte_--Cut bread into slices 1/4 inch thick; then into strips 1-1/2 inches wide, and as long as the height of mold to be used; cut 1 piece to fit top of mold, then divide it into 5 or 6 pieces. Crisco mold; dip slices of bread in melted Crisco, and arrange them on bottom and around sides of mold, fitting closely together or overlapping. Fill center entirely full with apple sauce made of tart apples stewed until tender, seasoned with Crisco and sugar. A little apricot jam can be put in center if desired; chopped almonds also may be added. Cover top with bread, and bake in hot oven 30 minutes. The bread should be an amber color like toast. Turn it carefully on to flat dish. Serve with any sauce that you like.

Vegetarian

October 6

_Creole Chowder Stuffed Potatoes Spaghetti with Cheese Lentil and Nut Salad *Orange Puffs, Orange Sauce Coffee_

_*Orange Puffs_--Beat 1/2 cup Crisco with 2/3 cup sugar, add 2 well-beaten eggs, 3/4 cup milk, 2 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and 1 teaspoon orange extract. Bake in Criscoed and floured gem pans and serve hot with orange sauce.

For sauce. Mix 1/2 cup sugar with 2 tablespoons cornstarch, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add 1 cup boiling water and boil eight minutes, add grated rinds and strained juice 2 oranges and 3 tablespoons Crisco.

October 7

_Carrot Soup *Indian Dry Curry Boiled Rice Spinach Cabbage Salad Pineapple, Bavarian Cream Coffee_

_*Indian Dry Curry_--2 pounds beef, 4 tablespoons Crisco, 1 onion, 2 tablespoons curry powder, 2 chopped gherkins, 1 dessertspoon chutney, 1 saltspoon salt, juice of 1/2 a lemon, and 1/2 pint thin brown sauce or gravy.