Chapter 24

_Corned Beef *Cabbage, a la Creme Potatoes Olive Salad Hasty Pudding Cocoanut Cakes Coffee_

_*Cabbage, a la Creme_--Trim and wash 1 cabbage, then boil in boiling salted water, adding 1 peeled onion stuck with 2 cloves. When tender take out onion and drain cabbage. Either chop finely or rub through a sieve. Melt 1 tablespoon Crisco in pan, put in cabbage, stir it well, add 3 tablespoons cream gradually, salt and pepper to taste.

When thoroughly hot, pile in hot dish, and garnish with sippets fried bread or toast.

November 8

_Cold Corned Beef Baked Potatoes Pickled Beets Cauliflower Salad Cheese Wafers *Golden Pudding Coffee_

_*Golden Pudding_--Line and ornament small pudding dish with puff pastry. Beat 2 tablespoons Crisco with 4 tablespoons sugar till creamy, add 4 tablespoons cakecrumbs, yolks 3 eggs beaten with 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 teaspoon salt, grated rind and strained juice 2 oranges. Pour into pudding dish, and bake 40 minutes. Whip up egg whites to stiff froth, stir in 3 tablespoons sugar, few drops yellow color, 1 teaspoon orange extract, and pile on top of pudding. Put back in oven to brown.

November 9

_Broiled Steak Mashed Potatoes Spinach with Butter Sauce Escarole Salad *Cheese Fondue Coffee_

_*Cheese Fondue_--2 tablespoons flour, 1/2 cup grated cheese, 1 tablespoon Crisco, 2 eggs, salt, pepper and red pepper, and 1/2 cup milk. Melt Crisco, add flour, then milk gradually. Stir till they boil, cool a little, add cheese and yolks and seasonings. Fold in whites stiffly beaten. Pour into a Criscoed souffle tin. Bake 20 minutes in hot oven. Fold a napkin round and serve hot.

November 10

_Haddock au Gratin *Venison Cutlets Hashed Browned Potatoes Oyster and Celery Salad Marrons, a la Creme Coffee_

_*Venison Cutlets_--Trim venison cutlets in usual way. Put 4 tablespoons Crisco in saute pan and when hot put in cutlets, seasoned with salt and pepper, fry till brown. Then take out cutlets, put into pan 1/2 tumbler currant jelly to melt, add 2 tablespoons Crisco with 1/2 teaspoon salt, and serve separately with cutlets.

November 11

_*Baked Scallops in Shells Chicken Souffle Fried Celery Latticed Potatoes Watercress and Green Pepper Salad Meringues Glaces Coffee_

_*Baked Scallops in Shells_--Take desired quantity of fresh scallops--1 pint or 1 quart, and cook them in little white wine until done. Drain, cut in quarters, and add to them 1/2 their quantity of minced onion fried until tender, but not brown. Moisten with white sauce, season with red pepper and salt, heap high in scallop shells, cover with breadcrumbs moistened in melted Crisco, and brown in hot oven. Garnish with lemon slices and parsley.

November 12

_Hamburg Steak Balls Mashed Potatoes Fried Parsnips Apple and Celery Salad *Baked Indian Pudding Coffee_

_*Baked Indian Pudding_--3-1/2 quarts milk, 3 tablespoons cornmeal, 1/2 pint molasses, 3 tablespoons Crisco, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/2 teaspoon ginger. Boil 1 quart milk; add to it molasses, Crisco, salt, and spices, and lastly meal stirred smooth with little cold milk; scald whole together, and turn into a well Criscoed baking dish.

When it begins to crust over, stir it all up from bottom, and add 1 pint of cold milk. Repeat process every 1/2 hour, or oftener if pudding browns too fast, till 5 pints are used; then let it bake till done--6 hours in all. Serve hot with sauce of grated or granulated maple sugar stirred into rich cream, and kept very cold till needed.

November 13

_Lamb Cutlets Potatoes *Curried Lima Beans Tomato Salad Cheese Fritters Benedictine Jelly Coffee_

_*Curried Lima Beans_--Chop 1 onion finely and fry it for a few minutes in 2 tablespoons Crisco, add 1 tablespoon curry powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon flour, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, and 1 cup water, allow to cook slowly for 20 minutes, then add 1-1/2 cups cooked lima beans, mix well and serve hot.

November 14

_Cream of Tomato Soup *Nut Roast Piquante Sauce Sweet Potatoes Fried Egg Plant Lettuce Salad Baked Quinces Gingerbread Coffee_

_*Nut Roast_--1/2 cup lentils, 1/2 cup shelled roasted peanuts, 1/2 tablespoon Crisco, 1/2 cup toasted breadcrumbs, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 saltspoon pepper and milk. Soak lentils over night; in morning drain, cover with fresh water and bring to boil. Drain again; and put in fresh water and cook until tender. Drain once more; throw away water and press lentils through colander. Add nuts, either ground or chopped, Crisco, breadcrumbs, seasoning and milk sufficient to make mixture consistency of mush. Put into Criscoed baking dish; bake in moderate oven 1 hour; turn out on heated platter; garnish with parsley or watercress and serve with Piquante sauce.

Vegetarian

November 15

_Sweet Potatoes au Gratin Corn, a la Southern *Raisin and Nut Bread Apples Stuffed with Celery Caramel Custards Coffee_

_*Raisin and Nut Bread_--1 egg, 3/4 cup sugar, 1-1/2 cups milk, 1 teaspoon salt, 3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 2 tablespoons Crisco, 1/2 cup raisins, and 1 cup chopped walnut meats. Beat egg with sugar; add sifted flour, baking powder and salt alternately with milk; last add Crisco, melted, and walnuts. Bake in deep pan in slow oven 45 minutes.

November 16

_Cream of Corn Soup Roast Turkey, Giblet Sauce Mashed Potatoes Creamed Onions Melon Mangoes Cheese Fingers *Apple Strudel Coffee_

_*Apple Strudel_--Sift 2 cups flour with 1/2 teaspoonful salt and 1 teaspoon sugar. Add gradually 1 cup lukewarm water and knead until dough does not stick to hands. Roll dough as thin as possible on floured board. Place clean tablecloth on table, put rolled out dough on it and pull carefully with fingers to get thin as possible. Mix 4 cups chopped apples with 1 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, 1 cup seeded raisins, and 1 cup currants. Spread over dough, and spread little Crisco over apples. Take cloth in both hands, and roll strudel over and over like roly poly. Roll strudel into Criscoed baking pan and bake in hot oven until brown.

November 17

_*Stewed Rabbit Glace Potatoes Baked Onions Jellied Baked Beans Cranberry Bavarian Cream Coffee_

_*Stewed Rabbit_--Melt 4 tablespoons Crisco in saucepan; joint rabbit and fry quickly in Crisco, then fry 1 sliced onion until browned, stir in 2 tablespoons flour and brown flour; now add gradually 2 cups water and stir till smooth, when boiling add salt, pepper, and paprika to taste, and 2 tablespoons chopped parsley; simmer slowly 1-1/2 hours. Dish and strain over gravy.

November 18

_Julienne Soup Toast Points Stuffed Hearts Pickles Browned Potatoes Baked Squash *Almond and Apple Pudding Coffee_

_*Almond and Apple Pudding_--Pare and core 6 apples, chop into small pieces and sprinkle with 1/2 cup sugar. Have ready 2 cups breadcrumbs, soaked in 1/2 cup milk to which 1 tablespoon melted Crisco has been added. Beat 2 eggs till light, add to them grating of nutmeg, a pinch of cinnamon and good pinch of salt. Mix apple with soaked breadcrumbs, then eggs, and lastly 2 dozens blanched almonds chopped fine. Thin with 1/2 cup milk, then pour into Criscoed tin and bake. Serve with sweetened cream.

November 19

_Spare Ribs Stew Rice Croquettes Waldorf Salad Cheese Biscuits *Cranberry Pudding Coffee_

_*Cranberry Pudding_--Cream 1/2 cup Crisco with 1 cup sugar, add 3 eggs well beaten, 1/2 cup milk, 3-1/2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon almond extract, then stir in 1-1/2 cups cranberries, turn into Criscoed mold, cover with greased paper and steam 4 hours. Serve with milk.

November 20

_Oyster Croquettes *Stuffed Lamb Chops Chestnut Puree Mashed Potatoes Egg Plant Fritters Kumquat and Endive Salad Stewed Figs Coffee_

_*Stuffed Lamb Chops_--Wipe 6 French chops, cut 1-1/2 inches thick. Split meat in halves, cutting to bone. Cook 2-1/2 tablespoons Crisco and 1 tablespoon chopped onion 5 minutes; remove onion, add 1/2 cup chopped mushroom, and cook 5 minutes; add 2 tablespoons flour, 3 tablespoons stock, 1 teaspoon chopped parsley, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and few grains red pepper. Spread mixture between layers of chops, press together lightly, wrap in Criscoed paper cases, and broil 10 minutes. Serve with chestnut puree.

November 21

_Baked Boned White Fish Bread Dressing Drawn Butter Sauce Stewed Tomatoes Mashed Potatoes *Date Pudding Coffee_

_*Date Pudding_--Clean, stone, and chop 1 pound dates, add 1 cup English walnut meats, broken in pieces, 1/2 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Beat up 4 egg whites to stiff froth, then fold in 1/2 cup sugar, add beaten egg yolks, 1/2 tablespoon melted Crisco and date mixture. Turn into Criscoed tin and bake in moderate oven 30 minutes. Cut in squares and serve cold with whipped cream.

November 22

_*Fried Smelts Sauce Tartare Roast Chicken Creamed Chestnuts Canned Stringless Beans Orange and Romaine Salad Mint Ice Cream Coffee_

_*Fried Smelts_--Clean, trim the fins, and remove gills; wipe very dry, roll in flour, brush over with beaten egg, roll in crumbs and fry in hot Crisco until crisp; drain on soft paper, dish on lace paper in a heap, and garnish with fried parsley, serve with sauce tartare. Smelts make a nice garnish for many fish dishes, the tails drawn through the eyes, dressed as above, and fried.

November 23

_Bisque of Clams Boiled Fish Hollandaise Sauce Potatoes Baked Parsnips Celery Salad *Italian Fritters Coffee_

_*Italian Fritters_--1 egg, 1 cup milk, grated rind 1 lemon, 2 tablespoons Crisco, 5 slices stale cake, 1/2 teaspoon powdered cinnamon, sugar and few grains salt. Cake should be about a 1/4 of an inch thick, not less. Cut out into oval or round shapes with cutter. Beat egg, mix with milk, lemon rind, salt, and about 1 teaspoon sugar. Lay slices of cake in this custard until they are soft, but not crumbly; time will depend upon how stale cake is. Heat 1/2 Crisco in frying pan, lift few pieces of cake up carefully and lay them in hot Crisco. Brown 1 side, then turn them over and brown other side also. Add some pieces of Crisco as required. Mix cinnamon with 2 teaspoons sugar and sprinkle some of these over each fritter. Serve with hard sauce.

November 24

_Cannelon of Beef Creamed Cabbage Franconia Potatoes Cranberry Salad Cheese Wafers *Baba with Syrup Coffee_

_*Baba with Syrup_--Sift 3 cups flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt into a basin, add 1 yeast cake dissolved in 1/2 cup lukewarm milk; make well in center of flour, pour in 5 beaten eggs, mix with the hand for 5 minutes. Put it into Criscoed basin, spread over with 1/2 cup Crisco, cover and put in warm place until it has risen to twice its original size. Knead until elastic, add 1 tablespoon sugar, 2 tablespoons currants, 2 tablespoons sultana raisins, knead again. Turn into large Criscoed mold. It should not be more than half full. Allow to rise to top of tin, then bake in moderate oven for 30 minutes. Turn out and pour syrup over it. To make syrup, boil 2 cups water with 1/4 cup sugar for 10 minutes, then add 2 tablespoons apricot jam and boil 5 minutes. Strain, add 1 wineglass rum and bring to boiling point.

November 25

_Quick Beef Soup Panned Chicken Brown Sauce Curried Rice Creamed Carrots Tomato Salad *Baked Macaroni Pudding Coffee_

_*Baked Macaroni Pudding_--1 pint milk, 4 long sticks macaroni, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons sugar, nutmeg, 1 tablespoon Crisco, and salt to taste.

Bake macaroni into 1/2 inch lengths. Boil milk, shake in macaroni and salt and boil it very slowly for 1/2 an hour, or until quite tender, and keep it well stirred during cooking. Thickly Crisco a pudding dish and beat up egg. Add sugar and Crisco to macaroni, let it cool a little, then pour in egg and mix it well. Grate little nutmeg on top and bake pudding very slowly until top is delicately browned.

November 26

_Pea Soup Boiled Tongue Raisin Sauce Rice Balls Stewed Celery Tomato and Cress Salad *Graham Pudding Coffee_

_*Graham Pudding_--Mix 2 cups graham flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons Crisco, 1 teaspoon each cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg, 1 cup currants, 1 cup molasses, 1 egg well beaten, 1 cup milk, 2 teaspoons soda dissolved in 1 tablespoon hot water. Pour in Criscoed mold, cover with Criscoed paper and steam 3 hours. Turn out and serve with milk.

November 27

_Steak en Casserole Sweet Potato Croquettes Boiled Cauliflower Pear and Grape Salad Cheese Fritters *Pineapple Souffle Coffee_

_*Pineapple Souffle_--Cream 1-1/2 tablespoons each Crisco and flour, add 1 cup canned grated pineapple and juice. Cook 5 minutes, remove from fire, add little salt, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and 3 beaten egg yolks. Bake in Criscoed dish 20 minutes. Serve with following sauce: Cook 2 tablespoons creamed Crisco in double boiler, add 2 yolks of eggs, 1 at a time, beat, and add 4 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons orange juice, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, and 1/2 cup whipped cream. Serve hot.

November 28

_Mock Bisque Soup Mutton Haricot String Beans Fried Parsnips Lettuce and Pepper Salad *Apples with Red Currant Jelly Coffee_

_*Apples with Red Currant Jelly_--6 cooking apples, 4 tablespoons flour, 1 egg, cakecrumbs, apricot jam, 6 glace cherries, red currant jelly, Crisco and syrup. Choose apples as much as possible same size, peel and core them carefully, so as not to break them. Put 1 cup syrup into stewpan or baking tin, put in apples and cook over fire or in oven until nearly done. Baste them occasionally with syrup. Let them get cold, then roll them in flour, brush over with beaten egg, toss in sifted cakecrumbs, and fry in hot Crisco a golden brown. Drain on piece of paper, fill centers with apricot jam, cut out some rounds of red currant jelly, place 1 on top of each apple and a glace cherry on that. Dish up and serve hot or cold. An apricot syrup should be sent to table separately with apples.

November 29

_Smoked Salmon Toast *Spiced Venison Black Currant Jelly Creamed Turnips Grilled Sweet Potatoes Escarole Salad Cheese Dressing Peach Gateau Coffee_

_*Spiced Venison_--Rub a piece of venison with salt, pepper, vinegar, cloves, and allspice; then put into baking pan. Pour over 1 cup melted Crisco, add 2 sliced onions, sprig of thyme, 3 sprigs parsley, juice 1 lemon, and 1/2 pint hot water. Cover and bake in hot oven till tender. Sprinkle with flour, add 1 glassful of sherry wine and allow to brown.

Thanksgiving Dinner

November 30

_Bisque of Oyster Broiled Smelts Drawn Butter Roast Turkey Cranberry Sauce Mashed Potatoes Stewed Celery Romaine Salad Roquefort Cheese *Hot Pumpkin Pie Orange Ice Coffee_

_*Hot Pumpkin Pie_--Line pie tin with Crisco Pastry. Mix 2 cups steamed and strained pumpkin, with 2 teaspoons Crisco, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoon each cinnamon, cloves, mace, allspice, and ginger, grated rind of 1 lemon, 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup cream, 2 well beaten eggs, and pour into prepared pie plate. Bake till firm in moderate oven. Serve hot. As a change, place on the pumpkin pie as it comes out of the oven a layer of halved marshmallows, replace in the oven and let them brown.

December 1

_Oyster Bouillon *Baked Beefsteak Fried Beets Baked Potatoes Grapefruit and Endive Salad Nougat Ice Cream Coffee_

_*Baked Beefsteak_--Cut 2 pounds of sirloin, 1/2 inch thick. Mix 1 cup breadcrumbs, 1 tablespoon Crisco, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, 1/2 tablespoon chopped onion, 1/2 teaspoon each of salt, pepper, and red pepper, 1/2 teaspoon kitchen bouquet, and moisten with stock. Spread this over steak and roll it up, fastening with skewers or tying, and put on rack in roasting pan. Add 1/2 cup stock, and bake 1/2 hour, basting often. Place on hot platter, and pour around it sauce made from 2 tablespoons Crisco and 3 tablespoons flour blended together, with salt and pepper to taste, and 1-1/2 cups beef stock cooked until boiling, then strained and added to 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce.

December 2

_Baked Pork Spareribs Turnips Mashed Potatoes Celery and Cranberry Salad *Squash Pie Coffee_

_*Squash Pie_--2 cups stewed squash, 1 tablespoon melted Crisco, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 2/3 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon ginger, 2 eggs, and 2 cups milk. Beat eggs until light. Place squash in quart measure, add sugar, Crisco, salt, spice, and then beaten eggs. Stir well and add sufficient milk to make 1 quart of whole mass. Turn into pie tin lined with Crisco pastry and bake slowly for 45 minutes. When done a silver knife when inserted will come out from it clear. Squash pie will become watery if allowed to boil.

December 3

_Brown Fricassee of Chicken Cranberry Jelly Sweet Potatoes Boiled Onions Orange and Pineapple Salad *Farina Pudding Coffee_

_*Farina Pudding_--Stir into 3 cups boiling milk 1 cup farina, and cook 10 minutes. Rub together 1 tablespoon Crisco and 2 tablespoons sugar; add yolks of 3 eggs, grated rind of 1 lemon and 25 chopped blanched almonds. Stir this mixture into farina after it is little cooled; lastly add whites of 3 eggs beaten to stiff froth. Steam this pudding in covered mold for 1-1/2 hours. Serve with any sweet pudding sauce.

December 4

_Clear Soup with Rice Corn Peas Mashed Potatoes Cold Slaw Plum Pudding Hard Sauce *Individual Mince Pies Cheese Wafers Coffee_

_*Individual Mince Pies_--Roll out Crisco paste 1/8 inch thick, stamp into rounds and line gem pans, place in each 2 teaspoons of mince meat; roll out more pastry rather thicker than first, stamp into rounds size of top of pans, wet edges and cover pies, brush over with beaten egg, sprinkle with sugar, and bake 20 minutes in hot oven.

For mince meat, put into jar 1 pound chopped apples, 1 pound sultana raisins, 1/4 pound chopped figs, 1/2 pound currants, grated rind, strained juice 3 lemons, 1 cup Crisco, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 pound chopped almonds, grated rind, strained juice 3 oranges, 2 grated nutmegs, 1/2 cup sherry, 1 cup brandy, 1 ounce mixed spice, 1/2 pound each chopped candied orange and lemon peel, and 2 cups brown sugar. Mix well and keep in well sealed jar.

December 5

_*Steamed Clams Roast Ribs of Beef Currant Jelly Rice Croquettes Stewed Tomatoes Apple and Celery Salad Mince Pie Coffee_

_*Steamed Clams_--Wash and scrub clam shells; place in kettle; add water, allowing 1/2 cup water for each peck of clams. Cover kettle and cook until shells open. Serve hot with the following sauce: 3 tablespoons Crisco, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, 4 tablespoons chopped parsley, salt, pepper, and red pepper to taste.

Cream Crisco and add remaining ingredients. Kettle should be removed from range as soon as shells open, otherwise clams will be over-cooked.

December 6

_Caviar Canapes Roast Duck *Apple Sauce Canned Beans Mashed Potatoes Tomato Jelly Salad Apple Dumplings Raisins Nuts Coffee_

_*Apple Sauce_--1 pound apples, 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons Crisco, 1/2 cup water, and strained juice of 1/2 lemon. Peel, core, and slice apples, put them into saucepan with sugar, Crisco, water, lemon juice, and cook them until tender. Serve with roast duck.

December 7

_Stewed Chicken Cream Dressing *Baked Sweet Potatoes Creamed Carrots Onion Salad Indian Pudding Bon Bons Coffee_

_*Baked Sweet Potatoes_--Peel boiled sweet potatoes and cut in slices crosswise. To 2 cups of slices allow 3 tablespoons Crisco, and 2 tablespoons each of sugar and vinegar. Have Crisco hot, lay potatoes in it, sprinkle sugar over top, and pour vinegar over lightly. Bake until a golden brown.

December 8

_Lamb Chops Creamed Potatoes Lima Beans Carrot Salad Pineapple Ice Cream Candy *Cocoanut Layer Cake Coffee_

_*Cocoanut Layer Cake_--Beat 1/4 cup Crisco with 1 cup sugar till creamy, add 2 well beaten eggs, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 2-1/2 cups flour sifted with 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 cup water and 1/2 teaspoon almond extract, mix and divide into Criscoed and floured layer tins. Bake 20 minutes in moderate oven. Use boiled frosting and shredded cocoanut for filling.

December 9

_Oysters *Chicken Hot Pot Celery Salad Dried Apricot Shortcake Coffee_

_*Chicken Hot Pot_--Prepare large chicken. Cut into as small pieces as joints allow. Do not remove meats from bones. Boil chicken until nearly tender and keep broth left in kettle when you remove chicken from it. Cut 1 pound of lean, raw ham into small squares. Wash and peel and parboil 8 large potatoes and slice them. Slice 3 medium-sized onions. Put into deep baking dish layer of chicken, layer of ham, layer of potatoes, and layer of onions. Repeat until all are used up; when arranging these layers strew tiny bits of Crisco over them. Pour chicken broth over layers, well seasoned with salt and pepper. Add enough water to almost fill pot. Cover pot, and bake for 1-1/2 hours. Be sure plenty of water is in pot while baking is in progress. When cooked put baked chicken and vegetables in large tureen. Garnish edges with parsley. Sprinkle parsley and sliced cooked carrots over top. Serve with small slice of toast on each plate.

December 10

_Cream of Celery Soup Broiled Oysters, a la Francaise Bean Salad Cheese Straws *Fig and Apple Cobbler Coffee_

_*Fig and Apple Cobbler_--Nearly fill Criscoed baking dish with equal amounts of sliced apples and chopped figs, arranging them in layers; add 1 cup water, strained juice 1 lemon and cover with Crisco biscuit dough about 1 inch thick. Place on range, cover tightly with a pan and simmer 30 minutes. Lift cover carefully, make an opening in middle of crust, and pour in another 1/2 cup water, 2 tablespoons Crisco, and 1 cup scraped maple sugar. Sprinkle a little maple sugar over top of pudding before serving it.

December 11

_Roast Pork, Apple Sauce Franconia Potatoes Creamed Onions Endive and Grape Salad *Lemon and Apple Tart Coffee_

_*Lemon and Apple Tart_--Line a large pie plate with Crisco pastry. Mix together 2 cups grated apple, grated rind and juice of 1 lemon, 1-1/2 cups sugar, 2 eggs, beaten without separating whites and yolks, 2 tablespoons melted Crisco, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1 cup thin cream. Turn into plate lined with pastry, wet edge, and put strips of pastry over top of filling. Finish with strip of pastry on edge. Let bake until firm in center.

December 12

_Baked Codfish Piquant Beets Baked Potatoes Lettuce and Cheese Salad *Bread Pudding Coffee_

_*Bread Pudding_--4 cups bread cut in dice, 3 tablespoons sultanas, 2 tablespoons chopped candied peel, 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon Crisco, rind of 1 lemon, 2 eggs, 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 cup milk, and 4 lumps of sugar. Put lump sugar in dry saucepan and heat until it turns dark brown. Add milk and stir it over fire until sugar dissolves. Mix bread, cleaned sultanas, chopped peel, sugar, Crisco, grated lemon rind, and colored milk. Beat up eggs and add them with lemon juice. Let mixture stand for 1/2 an hour, or longer, if bread is stale. Have ready Criscoed mold, put in mixture, cover top with piece of Criscoed paper, and steam it for 2 hours. Turn carefully on to hot dish and serve with it any good sweet sauce.

December 13

_Chestnut Soup Pork Chops Apple Sauce Potatoes Steamed Squash Lettuce and Pepper Salad *Raisin Roly Poly Coffee_