11. Estimate the cost of the following dishes for five people: Potato salad with boiled dressing; a baked custard; a Brown Betty; French ice cream; raspberry or lemon ice.
12. Explain what is meant by garnishing.
CHAPTER XVI
PREPARATION OF MEALS AND TABLE SERVICE
The preparation of a number of dishes assembled for a meal requires a skill quite different from that necessary for the making of a single dish. A menu being decided upon, it needs an accurate sense of time, forethought, and promptness, to have a number of dishes ready at the same time, or in proper sequence if several courses are served. Such questions as the following must be answered:
Technique of preparation.
1. What steps in preparation can be taken ahead of time, as washing, paring, cutting, etc.?
2. What dishes take the longest to cook?