Melt 3 tablespoons Crisco in a saucepan, add onion, carrot, turnip, beans, and cook 15 minutes, add okra, celery, and 5 cups water, cook slowly for 1-1/2 hours, add seasoning of salt, pepper and red pepper, tomatoes, corn and peas and simmer for 40 minutes. If too thick, thin with stock. Serve hot.
October 23
*Haricot of Veal
Baked Tomatoes Russian Fish Salad
Date Souffle
Coffee
*Haricot of Veal—Cut 2 pounds fillet of veal into small pieces of uniform shape and size, and fry till a light brown in hot Crisco. Add 2 tablespoons flour blended with 2 tablespoons melted Crisco. Season with salt and pepper, cover with 1 pint stock or water, and let simmer, covered closely, till veal is done and till stock is well cooked away. Take up, arrange in circle on dish, and in center put Lima beans, boiled and reheated in plenty of Crisco.
October 24
Roast Pork, Apple Sauce
Browned Parsnips
Glazed Sweet Potatoes Porcupine Salad
*Black Cap Pudding Coffee
*Black Cap Pudding—Mix 1/4 cup currants, with 3 tablespoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1-1/4 cups flour sifted with 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg, 2 tablespoons Crisco, 2 well beaten eggs, and 2 cupfuls milk, and beat well together. Crisco a pudding mold, sprinkle in some currants, pour in mixture, cover with greased paper and steam for 2 hours. Serve with milk.
October 25
Wild Duck with Mushrooms
*Stuffed Egg Plant
Apple and Cucumber Salad
Almond Pudding
Hot Cheese Denises Coffee
*Stuffed Egg Plant—Parboil 1 egg plant and cut in halves. Scrape out some of the inside and chop some cold cooked meat with 2 tomatoes, 1 onion, and 2 green peppers. Then mix with 1 beaten egg, 1 tablespoon Crisco, and salt and pepper to taste. Fill halves with this mixture; sprinkle with breadcrumbs and tiny bits of Crisco, put in baking dish with little stock or water, and bake.