- Calf’s Head with White Sauce.
- Lemon Jelly.
Friday.
- Hashed Calf’s Head.
- Cheesecakes.
Saturday.
- Cod and Mayonnaise.
- Cucumber.
- Cold Sponge Cake Pudding.
“You see, we have cold dishes rather often now the weather is getting warmer,” said Marion as Mrs. Holden put down the paper. “Here is the food bill:—”
| £ | s. | d. | |
| 1 lb. fillet of veal | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Half a ham, 3½ lbs. | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Leg of lamb (Australian) | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Half a calf’s head | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 1¼ lb. neck of veal | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cucumber | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2½ lb. new potatoes | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 lb. potatoes | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 lb. cod | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sponge cakes | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Milk | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Pint of gooseberries | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1-pint packet lemon jelly | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Small bottle olive oil | 0 | 0 | 5½ |
| ½ lb. tea | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1½ lb. butter at 1s. 4d | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| ½ lb. loaf sugar | 0 | 0 | 1¼ |
| 2 lb. Demerara | 0 | 0 | 3½ |
| 1 lb. fat, for rendering | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fourteen eggs | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Four lettuces | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Eight loaves | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| £1 | 2 | 10¼ |
“By the way, I have made a discovery. Oh, I know it will be no news to you; but I was proud of it, I assure you! It is, that there are several quite cheap pieces of veal that one can buy—breast of veal, for instance, and neck—for 8d. a pound. I always had looked upon veal as quite dear. But I don’t know how to cook these joints. You can’t make veal cutlet of them, can you?”
“No; they would not do for that. But the ‘Spring Stew’ that you see there is a dish made of neck of veal, new potatoes, spring onions and lettuce.”
“Many thanks. It is of no use trying to get my people to eat cold meat; they simply won’t. Tom is so accustomed to the good cooking of his native servants that he is a dreadful handful. I am so glad you taught me how to make a good curry; that at least is always appreciated.”