The Story of Crisco Part 61

_Pea Soup *Impanada Celery Mayonnaise Apple Trifle Coffee_

_*Impanada_--Cut up raw chicken, and flour each piece well. Line deep dish with slices raw sweet potato, slices raw white potato, some of chicken, little onion, few slices of bacon, salt and pepper to taste, and 1 can of tomatoes chopped fine, 2 tablespoons Crisco, and 1 tablespoon vinegar. Cover top of dish with sweet and white potatoes.

Bake very slowly from 2 to 3 hours. Serve hot. This takes 3 medium-sized sweet potatoes and 6 medium-sized white potatoes.

September 16

_*Baked Ham Baked Potatoes Brussels Sprouts Spiced Grapes Apple Salad Ice Cream with Kisses Coffee_

_*Baked Ham_--Soak ham over night then wash and sc.r.a.pe it. Put it into cold water; let it come to boiling point then simmer for 2 hours. Let the ham cool in the water; then remove and draw off the skin. Bake in moderate oven for 2 hours; baste it frequently; using 1 cup of sherry wine, 2 spoonfuls at a time; then baste with melted Crisco. When done, cover with a paste made of browned flour and browned sugar moistened with sherry, and return to oven to brown.

September 17

_*Oyster Bisque Broiled Lamb Chops Griddled Sweet Potatoes Bean Croquettes, Tomato Sauce Cauliflower Salad Cocoanut Custard Coffee_

_*Oyster Bisque_--Boil 1 quart oysters in their own liquor with about 1 pint mildly-flavored white stock. Let boil for 1/2 an hour or even longer. Take up and strain, put back to boil, season with salt and white pepper as needed, add 1 quart rich milk and 1/2 a pint of cream.

Blend together 1 tablespoon potato flour with 1 tablespoon melted Crisco, and with this thicken soup till it is smooth and velvety.

September 18

_Hamburg Loaf, Tomato Sauce Maitre d'Hotel Potatoes Beet and String Bean Salad Cheese Creams *Chocolate Pudding with Macaroons Coffee_

_*Chocolate Pudding with Macaroons_--Put 3 cups milk to boil. Have 5 tablespoons grated chocolate in pan with 1/2 cup boiling water and 4 tablespoons sugar. When chocolate paste is smooth pour in milk. Mix 4 tablespoons cornstarch with 1 cup milk, add 1 teaspoon Crisco, and 1/4 teaspoon salt, and with this thicken boiling milk. Add 1 cup macaroon crumbs and beaten whites of 2 eggs. Pour into wet mold and set on ice 1 hour.

September 19

_Vegetable Soup Roast Spare Ribs, Apple Sauce *Sweet Potatoes, Southern Style Orange Custard Coffee_

_*Sweet Potatoes, Southern Style_--Bake sweet potatoes until thoroughly done. Remove from oven and cut in halves lengthwise; remove potato from skins carefully, so as to keep skins in condition to refill. Mash potato, adding sufficient melted Crisco and cream to moisten. The potato mixture should be of the consistency of mashed potato when put back in sh.e.l.ls. Season with salt, pepper, and a very little sherry. Refill skins, brush tops with Crisco and brown 5 minutes in hot oven.

September 20

_Broiled Striped Ba.s.s Porterhouse Steak with Olives Baked Creamed Potatoes *Asparagus, Italian Style String Bean Salad Pineapple Fluff Coffee_

_*Asparagus, Italian Style_--Cut tender parts of 2 bunches of asparagus into short lengths and set to boil till quite tender. Take up, drain, and put into saucepan with 3 tablespoons melted Crisco, few drops lemon juice, sprinkling of red pepper and salt. Let get thoroughly hot, take up, and serve on slices of fried bread.

September 21

_Fried Cod Steaks Sweet Potatoes Boiled Onions Cuc.u.mber Salad Walnut Pudding *Feather Cake Coffee_

_*Feather Cake_--Cream 1/2 cup Crisco with 1/2 cup sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 2 eggs beaten with 1/2 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon lemon extract, 1 cup milk, 2-1/2 cups flour, and 2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder. Beat 2 minutes and turn into Criscoed and floured cake tin.

Bake in moderate oven for 3/4 of an hour.

September 22

_Cream of Barley Soup *Shepherd's Pie Broiled Tomatoes Cuc.u.mber Salad with Red Peppers Wine Jelly Coffee_

_*Shepherd's Pie_--Chop 1 pound cooked meat, mix in 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs, 1 chopped onion, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, 1 cup gravy, salt and pepper to taste, 2 tablespoons Crisco, half teaspoon powdered herbs, and 1 tablespoon tomato catsup. Turn into fireproof dish and cover with thick layer seasoned mashed potatoes. Brush over with beaten egg and dot with pieces of Crisco. Bake 20 minutes.

September 23

_*Mock Duck, Rice Stuffing b.u.t.tered Beets Succotash Lettuce Salad Grape Sherbet Coffee_

_*Mock Duck_--1 cup chopped celery, 2 cups breadcrumbs, 2 cups chopped black walnut meats, 2 cups boiled rice, 6 hard-cooked eggs, 3 raw eggs, 1 tablespoon grated onion, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 saltspoon pepper, and 2 tablespoons Crisco.

Cook crumbs with 1 pint water for 5 minutes; add celery, hard-cooked eggs, chopped; remove from fire, add Crisco, nuts, rice and seasonings. Mix well with raw eggs, slightly beaten. Form into shape of duck, brush over with melted Crisco and bake 1 hour. Serve with apple sauce.

September 24

_Macaroni Soup Fried Scallops Tournedos, a la Bordelaise Mashed Potatoes Baked Tomatoes *Cold Slaw Queen Mab Pudding Coffee_

_*Cold Slaw_--Cut 2 cabbages very fine and put it in salad bowl.

Boil 2 tablespoons vinegar. Beat up 2 eggs, add 1/2 cup sour cream, 2 tablespoons Crisco and add them to boiled vinegar. Stir over fire till boiling, add 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper, pour over cabbage, and it is ready to serve when very cold.

September 25

_Broiled b.u.t.terfish German Fried Potatoes Cuc.u.mber Salad Cheese b.a.l.l.s *Bread Pudding with Cherries Coffee_

_*Bread Pudding with Cherries_--Soak 1/2 pound bread in cold water till soft. Press out water and beat out any lumps with fork. Add 2 tablespoons Crisco, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 1/4 pound glace cherries and 1 teaspoon baking powder. Mix well, and add 1 well-beaten egg and 3 tablespoons milk. Put into Criscoed basin and cover with Criscoed paper, and steam for 1-1/2 hours.

September 26

_Veal Cutlets Sliced Lemon Baked Cuc.u.mbers Lyonnaise Potatoes Red Pepper Salad *Amber Pudding Coffee_

_*Amber Pudding_--Peel, core, and quarter 8 apples. Put 3 tablespoons Crisco in a pan, when warm add apples, 3 tablespoons sugar, grated rind 1 lemon, and stew slowly till soft, then rub through a sieve.

Add yolks of 3 eggs, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Roll out Crisco pastry thinly, cut off a strip and press it on to the edge of a wet pudding dish. Put apple mixture into dish and bake for 30 minutes in a hot oven. Beat up whites of eggs with 1/2 teaspoon salt, to stiff froth, add 2 teaspoons sugar and 2 drops vanilla. Heap this meringue all over apple mixture. Dust with sugar and place here and there a glace cherry. Replace in oven to brown slightly.