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A committee of ladies collected the receipts; the editor of the Manual of Domestic Economy arranged them — British cookery and household management, c.1864.

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Bills of Fare for Five Hundred A-Year

given at page 323, 4s. 6d. per day will be about the sum allotted for the dinners.

BILLS OF FARE FOR £500 A YEAR. (a) Potatoes.

JANUARY.

Yorkshire pudding.

Veal cutlets.

Arrowroot pudding.

Cheese-cakes.

MAY.

Jerusalem artichokes, (i) Hashed mutton. mashed.

Potatoes.

Brocoli.

Roast leveret. (b) Brussels sprouts.

Leg of mutton.

Ground rice pudding.

Minced mutton.

Mashed (j) Potatoes. potatoes. (c) Potatoes.

Stewed beef-steaks.

Remnant of pudding.

Hot apple tart.

FEBRUARY.

Soles.

Irish stew. (k) Parsnips.

Baked tapioca-and-rhubarb pudding.

Quarter of lamb.

Asparagus.

A baked jam roll pudding.

Potato-balls.

JUNE.

A brill.

Veal cutlets.

Milk custard in glasses.

A green apricot tart.

Cabbage.

Poor Knight's pudding.

Tartlets. (1) Ham.

Young potatoes.

Peas Boiled fillet of veal. (d) Carrot soup.

Mashed potatoes, Greens. garnished with browned ditto.

Roast pork.

Pancakes. (m) Peas.

MARCH. (e) Carrots.

Masbed turnips.

Potatoes.

Boiled beef. (n) Baked apple dumplings. (f) Pea-soup.

Potatoes.

Bubble and squeak.

Rice and apple souffié.

APRIL.

Ham or bacon. (0) (g) Jerusalem Mashed artichokes. potatoes.

Fillet of veal. (p) Rhubarb tart.

Broad beans. (h) Cabbage.

Poached eggs and bacon.

Fried potatoes.

Gooseberry fool.

Arrowroot blancmange.

JULY.

Soup Julienne.

Lamb cutlets.

Remnant of some sweet.

Currant tart.

A marsden.

Potatoes.

Hodge-podge.

Strawberries and cream.

Rice pudding.

AUGUST.

Vegetable soup.

French beans.

Potato pie.

Custard pudding.

Stewed fruit.

Shoulder of mutton.

Potatoes.

Potatoc Bacon.

Raspberry and currant tart. (q) Stewed French beans. (r) Potatoes.

SEPTEMBER.

Chicken pie.

Cold roast beef.

Carrot pudding.

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