The Dixie Cook-Book

“The best is none too good.” Southern family receipts gathered across generations and printed in Atlanta in 1883 — and, in the same volume, everything else a household was expected to know: the laundry, the sick-room, dressmaking, babies, and a year's bill of fare.

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Bill of Fare for January

1. BREAKFAST-Waffles, broiled steak, fried apples. DINNER-Roast duck, apple sauce, a brown stew, mashed turnips, sweet potatoes baked, celery; prairie plum pudding with sauce, fruit cake, oranges. SUPPER-Light biscuit, whipped cream with preserves, sliced beef. For more elaborate bill of fare see page 531. 2. BREAKFAST-Corn muffins, broiled fish, fried raw potatoes. DINNER- Macaroni soup, salmi of duck, potatoes roasted, oyster salad, canned peas, celery sauce; pumpkin pie. SUPPER-Toasted muffins, shaved dried beef. tea rusk, baked apples. 3. BREAKFAST-Breakfast wheat, pig's feet souse, breakfast potatoes. DIN- NER-Boiled bacon with cabbage, potatoes, turnips, carrots, onion sauce, chicken pie; bread pudding with sauce. SUPPER-Biscuit, cold bacon shaved, bread and milk, sponge cake and jelly 4. Sunday. BREAKFAST-Buckwheat cakes, croquettes of sausage meat, breakfast hominy. DINNER-Roast turkey, mashed potatoes, Lima beans, cranberry sauce, celery; mince pie, ambrosia, cake. SUPPER-Cold biscuit , sliced turkey, cranberry jelly, apple sauce. 5. BREAKFAST-Hot rolls, fried tripe, potato cakes. DINNER-Escaloped turkey, baked potatoes, pickled beets; cottage pudding, cake. SUPPER-Cold rolls, dried beef frizzled, hot buns, fried apples. 6. BREAKFAST-Graham gems, broiled mutton, potatoes a la pancake. DIN- NER-Turkey soup, roast beef with potatoes, stewed tomatoes, celery; rice pudding, fruit cake. SUPPER-Cold buns, sliced beef, Indian pudding ( corn mush) and milk. 7. BREAKFAST-Buttered toast, fried mush and maple syrup, fried liver. DINNER-Meat pie with chili sauce, mashed turnips, stewed corn; apple dumplings with sauce, cake. SUPPER-Tea rolls, sardines with sliced lemon , rusk, jelly. 8. BREAKFAST-Beat biscuit, broiled steak, ringed potatoes. DINNER- Baked chicken garnished with fried oysters, potatoes in their jackets, cranberry sauce, tomatoes, slaw; molasses pudding, lady fingers. SUPPER -Cold biscuit, boned chicken, sponge cake, canned peaches. 9. BREAKFAST-Toast, fried fish, potatoes fried. DINNER-Stuffed baked rabbit, whole boiled potatoes, salsify stewed, celery sauce; apple float, pumpkin pie, cake. SUPPER-French rolls, cold tongue. sliced oranges. 10. BREAKFAST-Bread puffs, broiled sausage, whole potatoes fried. DIN- NER-Saturday bean soup, fried mutton chops, plain boiled rice, potatoes baked, beet salad; March pudding with sauce, fruit meringue.

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