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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Dinner (Ham or shoulder boiled)

-Ham or shoulder boiled with cabbage and other vegetables, greens; baked custard, cake . SUPPER-Biscuits, cold ham, bread and milk iced, blackberries with cream. 25. Sunday. BREAKFAST-Breakfast rolls, frizzled ham and eggs, tomato omelet, cottage cheese. DINNER-Okra soup, boiled chickens, sweet pickles, , cottage cheese. DINNER-Okra soup, boiled chickens, sweet pickles, escaloped cauliflower, stewed corn, lettuce; ambrosia of oranges and cocoanut, almond cake. SUPPER-Cold rolls, sliced chicken, huckleberries and cream. 26. BREAKFAST-Rolls, fried pickled tripe, tomato omelet. DINNER-Escaloped chicken, whole potatoes, string beans, summer squash, onions, radchicken, whole potatoes, string beans, summer squash, onions, radishes; berries with cream, cake. SUPPER-Plain bread, cold pressed meat, crackers with fruit. 27. BREAKFAST-Muffins, broiled mutton or lamb chops, fried potatoes, tomatoes. DINNER-Roast beef, cauliflower boiled with sauce, Lima beans, . DINNER-Roast beef, cauliflower boiled with sauce, Lima beans, raw tomatoes; huckleberry roll with sauce, cake. SUPPER-Toasted muffins, sliced beef, cake and lemonade 28. BREAKFAST-Cream toast, broiled beefsteak, puff omelet, stewed tomatoes. DINNER-Boiled corned beef with turnips, potatoes, beans, cabbage; . DINNER-Boiled corned beef with turnips, potatoes, beans, cabbage; sliced bread pudding, cake . SUPPER-Light biscuit, cold corn beef, egg rolls. 29. BREAKFAST-Waffles, fried chickens, fricasseed potatoes. DINNER- Roast chicken, potatoes, squash, baked tomatoes; gooseberry tarts, cake. chicken, potatoes, squash, baked tomatoes; gooseberry tarts, cake.

SUPPER-Plain bread, cold chicken, jelly and cake. 30. BREAKFAST-Graham gems, broiled ham with poached eggs. DINNER- Fish, fresh or canned, potatoes mashed, onions stewed with cream, Lima , fresh or canned , potatoes mashed, onions stewed with cream, Lima beans, lettuce; huckleberry pie, cream puffs. SUPPER-Graham toast, sardines, "vanities" with jelly. 31. BREAKFAST-Buttered toast, potato cakes, omelets with tomatoes. DIN- NER -Boiled ham or shoulder with cabbage, potatoes and other vegetables, cucumber salad ; custard pie. SUPPER-Light biscuit, shaved ham, blanc mange with jelly and cake.

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