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.

A Year'S Bill Of Fare

21 receipts in this part of The Dixie Cook-Book.

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…

Supper (Plain bread bologna sausage)

Plain bread, bologna sausage, jelly cake. 11. Sunday. BREAKFAST-Baked beans and brown bread, fried potatoes. DINNER-Roast goose, steamed…

Bill of Fare for February

1. Sunday. BREAKFAST-Hot rolls, broiled sirloin steak, saratoga potatoes. DINNER-Chicken pie with oysters, roast potatoes, salsify, dried…

Dinner (BREAKFAST-Hot biscuit broiled)

18. BREAKFAST-Hot biscuit, broiled pork, fried potatoes. Potato soup, mashed potatoes, salsify, beef steak pudding, celery; chocopudding…

Bill of Fare for March

1. BREAKFAST-Cream toast, chicken croquettes, boiled eggs, DINNER- Beefsteak pudding, stewed salsify, baked potatoes, lobster salad, celery…

Bill of Fare for April

1. BREAKFAST-Long breakfast rolls, broiled porter-house steaks, hominy croquettes. DINNER-Chicken soup, chicken dressed with egg sauce…

Bill of Fare for May

1. BREAKFAST-Buttered toast, served with fricassee of cold boiled or canned fish, boiled eggs. DINNER-Bacon boiled with spring greens…

Bill of Fare for June

1. BREAKFAST-Buttered toast, poached eggs, mutton chops. DINNER- Roast beef, whole potatoes, ambushed asparagus, tomato salad; strawberries…

Bill of Fare for July

1. BREAKFAST-Warm biscuit, hominy croquettes, broiled ham, sliced to, matoes. DINNER-Beef's tongue with green peas, potatoes a la Parisien…

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…

Bill of Fare for August

1. Sunday. BREAKFAST-Nutmeg melon, broiled mackerel, potatoes whole, buttered toast, flannel cakes with syrup. DINNER-Chicken soup, roast…

Dinner (SUPPER-Toasted muffins chipped)

SUPPER-Toasted muffins, chipped dried beef, cold buns and jelly or blackberries. 4. BREAKFAST-Light rolls, mutton chops breaded, crushed…

Supper (Plain bread sliced ham cracked)

Plain bread, sliced ham, cracked wheat. 8. Sunday. BREAKFAST-Nutmeg melon, broiled veal cutlets, vegetable hash, corn fritters…

Dinner (BREAKFAST-Batter cakes Katy's)

9. BREAKFAST-Batter cakes, Katy's codfish, tomato omelet. Baked lamb, creamed cabbage, stewed tomatoes; cream pudding. SUPPER- Biscuit…

Bill of Fare for September

1. BREAKFAST-Milk toast, broiled steak, fried potatoes. DINNER-Chicken pie, boiled potatoes, young carrots, green corn; peach short cake…

Bill of Fare for October

1. BREAKFAST-Broiled steak, flannel cakes, fried potatoes. DINNER-Baked or boiled fish, potatoes boiled, fried egg plant; peach pie, cake…

Bill of Fare for November

1. BREAKFAST-Biscuit, croquettes of veal, breakfast hominy. DINNER- Veal stew, turnips, beets; baked apples with cream, cake. SUPPER-Cold…

Bill of Fare for December

1. BREAKFAST-Corn batter cakes, devilled oysters, fried potatoes. DIN- NER-Chicken pie with oysters, canned Lima beans, cabbage salad…

Additional Bills of Fare

NEW YEAR'S TABLE. - When receiving calls on New Year's day, the table should be handsomely arranged and decorated, and provided with rather…

Bills of Fare (Buns twelve loaves bread made)

buns, twelve loaves bread made in wedding sandwich rolls or in plain sandwiches; twenty-two large cakes; fifteen dozen large oranges…

For the Picnic

In the "Sunny South," picnics are in order as early as April, but in the more northern latitudes should never be attempted before the…

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