The Story of Crisco

The Story of Crisco, 1913 — how Procter & Gamble taught America a new fat, with 250 recipes and a year of dinners to seal it.

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Frozen Pudding Coffee

*Guinea Hen, Roasted-Truss 2 guinea hens, cover breasts with thin slices of bacon, and put in roaster and bake, basting often until tender.

Remove bacon and brown. Melt in roasting pan 2 tablespoons Crisco, stir in 2 tablespoons flour, pour in gradually 2 cups scalded cream, and stir constantly. Strain, season with salt and white pepper, and, if liked, a tiny grain nutmeg, and pour this over guinea hens, or pass separately.

Serve with these, potato balls of uniform size, which have been sauted in Crisco and sprinkled with chopped parsley.

March 23

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