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Soups
10 recipes
Fish
23 recipes
Meats
16 recipes
Vegetables
19 recipes
Salads
11 recipes
Puddings
24 recipes
Sandwiches
12 recipes
Pastries
84 recipes
Cakes
53 recipes
Vegetarian Dishes
26 recipes
Eggs
11 recipes
Candies
12 recipes
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Highlights
Croquettes
Salt and pepper to taste 2 hard-cooked eggs 1 raw egg
Entire Wheat Bread
1/4 cupfuls boiling water 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1/4 cupfuls milk 2 teaspoonfuls salt 2 tablespoonfuls sugar 1 yeast cake 1/4…
Plum Compote Coffee
*Boiled Mutton-Wipe leg of mutton, put on fire, barely covered with boiling water, and let boil about 10 minutes, then simmer…
Coffee (Chicken Croquettes- cups)
*Chicken Croquettes-2 cups cooked chicken, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon celery salt, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon…
Coffee (XXXXI)
*Brown Bread Souffle-Melt 2½ tablespoons Crisco, add 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup cream, 2 cups brown breadcrumbs, 1/4 teaspoon salt…
For Dressing (Teaspoonful white pepper eggs)
1/4 teaspoonful white pepper 2 eggs 4 tablespoonfuls lemon juice 1 cupful whipped cream 1 tablespoonful Crisco 1 teaspoonful…