For Luncheon and Supper Guests eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 48 pages of information about For Luncheon and Supper Guests.

For Luncheon and Supper Guests eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 48 pages of information about For Luncheon and Supper Guests.

[Illustration:  Molasses pie]

MERINGUE

Beat
  4 egg whites until stiff and dry.  Beat in gradually
  1/3 cup powdered sugar
  1/8 teaspoon salt and
  1/2 teaspoon vanilla.  Remove egg beater and fold in
  1/3 cup powdered sugar.  Put on pie, making rough with a spoon, or
using pastry bag and rose tube, and bake 12 minutes at 350 degrees F.

ICED TEA WITH GINGER ALE

Bring to boiling point
  1 quart fresh cold water.  Add
  4 individual tea bags or 4 heaping teaspoons Orange Pekoe tea.  Cover
and let stand 2 minutes.  Strain over a
  Large piece of ice.  Just before serving add
  1 quart ginger ale.  Serve with
  Sugared lemon slices.

SUGARED LEMON SLICES

Cut in slices
  2 large lemons and lay on a plate.  Sprinkle with
  4 tablespoons sugar.  Turn over and sprinkle with
  2 tablespoons sugar.  Just before serving arrange
  Lemon on lemon plate with lemon fork.  Put any extra
Syrup into the tea.  Use one or more slices lemon in each glass of tea.

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MENU VI

Chow Mein or Chop Suey
Pepper Jam Sandwiches
Frozen Fruit Salad
Crackers and Cheese
Cream Caramel Layer Cake
Percolated Coffee

PRELIMINARY PREPARATIONS

Cream caramel layer cake made, filled and frosted
Pepper jam filling made
Materials prepared for chow mein or chop suey
Fruit (except banana) ready for salad
Mayonnaise dressing made
Lettuce washed

MARKET ORDER

1 1/2 pounds pork chops or 1 large broiler 1 cream cheese 1 pint cream 1/2 pint milk 1/2 pound butter 5 eggs 1 onion 1 bunch celery 1/4 pound dried mushrooms 3 red peppers or 1 small can pimientos 1 lemon 1 banana 1 head lettuce 1/2 loaf dark Graham bread 1/2 loaf white bread Chicken stock Soyu sauce 1/2 cup canned apricots 3/4 cup pineapple and syrup 3/4 cup maraschino cherries and syrup 1 package small round crackers 4 stuffed olives 1 package confectioners’ sugar 1/4 pound coffee 3 cups salad oil 2 ounces chocolate 1/3 cup mayonnaise dressing 1 teaspoon gelatin

For Chop Suey

6 Chinese water chestnuts 1/2 pound bean sprouts 1/4 pound (1 can) bamboo shoots

Note:  Dried mushrooms, Soyu sauce, bean sprouts, water chestnuts, and bamboo shoots are for sale by Chinese grocers.

CHOW MEIN

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