July 28

Puree of Fruit Steak with Fresh Mushrooms String Beans Riced Potatoes Lettuce and Watercress Salad *Cherry Blanc-mange Coffee

Cherry Blanc-mange_—­Put 1 quart of milk into a saucepan, add 1 tablespoon Crisco.  Mix 1 cup cornstarch smoothly with 1/2 cup cold milk; when the milk boils stir in cornstarch and stir for 10 minutes, then add 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla.  Stew 2 cups cherries until tender in _1/2_ cup water, add 2 tablespoons sugar.  Rinse out a mold with cold water, arrange a few cherries in the bottom, then put in some blanc-mange, then rest of cherries mixed with cornstarch.  Turn out when firm.  Serve with milk.

July 29

Iced Tomato Bouillon *Swiss Steak Mashed Potato Egg Plant Fritters Lettuce Salad, Chifonade Dressing Strawberry Parfait Coffee

Swiss Steak_—­1 pound steak, 1 cup flour, salt and pepper, 4 skinned tomatoes, 1 sliced onion, and water.  Have steak cut 2 inches thick, and pound into it the flour.  Put steak into a skillet, with 3 tablespoons Crisco and brown on both sides.  Then cover with water, adding sliced onion, tomatoes sliced and cover closely and let simmer for 3 hours.  Just before steak is done add salt and pepper to taste.  When done, the gravy is already made and is delicious.

July 30

Clear Soup *Planked Chicken Potato Croquettes Asparagus Tips Boiled Rice Pineapple Salad Vanilla Ice Cream Strawberry Sauce Coffee

Planked Chicken_—­2 spring chickens, 1 cup boiled rice, 1/2 pound mushrooms, and 1 glass guava jelly.  Stew mushrooms; put chicken either in oven or under broiler, bone side to hottest part of fire.  Heat and Crisco a plank; put chicken on, bone side down; sprinkle with melted Crisco, dust with salt and pepper and broil on board under gas for 1/2 an hour.  Garnish with rice; pour over mushrooms.  Place at corners small bread patties, holding the guava jelly.

July 31

Baked Beans Finger Rolls Beet and Potato Salad Lemon Jelly, Whipped Cream Cafe Parfait_

_*Baked Beans_—­Wash 2 quarts of small white beans, put them in a saucepan, cover with cold water; as soon as they come to a boil, drain; put them in a fireproof baking dish, add 4 tablespoons Crisco, 1 chopped onion, salt and pepper to taste and 1/4 teaspoon mustard, fill dish with boiling water, cover tight, and bake from 5 to 6 hours; add more water as required to keep from getting dry.  They can be warmed over as needed.

August 1

Brown Fricassee of Kidneys Summer Squash New Cabbage Salad *Blueberry Pie Coffee

Blueberry Pie_—­Line a deep perforated tin with Crisco Plain Pastry; brush over with water or white of egg.  Fill with floured blueberries; add sugar, Crisco, salt and vinegar.  Allow 1 cup sugar to 3 cups berries, 1 tablespoon Crisco, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon vinegar.  Cover with crust and bake.