GLOUCESTER COD A LA KING

(Twelve Persons)

Select a three-pound piece of boneless salt cod from the center cut; soak for three hours and then place in a piece of cheese-cloth and tie loosely, plunge into boiling water and boil for thirty minutes.  Drain.  Place two quarts of milk in a saucepan and add one and one-half cups of flour.  Stir with a wire spoon to dissolve the flour and then bring to a boil and cook slowly for ten minutes.  Now add

  Two well beaten eggs,
  The prepared fish, broken into flakes with a fork,
  Juice of one lemon,
  Two green peppers, cut into pieces and parboiled,
  One tablespoon of grated onion,
  One teaspoon of paprika.

Heat slowly until very hot and then serve on toast.

FRUIT CAKE

Place in a mixing bowl

  Two and one-half cups of syrup,
  One cup of shortening.

Cream well and then add

  Eight cups of flour,
  Four level tablespoons of baking powder,
  One cup of milk,
  One-half cup of cocoa,
  One tablespoon of cinnamon,
  One teaspoon of cloves,
  One teaspoon of allspice,
  Two eggs,
  Two cups of finely-chopped peanuts.

Beat to mix thoroughly and then grease and flour a baking pan and turn in the batter.  Place the raisins one at a time on the top of the batter and gently press them into the dough.  Bake for fifty minutes in a slow oven.  Cool and then ice and decorate with Hallowe’en figures and then cut into blocks.

FALL MENU

BREAKFAST

Grapes
Cereal and Cream
Fried Butterfish, Creole
Hashed Brown Potatoes              Water-cress
Rolls                                Coffee

DINNER

Grape Juice Cocktail
Pot Roast Beef, Spanish
Brown Potatoes String Beans
Tomato Salad
Rolls Coffee

SUPPER

Fried Tomatoes Cream Gravy
Potato Salad
Corn Bread Apple Sauce
Tea

BUTTERFISH, CREOLE

Cleanse the fish and wash well and then drain.  Now roll lightly in flour and brown in hot fat quickly.  Place in a baking dish and add the following sauce: 

  One cup of stewed tomatoes,
  Four onions, chopped fine,
  One teaspoon of salt,
  One teaspoon of paprika,
  One-half teaspoon of thyme.

Bake in the oven for twenty minutes and then serve from the dish.  Other fish may be used in place of the butter fish.

WINTER MENU

BREAKFAST

Grapes
Cereal and Cream
Virginia Griddle Cakes Syrup
Coffee