The stock in which mushrooms are cooked may be used in Chicken and Clam Bouillon or in a sauce for another meal.
QUICK PARKER HOUSE ROLLS
Sift together
2 1/2 cups bread flour
1 tablespoon sugar and
1 teaspoon salt. With tips of fingers
work in
2 tablespoons shortening. Add
1 yeast cake dissolved in
1/3 cup lukewarm water and
1/2 cup milk. Beat well, let rise,
turn out on floured cloth or board
and roll lightly 1/3 inch thick. Shape in long
ovals, dip lower half in
Melted butter, fold double, buttered side
up, and place in pans close
together. Let rise and bake in hot oven 10 minutes
at 425 degrees F.
and 10 minutes at 400 degrees F. Brush with melted
butter just before
removing from oven.
LITTLE CHOCOLATE CAKES
Put in double boiler
2 squares chocolate, broken in small pieces
1/2 cup milk and
2 egg yolks. Cook, stirring constantly
until thick and smooth. Remove
from fire and add
1 cup sugar and
3 tablespoons butter and
1 1/4 cups bread flour, alternately with
1/2 cup milk in which
1/2 teaspoon soda is dissolved. Beat
well and fold in
2 egg whites beaten stiff and
1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Pour into greased
individual tins and bake
15 minutes at 450 degrees F. Cover with
Cream frosting in different colors.
CREAM FROSTING
Beat
1 egg white until stiff, add
2 teaspoons cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla and, slowly,
3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar, and
more if needed to make of right
consistency to spread. Divide into several portions,
and color with
a bit of
Color paste, pale yellow, pink, green,
or lavender.
PINEAPPLE SMASH
Boil together for 10 minutes
2 cups water and
1 cup sugar. Add
1 pint can grated pineapple and
Juice of 3 lemons. To 1 cup of mixture
add
1/3 cup ice water and freeze until firm.
Cool remainder and strain
over block of ice. Add just before serving
1 1/2 pints ginger ale and serve in tall
glasses with a
Ball of the pineapple sherbet in each
glass. Garnish with sprigs of
Mint and
Maraschino cherries.
[Illustration: Pineapple smash]
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MENU X
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Tuna Fish a la King in Patty Cases
Cabbage and Carrot Salad
Thousand Island French Dressing
Bran Muffins
Maple Charlotte with Maple Pecan Sauce
and Sponge Cake
Coffee with Honey and Whipped Cream
PRELIMINARY PREPARATIONS
Sponge cake made
Maple charlotte made
Salad dressing made except for the addition of cream
Dry ingredients and shortening mixed for bran muffins
Peppers cooked
Tuna fish flaked
Cabbage shredded
Ingredients measured for tuna fish a la king
Patty cases made and baked.