October 12

Cream of Carrot Soup Roast Pig, Apple Sauce Candied Sweet Potatoes Creamed Celery Kumquat Salad *Cheese Croutons Coffee

Cheese Croutons_—­Cut crusts from thin slices of stale bread and spread lightly with creamed Crisco, then with a layer of cream cheese seasoned with salt and pepper.  Cover with a second slice of bread and cut into fingers 1 inch wide, using a sharp knife.  Place in a shallow pan and brown in a hot oven.

October 13

Peanut Puree Roast Pig Reheated in Casserole Squash Baked Potatoes Red Cabbage Salad Sultana Roll Coffee_

_*Peanut Puree_—­1 cup peanut butter, 1 quart milk, 1 tablespoon Crisco, 1 teaspoon onion juice, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, 1 bay leaf, 1 blade mace, pepper and salt to taste.  Put milk, Crisco, peanut butter, onion juice, pepper, bay leaf and blade mace in double boiler; stir and cook until hot.  Moisten cornstarch in little cold milk and add it to hot milk; stir until smooth and thick; strain through sieve.  Add salt and serve at once with croutons.

October 14

Grilled Halibut with Parmesan Roast Mutton, Currant Jelly Sauce Creamed Turnips Browned Sweet Potatoes American Salad Apple and Prune Pie Coffee_

_*Grilled Halibut with Parmesan_—­Take desired number of fillets of halibut and grill on both sides until nicely browned.  Take from broiler, spread with Crisco, cover with grated Parmesan cheese, season with salt and dash of paprika on each slice, and set in hot oven until cheese is well browned and melted.  Serve with lemon slices and potato balls tossed in melted Crisco containing chopped parsley.

October 15

Broiled Smelts Roasted Squabs Oyster Plant, Italian Style Oriental Salad Sweet Cider Jelly Coffee_

_*Broiled Smelts_—­Select 12 large smelts, clean well and split.  Chop 12 olives, 1/2 green pepper with seeds removed, 2 sprigs parsley, add 1/2 tablespoon Crisco.  Spread paste inside each smelt.  Close fish together, sprinkle with salt, moisten with melted Crisco and broil over clear fire.

October 16

Poeled Fowl, Cranberry Sauce Mashed Potatoes Cauliflower au Gratin Tomato and Green Pepper Salad Macaroon Custard *Queen Cakes Coffee

Queen Cakes_—­1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup Crisco, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 3 eggs, 1/4 cup currants, 1/4 cup glace cherries (cut in dice), grate nutmeg, thin rind 1/2 lemon (chopped finely), juice 1 lemon, 1 cup flour, 4 tablespoons rice flour, and 1 teaspoon baking powder.  Put Crisco and sugar in basin and work with wooden spoon to cream, add salt and eggs 1 by 1, and beat mixture thoroughly.