The Story of Crisco Part 57

_*Planked Chicken_--2 spring chickens, 1 cup boiled rice, 1/2 pound mushrooms, and 1 gla.s.s 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 Frica.s.see 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.

August 2

_*Beef Olives Braised Lettuce Stuffed Potatoes Beet Salad Cheese Relish Red Currant Cream Lady Fingers Coffee_

_*Beef Olives_--Cut 2 pounds of steak into pieces 4-1/2 inches long and 2 inches wide. Mix together in a basin 3 tablespoons breadcrumbs, 1 chopped onion, 4 tablespoons Crisco, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, salt, pepper, and paprika to taste and 1 well beaten egg. Spread a little of this mixture on each piece of meat, roll up and tie with fine string. Melt 2 tablespoons Crisco in a pan, brown pieces of meat in it; stir in 1 tablespoon flour, gradually add 2 cups water, bring to boiling point and cook slowly 1-1/2 hours. Remove string and dish in a circle, season the gravy and strain over the meat.

August 3

_Cream of Corn Soup *Stuffed Flank Steak Mashed Potato Sh.e.l.led Beans Onion and Mint Salad Ivory Cream Coffee_

_*Stuffed Flank Steak_--Buy a flank steak. Fry 2 tablespoons chopped onion in a 1/4 cup Crisco. Add 1/2 cup soft, stale breadcrumbs, 1/4 teaspoon mixed herbs, salt and pepper to taste. Spread over steak, roll and tie. Brown in 3 tablespoons Crisco, and remove to ca.s.serole or covered dish. To the Crisco in pan add an equal quant.i.ty of flour, and brown, then add 1 cup stock or boiling water, and 1 cup strained tomato, season with salt and pepper, pour over the roll, cover dish, and cook slowly until meat is tender. If cooked in ca.s.serole it may be served in same dish.

August 4

_Fried Soft Sh.e.l.l Crabs, Sauce Tartare Hashed Browned Potatoes Pepper and Cuc.u.mber Salad Cheese Fingers *Apricot Omelet Coffee_

_* Apricot Omelet_--Cut 6 preserved apricots into dice, and heat up in a little fruit juice. Beat up 5 eggs, add pinch of salt and 1 tablespoon sugar. Melt in an omelet pan or frying pan 2 tablespoons Crisco, when hot pour in beaten eggs and stir over quick fire till they commence to thicken, put in the prepared apricots, then shape quickly into an oval form by folding the ends. Allow the omelet to acquire a golden brown by putting it in the oven, turn out on to a hot dish, dredge with sugar and serve at once.

August 5

_*Country Club Chicken Sweet Potatoes Green Corn Tomato Salad Apple Whip Chocolate Wafers Coffee_

_*Country Club Chicken_--Wash 2 broilers or quite young chickens, cut them in halves or quarters if they be large enough, wipe them and dip each piece in beaten egg, well seasoned with salt and pepper and mixed with cream. Roll pieces in breadcrumbs and place them in Criscoed pan, dot generously with Crisco and place in hot oven for 15 minutes. Now put chicken in hot kettle, cover and let smother and steam for 30 minutes or until tender on a slow fire. Place chicken on hot platter; add half cup hot cream to gravy in kettle and strain it over chickens.

August 6

_*Baked Liver and Bacon Mashed Potatoes Corn on Cob Lettuce and Pineapple Salad Stewed Pears Cream Hasty Cake Coffee_

_*Baked Liver and Bacon_--Select liver, wash it well, rub it with Crisco, and place it in vinegar with 1 chopped shallot, a little chopped parsley, and salt and pepper to suit taste. Let it stand overnight; roast it, adding strips of bacon. Baste it frequently with the vinegar mixture. When done, make brown gravy, and serve very hot.

August 7

_Grilled Trout Chicken Saute *Souffled Squash Potato Croquettes French Salad Fruit Compote Coffee_

_*Souffled Squash_--Take medium-sized Hubbard squash, remove seeds and stringy portion, and pare. Place in steamer and cook over boiling water for 30 minutes. Mash and season with Crisco, salt and pepper to taste. To 2 cups of the mashed squash, add gradually 1 cup cream, when blended, yolks of 2 well beaten eggs, and finally the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. Pour into Criscoed souffle dish and bake in moderate oven till firm. Serve at once.

August 8

_Clam c.o.c.ktail Roast Lamb, Mint Jelly Rice Fritters Lima Beans Lettuce and Banana Salad *Windsor Tartlets Iced Coffee_

_*Windsor Tartlets_--Crisco Plain Pastry, 2 eggs, 4 tablespoons Crisco, 4 tablespoons sugar, 1-1/2 tablespoons cornstarch, 5 powdered macaroons, 18 glace cherries, 1 piece of lemon peel, and 1/2 tablespoon chopped almonds.

Put Crisco and sugar into 1 basin and beat them to a cream. Add yolks of eggs, 1 at a time, and beat each well in. Chop cherries and peel, add them and macaroons to mixture, mix thoroughly, add almonds and cornstarch. Roll out Crisco Plain Pastry and line small tartlet tins thinly with it. Beat whites of eggs to stiff froth and stir lightly into mixture. Fill each lined tin three parts full. Bake them in moderate oven until mixture is set and brown. Dust with sugar and serve either hot or cold. Place crossbars of pastry over mixture, if liked. Stale cakecrumbs can be used instead of macaroons.

August 9

_Ca.s.serole of Lamb Rice Spiced Peaches *Macaroon Pudding After Dinner Mints Coffee_

_*Macaroon Pudding_--Soak 6 macaroons in 1/2 cup milk. Heat 2 cups milk in double boiler, add 2 tablespoons cornstarch moistened with 1 well beaten egg, 1 teaspoon Crisco, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and macaroons.

Cook for 20 minutes, remove from fire, add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. Turn into Criscoed and sugared pudding dish, sprinkle 1/2 cup sugar on top, and cover with sliced peaches. Serve cold.

August 10

_Tomato Bisque Croutons Potato Croquettes Fried Egg Plant Celery and Apple Salad *Chocolate Pudding Coffee_

_*Chocolate Pudding_--Crisco a mold or basin. Beat 3 tablespoons Crisco and 2 tablespoons sugar to a cream, then beat in 3 yolks of eggs. Dissolve 11/2 teacups grated chocolate smoothly in 1 cup milk, add it to Crisco mixture, with 2 cups cakecrumbs, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and whites of eggs stiffly beaten. Fold the whites in gently. Pour into prepared mold, cover with Criscoed paper and steam for 2 hours. Turn out and serve with white sauce. This mixture may be placed in a Criscoed pudding dish and baked in a moderate oven.

August 11

_Fried Chicken, a la Maryland French Fried Potatoes *Stewed Onions Stuffed Tomato Salad Musk Melon with Ice Cream Coffee_

_*Stewed Onions_--Peel onions and boil in boiling salted water till tender. When done, drain, and turn into hot vegetable dish. Melt 2 tablespoons of Crisco in saucepan, then stir in 1 tablespoon flour, mix well, add 1 cup milk and stir till boiling, add salt and pepper to taste and pour over onions.