The Story of Crisco Part 63

Melt Crisco in stewpan, put in onion (sliced), and fry for a few minutes. Then add meat, cut in small pieces, and fry all together for about 10 minutes. Now sprinkle curry over meat, and stir contents of saucepan over fire for another 5 minutes. The gherkins, chutney and salt must now be added; also sauce or gravy; and stewpan must be set over very slow fire about 1 hour; by that time meat should be quite tender. Add lemon juice, and dish up. Serve with plainly boiled rice.

October 8

_*Fried Chicken, Swiss Style Sweet Corn Croquettes Broiled Tomatoes Crab Salad Crackers Cheese Coffee_

_*Fried Chicken, Swiss Style_--Cook chicken in salted water till it is fairly tender. Take up, let get cool, and cut into neat pieces for frying. Sprinkle these pieces with salt, pepper, and onion juice, then moisten them well with melted Crisco. Let them stand 1 or 2 hours to absorb flavoring of dressing, then dip in batter and drop into hot Crisco to cook till brown. This batter make of 1 cup flour, as much milk as is needed to have it stiff, 2 eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately, and 1/2 cup brandy. This batter will be better for standing, after it is mixed, for 1 hour.

October 9

_Roast Shoulder of Veal Roasted Potatoes Lima Beans Pickled Plums Romaine Salad *Raisin Batter Pudding Coffee_

_*Raisin Batter Pudding_--Beat up 3 eggs, sift in 2 cups flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt, add 1 tablespoon Crisco, 1 cup cream, and beat for 8 minutes; then add 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1 teaspoon orange extract. Pour into a Criscoed ca.s.serole, sprinkle over 8 tablespoons sultana raisins, and bake in moderate oven 1 hour. Serve with maple syrup.

October 10

_*Cream of Corn, a la Creole Scalloped Fish and Oysters Potato Croquettes Cauliflower and Beet Salad Squash Pie Coffee_

_*Cream of Corn, a la Creole_--Put 1 can of corn through meat chopper, add 1 large onion, sliced, 1 sprig of parsley, and 1 pint of water.

Cook altogether 20 minutes, being careful not to let it scorch, then press through a fine sieve, extracting all pulp possible. Melt 2 tablespoons Crisco, add an equal amount of sifted flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and dash of pepper. Cook to smooth paste; then add, very gradually, 1 quart scalded milk. When thick and smooth, add corn pulp and juice and 1 tablespoon sugar. Add salt to taste, and just before serving add 1 cup scalded cream or very rich milk.

October 11

_Roast Veal Mashed Sweet Potatoes Green Beans Stuffed Beet Salad Cheese Crackers *Dutch Apple Cake Coffee_

_*Dutch Apple Cake_--2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 3 teaspoons baking powder, 1 cup milk, 2 eggs, and 3 tablespoons melted Crisco. Mix and sift dry ingredients. Add beaten yolks, Crisco and milk. Beat well; cut and fold in stiffly beaten whites. Spread mixture 1/2 inch thick on Criscoed pans. Lay apples cut into eighths in 2 rows on top of dough. Sprinkle with sugar; bake in hot oven 30 minutes. Serve with lemon sauce.

October 12

_Cream of Carrot Soup Roast Pig, Apple Sauce Candied Sweet Potatoes Creamed Celery k.u.mquat 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 Ca.s.serole Squash Baked Potatoes Red Cabbage Salad Sultana Roll Coffee_

_*Peanut Puree_--1 cup peanut b.u.t.ter, 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 b.u.t.ter, 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 b.a.l.l.s 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.

Mix in separate basin fruit, lemon rind, flours and baking powder.

Stir this into other mixture, add nutmeg, and strained lemon juice.

Stir mixture several minutes longer. Have ready Criscoed gem tins, three-parts fill them with mixture and bake in fairly hot oven from 20 to 25 minutes. Unmold cakes and place on sieve to cool. Cakes may be coated with chocolate or boiled frosting.

October 17

_Baked Veal Cutlet Potatoes Scalloped with Green Peppers Succotash Spinach Salad *Apple Pie, Whipped Cream Coffee_

_*Apple Pie_--Core, peel and cut in halves 8 tart apples. Line pie plate with Crisco pastry, and fill with apples; sprinkle over 3 tablespoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoonful cinnamon, or nutmeg and cloves, and 2 tablespoons Crisco in small pieces. Bake till apples are soft, then, at the last moment cover with 1 cupful whipped cream, and send to table.

October 18

_Rice Soup Fish Pudding Cauliflower *Savory Potatoes Cheese Custard Apple Dumplings Coffee_

_*Savory Potatoes_--Pare 10 large potatoes and slice them, add 1 chopped onion. Crisco pudding dish, put in potatoes and onion, sprinkle with salt and pepper, 1 teaspoon sage and dot with Crisco, add 1 cup water and bake for 1-1/4 hours.

October 19