This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
Blackcap raspberries and currants (2 qts, 18 cents.)
Oatmeal (2 cents.)
Beefsteak (4 orders, 10 cents.)
Lamb chops (10 orders, 20 small chops, 2 lbs, 20 cents.)
Omelets with green onions (No. 89; 4 orders, 8 eggs, 10 cents.)
Eggs poached and boiled (10 orders, 24 cents.)
Potatoes minced in cream (No. 534; 7 cents.)
German puffs (No. 623; 18 large with 6 eggs, etc., 18 cents.)
Corn bread (buttermilk, no eggs, 8 orders, 3 cents.)
Graham batter cakes (no eggs, 1 qt, 7 cents.)
Milk (6 qts, 18 cents.)
Cream (3 pts, 30 cents.)
Butter (1 lb, 20 cents.)
Syrup 4, bread 4, coffee, tea, sugar 14.
Total, $2 09; 26 persons; 8 cents a plate.
 
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