This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
August 18.
Soup - Consomme paysanne (7 qts 42 cents.)
Fried sunfish, a la Margate (string of 30 panfish, 5 lb 40 cents."
Sliced cucumbers, potato salad, olives (20 cents.)
Boiled leg of mutton, caper sauce (4 lbs 55 cents.)
Roast beef (loin 4 lbs 52 cents.)
Chicken pot pie (5 fowls 125, with trimmings, 140 cents.)
Small fillers of beef a la Creole (2 lbs and sauce, 30 cents.)
Virginia grated corn pudding (25 cents.)
Lima beans 7, mashed turnips 4, browned carrots 5, tomatoes 12, potatoes 15 (46 cents.)
Steamed cabinet pudding (36 orders, 50 cents.)
Sweet potato pie (5 pies 43 cents.)
Vanilla ice cream (31/2 qts 75 cents.)
Cocoanut macaroons (same as No. 457; doubled, 26 cents.)
Apple, peaches, nuts, crackers, cheese (53 cents.)
Milk, cream 66, coffee, tea, sugar, bread, butter 53 (119 cents.)
 
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