Breakfast

Bananas in cream Buckwheat cakes Fried country sausages Cocoa

Luncheon

Cold poached egg with mayonnaise Broiled finnan haddie Rump steak, Bercy Chateau potatoes Pickled beets Assorted fruits

Dinner

Cream of cauliflower Butterfish, saute meuniere Shoulder of veal, au jus Carrots, Vichy Duchess potatoes Watercress salad Roquefort cheese Toasted crackers Coffee

Bananas and cream. Peel and slice the bananas. Serve cream and powdered sugar separate.

Buckwheat cakes. One-quarter pound of buckwheat flour, one-quarter pound of white flour, one tablespoonful of baking powder, one ounce of sugar, one ounce of molasses, one egg and just enough milk to make a thin dough. Mix well and cook on hot iron plate rubbed with a piece of raw lard. Serve with strained honey or syrup, separate.

Mayonnaise sauce. Put in bowl three yolks of eggs, a pinch of salt, a little Cayenne pepper, a pinch of English mustard flour and a dash of Wor cestershire sauce. Stir well. Add, little by little, one pint of olive oil and an occasional few drops of vinegar or lemon juice. When finished, stir in one spoonful of boiling water, which will keep the sauce from curdling.

Cold poached eggs with mayonnaise. Serve on the top of toast. Pour mayonnaise over the egg, only. Garnish with lemon quarters and parsley.

Finnan haddie in cream. Remove the skin and bones and boil for one minute in plain water. Then separate the fish in small pieces, add one cup of cream and one-half cup of cream sauce, and boil for ten minutes. Serve in chafing dish.

Rump steak, Bercy. Broil steak. Sauce Bercy as follows: Simmer slightly in butter two chopped shallots. Add half cup of sauce maitre d'hotel, and one parboiled marrow, cut in small pieces. Pour over steak and put in oven for two minutes. Serve with chopped parsley.

Chateau potatoes. Cut raw potatoes in shape of a half-moon, and the size of an egg. Put in cold water, salt, and boil for five minutes. Then place in pan with butter and roast in oven for ten minutes. Salt again.

Boiled beets. Wash the beets well and boil with the skin on, in salt water. When soft remove the skin with the fingers while still hot.

Pickled beets. Use fresh-boiled and very hot beets. Put in a piece of cheese cloth, one onion, bay leaf, clove and one spoonful of whole black peppers, and tie tightly together. Place this in center of earthern pot with a layer of the hot sliced beets around the sides and over the top. To each dozen beets put four pieces of lump sugar on top. Salt and cover with white wine vinegar. Let stand, covered, at least two days before serving. If not all used at once, a wooden spoon must be used to remove the beets from the pot, otherwise they will spoil.

Cream of cauliflower soup. Put in saucepan one-half onion, a little leek, a piece of butter the size of two eggs, and let simmer slowly. Add one cup of flour, simmer a little more. Put in the stems of cauliflower and one quart of milk, boil till done, and strain through sieve. Put in pot, add one gill of cream and piece of sweet butter and stir well until butter is melted. Add salt and a little Cayenne pepper. Cut the heart of the cauliflower in small flowers, boil in salt water until soft, and add before serving.

Butter fish, meuniere. See sand dabs, meuniere.

Shoulder of veal, au jus. Roast either with or without bones. If boneless roll and tie firmly with a string. Season with salt and pepper and put in pan with an onion, carrot, bay leaf, clove and piece of butter. Put in oven and baste often. When done remove meat to platter, put a little water in the pan and let simmer for a few minutes, and add to the veal.