This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
Oatmeal 1 cup raw, 2 cents.
Beefsteak (2 pounds loin, clear, 4c cents.)
Eggs, scrambled (6 orders, 12 eggs, 17 cents.)
Potatoes, stewed in cream (7 cents.)
Biscuits (2 doz., 15 cents.)
Batter cakes (cheapest; 3 pints batter, 8 cents.)
Syrup (12 cents.)
Butter (1 pound for table and steak, 25 cents.)
 
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