This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
July 5. No oatmeal in house.
Veal steaks (2 lbs, 26 cents.)
Mutton steaks or rough chops (2 lbs,
22 cents.) Butter gravy for meats and eggs (6 oz,
7 cents.) Stowed eggs (22 eggs, 28 cents.) Potatoes minced and browned. (7 cents.) Biscuits (14 fresh made, 8 cents.) Rolls (14 left last meal warmed over.) Batter cakes (No. 402 - 1 qt, 8 cents.) Coffee 5, tea 1, milk 12, cream 10, syrup 10, butter 1/2 lb, 10, bread baked
15.
 
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