This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
First bill of fare.
Soup - Macaroni dear (4 qts, 20 cents.) Corned beef (1 lb, 10 cents.) Roast beef (1 rib, 2 lbs, 25 cents.) Roast lamb (3 lbs, 30 cents.) Broiled Sweetbreads, maitre d'hotel (No. 651; Sweetbreads 19, sauce 5; 24 cents.)
. Green peas (garden, equal 1 can, seasoned, 20 cents.) Corn and tomatoes (30 cents.) Potatoes mashed, browned (6 cents.) Tapioca pudding (without eggs, No.
White Mountain ice cream (2 qts, 35 cents.)
Chocolate and other cake (without eggs, 20 cents.)
Cherries, nuts, raisins, pickles, cheese 27.
Butter, bread, coffee, tea, milk, cream
So-Total, $3 09; 27 persons; 1112 cents a plate.
 
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