This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
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August 7.
Soup - Potage a la Bagiation (6 qts 36 cents.)
Croaker in batter, sauce remoulade (3 lbs and sauce, 46 cents.)
Potatoes a la Bazaine.
Boiled mutton, caper sauce (boned shoulder, 2 lbs and sauce 27 cents.)
Roast beef (2 lbs flank 22 cents.)
Spring lamb (hind quarter, 6 lbs 70 cents.)
Emince of veal with eggs (6 orders, 8 cents.)
Timbales of macaroni a la Rossini (15 orders 23 cents.)
Rice 5, peas 12, corn 15, cabbage 6, potatoes 15 (53 cents.)
Sliced bread and butter pudding (with sauce, 2 qts, 20 orders 22 cents.)
Apricot pie (2 with one can apricots 25, crust 5, 30 cents.)
Vanilla ice cream (2 qts pure, 3 when frozen 65 cents.)
Chocolate cake (finest, No. 894, 1 lb 12 cents.)
White cake (finest, No. 622, 1 lb 10 cents.)
Fruit, cheese, crackers, pickles (30 cents.)
Milk, cream, buttermilk (38 cents.)
Bread, butter, coffee, tea (28 cents.)
 
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