This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
August 12.
Soup - Consomme St. Xavier (7 qts 42 cents.)
Lake trout, a la Genevoise (5 lbs and wine 70 cents.)
Potato bignets (10 cents.)
Roast beef (loin and flank 4 lbs 50 cents.)
Spring lamb, mint sauce (5 lbs 60 cents.)
Mutton stew a l' Irlandaise (2 lbs and vegetables 13 orders 20 cents.)
Macaroni a la Palermetane (12 orders
12 cents.)
Peaches a la Richelieu (1 can in syrup, 20 orders 33 cents.)
Stewed carrots 4, squash 6, butter-beans 8, mashed turnips 4, rice 5, potatoes 14 (41 cents.)
Steamed huckleberry roll (No, 937; 22 orders 28 cents.)
Saratoga shortcake (No. 301; 32 cents.)
Floating island (2 qts custard, cakes, jelly, cream 30 orders 26 cents.)
Corn starch jelly (11/2 qts and cream 18 cents.)
Nuts, raisins, cheese, crackers condiments (45 cents.)
Milk and buttermilk 3 gallons 36, cream, 3 pts 30, butter 11/4 lbs 25, bread 8, coffee, tea, sugar 22 (121 cents.)
Total $6 08; 45 persons; 131/2 cents a plate.
 
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