This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
August 21.
Soup - Puree a la Crecy (6 qts 36 cents.)
Salt mackerel, mustard sauce (4 fish and sauce, 24 cents.)
Potatoes a naturel.
Chicken, a la Bechamel (5 fowls and sauce, 130 cents.)
Roast beef (rib ends 5 lbs 45 cents.)
Stuffed shoulder mutton (4 lbs 50 cents.)
Curry of veal, a la Calcutta (10 orders, 1 lb and trimmings, 23 cents.)
Macaroni, a la Creole (20 orders, 20 cents.)
Fried egg plant 15, turnips 4, corn 10, squash 8, potatoes 12 (40 cents.)
Astor House pudding (No. 594 doubled; 24 orders, 28 cents.) Covered lemon pie (5 large, thin, 35 cents.)
Frozen buttermilk (5 qts frozen, 25 cents.)
Fruit cake, jelly cake (2 lbs 20 cents.)
Peaches, nuts, cheese, crackers, condiments (50 cents.)
Milk, cream 50, coffee, tea, sugar, butter, bread 48 (98 cents.)
 
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