This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
August 22.
Soup - Chicken gumbo (1 chicken 25, okra 25, 7 qts 70 cents.)
Red snapper, a la Palatka (7 lbs and trimmings, 100 cents.)
Sweet potatoes fried (12 cents.)
Roast beef (flank 4 lbs 48 cents.)
Roast chicken, puree de marrons (8 chickens and trimmings, 220 cents.)
Beef and green peas, a la Turgee (2 lbs meat 22, peas 10, 32 cents.)
Baked beans and pork (20 cents.)
Green corn 20, tomatoes 8, squash 6, beets 4, potatoes 10 (48 cents.)
Spanish puff fritters (No. 155 trebled; sugared, 40 orders, 45 cents.)
Baked apple dumplings (30 orders, 50 cents.)
Frozen buttermilk 6 qts frozen, 30 cents.)
Arabian cake (21/2 lbs 25 cents.)
Apples, peaches (25 cents.)
Nuts, raisins, cheese, crackers, pickles, condiments (56 cents.)
Milk 36, cream 30, butter 20, bread 12, coffee, tea, sugar 20 (118 cents.)
 
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