This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
August 23.
Soup - Vermicelli (7 qts 35 cents.)
Catfish stewed with tomatoes (5 lbs net, steaks 60 with sauce, 68 cents.)
Boiled smoked tongue (25 cents.)
Roast beef (3 ribs short, 6 lbs 80 cents.)
Civet of rabbit, a la Chasseur (8 rabbits 100, with trimmings, 125 cents.)
Chicken giblets, a la Parmentier (20 orders, 20 cents.)
Charlotte of apples, Francaise (36 or-ders, 40 cents.)
Baked sweet potatoes 20, squash 8, stewed onions 6, rice 6, beets 5, potatoes 8 (53 cents,)
Indian fruit pudding (No. 161 doubled, 24 orders, 36 cents.)
Blanc mange with cream (2 qts and cream, 45 cents.)
Telly roll, white cake (21/2 lbs 26 cents.)
Nuts, raisins, apples, cheese, crackers, pickles (55 cents.)
Milk, cream 60, butter, bread, coffee, tea, sugar 52 (112 cents.)
Total, $7 20; 55 parsons; 13 cents plate.
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