This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
August 25.
Soup - Bisque of lobster (6 qts 48 cents.)
Baked carp, tomato sauce (4 lbs and sauce, 50 cents.)
Boiled ham with Brussells sprouts (25 cents.)
Roast loin of beef (2 lbs 35 cents.)
Braised young pig, a la Francaise (7 lbs and sauce, 155 cents.)
Salmi of grouse with olives (6 grouse and sauce, 130 cents.)
Egg-plant stew, a la Turque (16 orders, 32 cents.)
Compote of bananas with rice (18 bananas 36 orders, 4c cents.)
Fried cabbage 6, baked pumpkin 8, tomatoes 8, corn 10, beets 4, potatoes 8 (44 cents.)
Baked barley pudding (28 cents.)
Peach meringue (like No. 195; 43, cents.)
Best sponge cake (No. 1091; 25 cents.)
Plums, apples, nuts, raisins, cheese, etc. (44 cents.)
Milk, cream, coffee, tea, butter, etc. (84 cents.)
Total, $7 83; 46 persons; 17 cents a plate.
This morning took place the first break of Summer boarders for their homes; nine went away before dinner; going to prepare their children for school for September.
 
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