This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
Soup - puree of tomatoes with duchess crusts (5 qts, 25 cents.)
Boiled ham (knuckle, 2 lbs, 20 cents.)
Roast beef (1 rib and cap or shoulder cut, 4 lbs, gross, 50 cents.)
Mutton pie (1 lb, meat 8, 1 lb, paste 7, 15 cents.)
Macaroni and cheese (No, 584, 12 orders, 12 cents.)
Mashed potatoes, (7 cents.)
String beans (2 eans,seasoned, 28 cents.)
Steamed fruit pudding (2 lbs, 20 and sauce 5, 25 cents.)
Rhubarb pie (2 large, rolled thin, 14 cento.)
Cheese, raisins, pickles, crackers, con diments (average count, 25 cents.) Butter (average, 15 cents.) Milk, cream, coffee, tea (36 cents.) Total, $2 71; 25 persons; nearly 11 cents a plate.
 
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