This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
Vegetable soup (No. 140; cost nominal, say 16 cents.) Roast loin mutton (3 lbs, 30 cents.) Potted beefsteak (village bought, rough,
30 cents.)
Macaroni with creamed cheese (12 or-ders, 12 cents.)
Green peas (from garden, worth 20 cents.)
Lima beans (dried, 1/2 lb, and seasoning 5 cents.)
Tomatoes (1 can, 15 cents.) Potatoes (plain steamed, 3 cents.) Spice pie (No. 593; 3 pies, 19 cents.) Old-fashioned rice pudding (2 qts, 13 cents; sauce, 3 - 16 cents.) Condiments, crackers, nuts, raisins, cheese (average, 25 cents.) Butter 15, milk and cream 30, coffee, tea, bread 10.
Total, $2 46; 25 persons; nearly 10 cents a plate.
 
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