This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
Beefsteak (12 orders, 20 cents.)
Calf's liver breaded (12 orders, 18 cents ) Broiled bacon (2 orders, 4 cents.) Codfish in cream (4 orders, 5 cents.) Cold meats (1/2 lb, charged dinner.) Potatoes French fried and baked (8 cents.) Rolls (30, 12 cents.) French coffee cakes (No. 262; made
30, 20 cents.) Pears in syrup (2 cans California, 50 cents.) Cake, cookies, ginger snaps (15 cents.) Milk, cream 44; butter 22. Coffee, tea, sugar 21; bread 6. Total, $2 50; 35 persons; little over 7 cents a plate.
 
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