This section is from the book "Meals On Wheels", by Lou Willson, Olive Hoover. See also: Larousse Gastronomique.
Routine: Prepare pudding earlier in the day.
Prepare salad greens, place in bowl and put into refrigerator.
Remove potatoes from package and warm.
Make Crab a la Newburg.
2 cups or more of berries 1/2 cup sugar
1 cup prepared biscuit flour 4 tablespoons sugar
1 well beaten egg
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon melted butter
Cover bottom of baking dish with the berries. Sprinkle with one-half cup of sugar. Mix four tablespoons of sugar with the prepared flour. Add the egg, milk, vanilla and melted butter. Blend thoroughly. Spread evenly over the berries and bake in a moderate oven (350º), until done, or about forty minutes.
Serve with hard sauce if pudding is used hot, or with cream if served cold.
Lettuce
Watercress
Chicory french dressing 1 clove of garlic
Rub salad bowl with the garlic clove. Add any or all of the above salad greens, shredded, to the bowl, and marinate with the French dressing.
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon salt
Pepper
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1 cup milk
1 cup thin cream
1 cup flaked crab meat
2 egg yolks
3 tablespoons sherry
Melt butter. Add the flour, salt, pepper and paprika and mix well. Add the milk and stir constantly until thick. Add cream and the crab meat and cook thoroughly. Add beaten egg yolks and cook for three minutes longer stirring gently. If desired, add sherry just before serving.
 
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