Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-14
OUR PRIZE 81 DINNER.
Here is Good BIN of Fare for Dinner
Tomorrow or Next nav.

every mail brings to the dinner editor
the New York Press has caught on again
Inc ladies' are sending in fbts of bills Of
fares Of dinners which will not cost more
than 81 for four persons and all are SO
good that 1t is not easy to make a selee-
ton. However, the following sounds
appetizing and is therefore offered for
your dinner tomorrow Try it:
BILL OF FARE NO. ?.
SOUP
Tomato, with Rice
FISH.
Baked Bass. with Parsley.
POULTRY.
Chicken Fricassee.
MEATS
Veal Chops, Dreaded, Tomato Sauce.
VEGETABLES.
Picked Beets. 'N'''0 e''iro's'
DESSERT.
Coffee. Co., Apple Cake.
COST.
Chicken, % cents; fish, Is; tomatoes
3 half pound lard, loaf of bread 4 .
outlets, II; four potatoes, 3 BUNCH beets
3; three carrots, , quarter pound butter
Z; apples and -four, 6; milk, 3; total, 81
PREPARATION.
For the soup take three quarters Of a
can Of tomatoes and four cups of water.
some pepper and salt "a pinch Of each)
and boil slowly for fifteen minutes.
The remaining one-quarter can of to-
matoes, together with a teaspoonful Of
Hour and little pepper and salt, stewed
Tor i've minutes, will make the sauce for
the outlets.
The iish, after being washed clean and
dried, IS put in a pan with a spoonful of
flour and little water Basic the fish
with this sauce occasionally while cook
ing. The fish will take ten minutes to
cook in hot oven. Serve cut into four
pieces and pour over it little melted
butter and trim with parsley.
For the fricasse cut up the chicken and
put 1t in medium sized stewpot. with
three cups of water, a teaspoonful of
flour and some finely chopped parsley.
Cook slowly for one hour.
-Four small veal outlets (off the rib
will be enough. Roll them in bread
crumbs and fry for ten minutes over n
slow fire so as not to burn the crumbs.
and when ready to serve pour the sauce
made from the tomatoes over them in
separate plates.
Cut potatoes into long narrow pieces
and put one quarter of pound of lard
into small sauce pan. When the lard
IS very hot put in the potatoes and let
them cook for ten minutes, when they
will be of light brown color. Serve in
a large platter
The beet should be prepared in the
morning when the stove is not in use for
other cooking, and then allowed to cool.
One bunch of beets must be put in boil
ing water and allowed to cook for one
hour. When cool cut into slices and pour
vinegar over them. Serve from a large
dish.
Cut three large carrots into small
pieces and put into saucepan with suffi-
Gent water to cover them; add a pinch Of
salt and boil for fifteen minutes. When
cooked pour off nearly all the water, add
lump of butter, a teaspOonful of flour
and some finely chopped parsley. Then
put them on the stove again to stew
slowly for five minutes. Serve in small
side dishes.
For the apple cake cut into eighths
five apples. Take two cups Of flour. one
cup of water, half cup of lard. one cup
sugar. Mix together and roll out in to
dough, large enough to cover an ordinary
baking pan. Grease the pan before put
ting in the dough, with the cut apples on
top, and bake slowly for a half hour.
One half cup of coffee beans when
ground will make four cups Of coffee, and
one pound of grapes will be sufficient.
Get five cent loaf Of bread and three
cents worth of milk.
Our readers are again requested to
notify The Press in case they find any
thing to criticise in this bill of fare on
the point of expense or method Of prepar-
alton. 1t is not necessary, it may be
added, to allow for pepper, salt or other
condiments or for butter, lard, milk and
other iRcidentals used in the course of
preparation Of dishes, though bread, but
ter, coffee, milk, etc, when part of the
dinner, must be accounted for.
The editor acknowledges letter from
Subscriber, who says that seven cents
q quart for potatoes, as allowed in Bill of
Fare No 1, is too liberal an estimate,
since at seventy-fve cents per bushel, one
quart will cost three cents.
Try this bill of fare. See if it will
give four persons good dinner for 81,
and send in one Of your own.