String-Beans.
See Tuesday, Third Week in May.
Boiled Asparagus.
Receipt given First Sunday in May.
Strawberry Shortcake with Cream.
1 cup of powdered sugar, creamed with one tablespoonful of butter.
3 eggs.
1 cup of prepared flour, heaping.
2 tablespoonfuls of cream.
Beat the yolks into the creamed butter and sugar; the cream, then the whites, alternately with the flour. Bake in three jelly-cake tins. When cold, lay between the cakes nearly a quart of fresh, ripe strawberries. Sprinkle each layer with powdered sugar, and sift the same whitely over the top. Eat fresh with cream poured upon each slice.
Fourth Week. Saturday.
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Pea and Potato Soup.
Stewed Mutton Cutlets. Green Peas.
Raw Tomatoes. Potato Scallops.
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Fig Pudding.
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