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Double the amount of flour may be used, nuts and raisins omitted, and mixture chilled and rolled out and cut in any desired shape, before baking.

SOUTH AMERICAN CHOCOLATE

Melt 1/2 pound (1 cake) vanilla sweet chocolate over hot water, add slowly 1 cup strong hot coffee and boil 1 minute. Add to 6 cups scalded milk, beat until a thick froth forms on top, and leave over hot water 10 minutes. Serve with Whipped cream sweetened and flavored, or chill and serve in tall gla.s.ses with Cracked Ice.

MENU V

Apple Ball c.o.c.ktail Sauted Oysters with Celery Sauce or Celery Cheese Toast California Lettuce with Russian or Thousand Island Dressing Orange Biscuits Mola.s.ses Pie Iced Tea with Ginger Ale

PRELIMINARY PREPARATIONS

Mola.s.ses pie made Celery cooked for celery sauce Mayonnaise and Russian dressing made Dry ingredients and shortening mixed for biscuits Lettuce washed Fruit prepared for c.o.c.ktail Cheese grated Tea made

MARKET ORDER

1 pint selected oysters or 1/2 pound cheese 4 eggs 1 cup milk 2/3 cup cream 1/2 pound b.u.t.ter 2 roots celery 1 large or 2 small heads California lettuce 1 orange 3 lemons 8 apples (perfect in shape and uniform in size) 1/4 pound white or Tokay grapes 1 loaf bread 1/4 cup chili sauce 1/4 pound demi-ta.s.se sugar 1 1/2 cups mola.s.ses 1/2 pound walnuts 4 individual tea bags 1 quart ginger ale 1/3 cup maraschino cherries 1/4 pound common crackers 1 chicken bouillon cube or chicken stock 1 pimiento 1 green pepper 1/2 cup mayonnaise dressing Parsley

APPLE BALL c.o.c.kTAIL

Cut tops from stem end of 8 choice apples. Remove inside of apples with a French ball cutter, putting b.a.l.l.s in 2 cups cold water with Juice of 1 lemon. Reserve tops of apples, cores, and small pieces for apple sauce. Put Apple sh.e.l.ls in 1 quart cold water to which is added 1 teaspoon salt. Remove skins and seeds from 1/4 lb. (1 cup) white grapes. Just before serving drain apple sh.e.l.ls.

Remove apple b.a.l.l.s from the water.

Drain and mix with the White grapes and with 1/3 cup maraschino cherries and fill apple sh.e.l.ls. Mix 3 tablespoons syrup from maraschino cherries with Juice of 1/2 orange and put over the apple b.a.l.l.s. Serve apple sh.e.l.ls in individual dishes or c.o.c.ktail gla.s.ses surrounded with Crushed Ice.

Apple may be removed in small oval shapes with a coffee spoon, if a French ball cutter is not available.

Grapes may be bought in cans if fresh grapes are not in market.

APPLE SAUCE

Put in saucepan Tops, cores, and small pieces of apple removed in the making of apple sh.e.l.ls. Add 3/4 cup water in which apple b.a.l.l.s were soaked and cook gently until apple is soft. Rub through a strainer. Add 3/4 cup sugar, and stir and cook until sugar is dissolved and sauce is of the proper consistency. This may be used at another meal.

SAUTeD OYSTERS

Put 1 pint oysters in strainer over a bowl and over them pour 2 tablespoons cold water, reserving liquid. Pick over oysters, removing any bits of sh.e.l.l that may adhere to tough muscle. Crush 5 common crackers on board with rolling pin or put through food chopper, and sift the Crumbs. There should be 1/2 cup. Coat each oyster with the cracker crumbs.