The intriguingly named Shadow Potatoes, also called Saratoga Chips, are thinly-sliced, deep-fried potatoes, that is, potato chips!
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In 1914 January 30 was a Friday. Guess what? Fish again! That’s every Friday for a month. Let’s see what February holds…
I couldn’t find a specific recipe for Creamed Oysters withCelery. I would use the linked recipe and use sliced celery instead of the optional mushrooms.
Whenever Imperial Sticks come up on these menus I’m asked “Like the margarine?” In fact, they’re more like large croutons, made from buttered, toasted stale bread.
How unusual! The menu calls for Coffee instead of the more frequent Café Noir
Like its descendent Boston Cream Pie, Washington Pie is not pie, but two layers of cake with a filling — in this case, jam.
And I baked it!
It’s very good! A simple, plain cake, enlivened with the fruity jam. It would make a good breakfast cake.
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I have yet to find a recipe for just Salt Codfish. Pork Scraps, also known as cracklings, are the crunchy bits of pork left over after lard has been rendered.
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Butter Thins were a brand of cracker made by the Johnson Educator Biscuit Company, a cracker company in Boston.
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I have no idea what is going on with this menu. Dessert seems to come right after the soup course, but we also have dessert after the salad course. I guess I can see salted almonds as a crunchy accompaniment to soup, but marshmallow fudge?
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In 1914 January 23 was a Friday. Guess what? Fish again!
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Keswick is a market town in the Lake District in England, associated with a number of poets. Maybe that’s why the pudding is named after it.
The Marguerites may be left over from the formal dinner on the 20th.
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365 Kitchen Cabinet 