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March 26

03-26
Celery Soup
*Browned Cheese Crackers
Cold Sliced Lamb
Susette Potatoes
Soubrics of Spinach
Orange Tartlets
Café Noir

In 1914 March 26 was a Thursday.

I think we’re having leftover lamb from Tuesday.

I haven’t been able to find a recipe for Susette Potatoes, but there is one for Eggs Susette, which involves potatoes and that’s the one I’ve linked to.

Soubrics are vegetable patties.

I made the Browned Cheese Crackers!

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March 25

03-25
*Black Bean Soup
O’Brion Potatoes
Corn Soufflé
Tomato Jelly Salad, Mayonnaise Dressing
Cream Wafers
Rhubarb Tapioca
Crackers
Cheese
Café Noir

In 1914 March 25 was a Wednesday.

In the recipe for Mayonnaise Dressing, Fannie Farmer says to use “A silver fork, wire whisk, small wooden spoon, or Dover Egg-beater may be used as preferred. If one has a Keystone Egg-beater, dressing may be made very quickly by its use.” The Dover eggbeater was the first rotary eggbeater sold in the US. The Keystone Egg and Cream Beater was more like a small churn, with beaters in a glass container with a lid. I can see how it would beat mayonnaise very quickly

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March 22

03-22

Consommé Japonnaise
Olives
Salted Almonds
Roast Turkey, Giblet Gravy
*Spiced Cranberry Jelly
Riced Potatoes
Mashed Squash
Caramel Parfait
Walnut Cake
Café Noir

In 1914 March 22 was a Sunday. The roast this week is turkey. Expect to see it on the menu again in the coming week.

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March 20

03-20
Chicken Gumbo
Fried Scallops, Sauce Tartare
Julienne Potatoes
French Bread
*Moulded Cheese with Bar-le-duc Strawberries
Butter Thins
Café Noir

In 1914 March 20 was a Friday. Once again, we have fish. Although there’s also chicken in the soup.

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March 17, St. Patrick’s Day

03-17

Cream of Spinach Soup
Souffléd Crackers
Fillets of Halibut
Cucumber Ribbons
Kernels of Pork
Potato Nests
Stuffed Onions
Malaga Salad
Wheat Crispies
*Irish Iceberg
Shamrock Wafers
Toasted Cracker
Roquefort
Café Noir

In 1914 March 17 was a Tuesday.

No corned beef and cabbage here! We do have some green foods and thematic desserts. Cream of Spinach Soup, Cucumber Ribbons, and Malaga Salad are all various shades of green. You’re also supposed to tint the lemon ice for the Irish Iceberg with leaf green. You also pour crême de menthe over it presumably the green colored version.  And serve it with Shamrock Wafers.

I don’t know how the halibut fillets are suppose to be prepared, so I leave that up to you.

The Potato Nests are supposed to be filled with something. Maybe the Kernels of Pork?

Malagas are white grapes, which, of course, means that they’re green.

I can’t find a specific recipe for Shamrock Wafers. Maybe they’re just cookies cut in shamrock shapes.

There are three different kinds of crackers served with this meal! Souffléd Crackers (with the soup) are made with common crackers, Wheat Crispies (with the salad) are a commercial brand, and toasted crackers  (with the cheese) could be almost anything.

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March 15

03-15

*Sardine Cocktails
Roast Stuffed Leg of Veal
Savory Potatoes
Egg Plant à la Turque
Chiccory and Celery Salad
Montrose Pudding
Peanut Wafers
Wheat Wafers
Cheese
Café Noir

In 1914 March 15 was a Sunday.

Despite being called a pudding, Montrose pudding is actually a molded, frozen dessert with a very specific garnish.
Montrose Pudding

I think the Wheat Wafers are probably Educator Wafers, a whole wheat cracker made in Boston.

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March 12

03-12
French Fried Potatoes
Corn Oysters
*Turnips, New York Style
Lettuce and Celery Salad
Salted Wafers
Newton Tapioca
Crackers
Cheese
Café Noir

In 1914 March 12 was a Thursday.

I’m guessing Newton Pudding was named after the Massachusetts town of Newton, also the namesake of Fig Newtons (first produced in 1891).

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March 9

03-09

Scallop Cocktail
Cold Roast Beef à la Shapleigh
Potato Croquettes
Dinner Rolls
Fig Pudding, Wine Sauce
Crackers
Cheese
Café Noir

In 1914 March 9 was a Monday.

We’re having leftover roast beef from Sunday’s menu. Shapleigh is a town in Maine, but I don’t know why (or if) the roast beef dish is named after it.

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March 6

03-06
*Somerset Smelts
Stuffed Baked Potatoes
Escalloped Tomatoes
Lettuce and Radish Salad
Cheese Sandwiches
Wine Jelly
Chocolate Cake
Café Noir

In 1914 March 6 was a Friday. And we’ve got fish!

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