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TELEGRAM  CONSERVATION  COOK  BOOK
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TELEGRAM CONSERVATION COOK BOOK

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

762
Calories
66g
Protein
19g
Fat
84g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 17 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Halibut 100g cooked 140
Crab 100g cooked 97
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Mace not in our table 0
Veal not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Dripping not in our table 0
Pumpkin not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch celery $0
  • 1 pinch mace
  • 1 quart milk 1250 fuel
  • 1 pound halibut
  • 1 cup mayonnaise $0
  • 4 pounds breast of veal
  • 1 quart of water
  • one cup mayonnaise
  • two tablespoonfuls mayon- naise
  • 1 pound mixed
  • three pints of cold water
  • two tablespoonfuls drippings
  • one pint of boiling water
  • half cup of cold water
  • one teaspoonful salt
  • one tablespoonful ci earn
  • six pieces
  • 2 cloves
  • 30 min
  • 10 min
  • one whole breast
  • 1 carrot
  • 6 large potatoes
  • 2 medium sized crabs $0
  • 1 egg $0
  • 6 medium sized apples at $1 box
  • 1 box
  • 20 min
  • 30 min- utes
  • six thin slices
  • ten
  • one large cup of boiling water
  • 2 lbs
  • 1 hubbard squash
  • parsley
  • mustard
  • salt

Directions

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MENU, BY MRS. HEYDE.

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Cream of Celery Soup

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Tenderloin of Halibut

4

Tartar Sauce

5

Roast of Veal Oyster Dressing

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Baked Potatoes

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Crab Salad with Mayonnaise

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Apple Pie

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Nuts Raisins

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Cream of Celery Soup.

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. , Cost.

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1 bunch celery $0.0500

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2 t butter .0312

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3 T flour 0027

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1 t salt 0008

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xk t pepper 0042

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1 pinch mace, 15c a can 0004

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2 cloves, 4 whole peppers 0002

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2 bay leaves 0001

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1 quart milk 1250

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Fuel, gas, 30 min., simmering. .0010

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V2 costs $0.2156

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Tenderloin of Halibut.

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1 pound halibut.... $0.1500

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1 egg 0400

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1 T salt 0004

27

Vi t pepper 0021

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3 T breadcrumbs 0027

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2 oz. lard 0375

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Fuel, gas, 10 min. y2 cast 0004

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Total $0.2331

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Tartar Sauce.

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1 cup mayonnaise $0.0000

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(priced later.)

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Vz c chopped celery 0500

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1 dill pickle 0100

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Chopped parsley 0000

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Total $0.0600

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Breast of "Veal.

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4 pounds breast of veal, 18c lb.

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(one whole breast) $0.7200

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1 carrot, 1 onion 0200

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1 piece of celery 0063

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2 T flour 0027

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1 T salt 0008

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V2 T pepper 0042

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2 T tomato catsup 0100

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Fuel, gas 1Y4, hrs., oven y2 cost .0110

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Total cost $0.7750

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3 c bread crumbs $0.0500

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1 onion 0100

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1 piece celery 0063

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1 T salt 0008

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Vi t pepper 0021

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1 can oysters 1500

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1 egg 0400

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1 t sage 0100

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Chopped parsley, 1 c 0000

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Total cost $0.2692

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6 large potatoes for baking.. .1000

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Crab Salad.

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2 medium sized crabs $0.4500

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1 t salt 0003

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H t pepper 0021

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IV2 c chopped celery 0215

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Total $0.4739

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Mayonnaise Dressing.

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1 egg $0.0400

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1 T dry mustard 0166

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1 t salt 0003

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Vi t paprika 0060

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3 T vinegar 0047

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2 c Wesson oil 1812

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Total $0.2488

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Apple Pie.

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2 c sifted flour $0.0510

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1 c Crisco 1388

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y2 t salt 0001

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% c water 0000

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6 medium sized apples at $1

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box) 0400

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% c sugar 0104

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% t cinnamon (10c a can) 0020

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Gas 20 min., over, y2 cost 0037

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Total cost $0.2464

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This makes a 10-inch and extra deep pie.

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Method of preparing dinner:

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Cut up celery, cover with 1 quart of water, add seasoning and boil 30 min- utes, strain, mix butter and flour in pot, add hot milk, boil five minutes, add celery stock and strain again.

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Cut fish in six thin slices, season, turn over in crumbs, egg, crumbs again, fry 10 minutes in lard to a golden brown.

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Tartar Sauce.

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Take one cup mayonnaise, add chopped celery, pickle and parsley.

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Breast of "Veal.

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Have butcher prepare for you a breast of veal with a pocket cut. Fill in dressing, put in roast pan. Add vegetables and seasoning with a little water. Roast one and a quarter hours. Take up veal, brown flour in same pan, add catsup, with enough gravy and strain.

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Soak bread crumbs in oyster juice from can, add seasoning and egg, mix and fill pocket, tie end with string.

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Put baked potatoes in oven one- half hour after roast is in.

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Crab Salad.

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Pick crab, chop celery, add season- ing and two tablespoonfuls mayon- naise, put in plate and cover with rest of mayonnaise.

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HOLIDAY MENUS

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Mayonnaise.

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Break egg in cold bowl, add dry mustard and seasoning, mix, add oil slowly. When too thick put in a lit- tle vinegar, then oil again till all is used up.

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Apple Pie.

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Break lard up in flour and stir with a fork. When even add water; set aside for two or three hours. Cut ap- ples in thin slices, mix with sugar and cinnamon; bake 20 minutes.

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Total of Costs.

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, cost of

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Soup $0.2156

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Fish ZcSdi

107

Tartar sauce 0600

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Breast of veal 7750

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Dressing f°*£

110

Potatoes 1000

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Crab salad 4739

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Mayonnaise g*°°

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Apple pie -4b4

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Nuts (1 pound mixed) 2500

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Raisins, 1 pound loUO

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Coffee 0504

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Top milk 0268

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Sugar, y2 c -O^OS

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Total $3.1200

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Less raisins 1500

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Total $2.9700

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(Mrs. Heyde forgot her "coffee with trimmings" in her estimate, so we will just leave the raisins out of her menu. She surely has enough with- out them.)— Mrs. Otto Heyde, 181 Grover street, city.

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MENU, BY MRS. SPENCER.

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Chicken Giblet Soup.

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Bread Croutons.

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Cherry Olives. Mixed Pickles

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Roast Chicken with Dressing.

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Brown Gravy. Red Currant Jelly.

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Mashed Potatoes, Baked Squash.

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Home-made Raisin Bread, Butter.

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Combination Salad.

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Pimento Cheese. Toasted Crackers.

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Pumpkin Pie.

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Nuts. Apples.

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Coffee. Soup.

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Chicken giblets $0-°^n

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1 C SOUP StOCk in

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2 T chopped celery 0072

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2 T chopped onion 0020

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1 T rice 0031

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l?sraU.\y.7 0003

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% t pepper ..••• -0020

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Bread croutons (home-made).. .bit>o Gas one-third on, 3 hours 0210

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Total $0.0706

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Chop the neck of the chicken after it is thoroughly washed, put it with the giblets, into a kettle containing three pints of cold water, when cooked 1% hours, add the rice, celery and onion. Ten minutes before serv- ing add the soup stock and seasoning, boil up and serve with croutons.

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Cost. Cherry olives (home-made).. . .$0.0300 Mixed pickles (home-made 0500

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Roast Chicken with Dressing.

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5-lb. chicken, 25c lb $1.2500

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y2 loaf stale bread (home-made) .0300

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2 oz. salt pork 0300

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V2 c chopped onion 0083

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It salt 0003

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% t pepper 0040

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1/2 t sage.. 0040

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2 T flour for gravy 0018

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1 t salt 0003

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2 T drippings 0156

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Gas 4 hours, medium 1020

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Cost of chicken, dressing and

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brown gravy $1.4463

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Red currant jelly (home-made) .0750 Wash or wipe the chicken, thor- oughly (I prefer washing), grate or crumb the stale bread, put salt pork through food chopper, mix these with the onion, sage, salt and pepper, mois- ten with just enough cold water to hold ingredients together, stuff the chicken, tie the legs close so they won't dry out, put in roasting pan with one large cup of boiling water and two tablespoonfuls drippings, baste often. If the gravy boils away add more water, roast in medium oven four hours. When done lift the chicken out, pour into the pan one pint of boiling water, stir in the flour which has been mixed smooth in half cup of cold water, boil up, add the giblets chopped fine. Pour in gravy boat and serve with chicken gar- nished with parsley.

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2 lbs. potatoes $0S^o

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1 t salt 0003

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1 T cream «"»|

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Gas for cooking VU60

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Cost of potatoes. $0.0532

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Put potatoes on to boil in hot water with one teaspoonful salt, boil 25 minutes, drain, return to the stove to dry, mash and add one tablespoonful ci earn.

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1 Hubbard squash........ $019RR

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Fuel (baked with chicken) 0000

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Cut the squash in six pieces and bake in the oven one hour.

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V> loaf bread (home-made) 0300

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14 lb. butter 1250

By Chapel, Inie Gage, Mrs. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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