1921 Dinner Menu: Green Pepper Salad, Potato Soup, Peanut Butter Biscuits, Buttered Beets, Bean Croquettes, Mock Mince Pie

 1921 Dinner Menu

Mrs. Scott's North American Seasonal Cook Book
Green Pepper Salad with Lemon, Ginger, and Mustard
Potato Soup
Peanut Butter Biscuits
Buttered Beets
New Cabbage, Bechamel Sauce
Bean Croquettes
Mock Mince Pie

Green Pepper Salad with Lemon, Ginger, and Mustard
From House to House by A.N. Furgerson (1916)
6 green peppers
1 large onion
Salt and pepper
French mustard
French dressing made with lemon
1-inch preserved ginger
Lettuce to serve
Chop six green peppers and one large onion very fine (grind). Add salt, pepper, French mustard and French dressing made with juice of one lemon. Mix with 1-inch preserved ginger cut very fine, serve on lettuce.
Did we eat it? Yes
Would I make it again? Yes
Notes: I did not have preserved ginger so I used dried ginger and added a little sweetener. If I made it again I would add a few more vegetables: tomatoes, cucumbers, etc.

Potato Soup
1 quart potatoes
2 cups stock
2 cups milk
1 cup finely chopped onion
½ tsp grated nutmeg
A little pepper
1 tbs butter or oleomargarine
1 tbs flour
1 tbs chopped parsley
Wash, pare and boil the potatoes, drain and mash; add the milk, onion, nutmeg, salt and pepper; mash thru wire strainer; then place over fire and add the butter and flour rubbed well together until smooth; boil 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Sprinkle with the parsley and dust with paprika.
Did we eat it? Yes
Would I make it again? Yes

Peanut Butter Biscuit
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
½ cup peanut butter
1/3 cup milk
Sift flour, baking powder and salt into bowl; add peanut butter and rub in very lightly; add milk, put on floured board and roll out ½ inch thick. Cut with small cookie cutter. Brush top with milk and bake in hot oven 10 or 12 minutes.
Did we eat them? Yes
Would I make them again? No

Buttered Beets
2 cups beets
½ cup water
1 tsp salt
1 tbs butter
¼ tsp pepper
Wash the beets, put on with boiling water to cover and boil until tender; drain and run cold water thru the beets and skin at once; cut into cubes. To 2 cups of the beets add ½ cup water, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon butter and ¼ teaspoon white pepper. Serve hot.
Did we eat it? Yes
Would I make it again? Yes
Notes: I did not add the ½ cup of water.

New Cabbage, Bechamel Sauce
1 head new cabbage
1 tbs butter substitute
1 tbs flour
1 cup milk
1 hard-boiled egg
Cut the cabbage into quarters, remove part of the core and lay in cold water 30 minutes, then drain, cover with boiling water and boil 30 minutes or until tender in uncovered vessel. Drain,
put into tureen and cover with sauce made as follows Put the butter substitute into saucepan over fire; when melted add the flour; mix well and add the cold milk slowly, stirring until smooth and creamy ; add salt, pepper and a little grated nutmeg or grated onion, the finely chopped white of egg and the yolk which has been powdered. Cabbage must be boiled in plenty of water in an uncovered
vessel.
Did we eat it? Yes
Would I make it again? Probably not

Bean Croquettes
1 cup beans
2 cups boiled rice
1 tbs oleomargarine or drippings
1 tbs salt
2 tbs onion juice or chopped scallions
¼ tsp nutmeg
Dash white pepper
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbs finely cut parsley
1 egg
Bread-crumbs
Put the 4 cups of beans and rice thru food chopper, add the oleomargarine or drippings, salt, pepper, nutmeg, onion juice, Worcestershire sauce, parsley and mix well. Spread on platter to cool. Take spoonful into floured hands and form into cone shapes; dip in egg (1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon cold milk), then in breadcrumbs and fry in deep fat.
Did we eat them? Yes
Would I make it again? Probably not.

Mock Mince Pie
1 cup seeded raisins
2 cups finely cut apples
2 tbs chopped beef suet
½ tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp ginger
½ tsp salt
½ cup brown sugar
Wash and dry the raisins; put them thru a food chopper; place in a saucepan with 1 cup of water, and boil 5 minutes. Remove from the fire and add the rest of the ingredients. When cold, it is used in the same way as mince meat. This makes a very good mince meat substitute.
Did we eat it? Yes
Would I make it again? Maybe
Notes: Very sweet. Might use less raisins and more apple next time.

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