1925 Dinner Menu: Chop Suey Salad, Scotch Soup, Fried Cucumbers, Rice Hens, Carrots, Chocolate Bread Pudding

1925 Dinner Menu

Kewaskum Woman's Club Cook Book

Chop Suey Salad
Scotch Soup
Rice Hens
Fried Cucumbers
Carrots
Chocolate Bread Pudding

Mayonnaise
2 well beaten eggs
1 tsp sugar
½ tsp salt
1 ½ tsp mustard
2 tsp flour
1 tbs butter
¼ cup vinegar
¼ cup water
Pinch of red pepper
Cook thick, when ready to use add cream. Mrs. Emma Koch.
Did we use all of it? Yes
Would I make it again? No

Chop Suey Salad
1 cup diced chicken
1 cup diced boiled or baked ham
½ cup diced celery
½ cup peas
1/3 cup diced carrots
2 level tbs chopped pimentos
2 level tbs chopped green pepper, cooked
2 level tsp salt
½ level tsp pepper
2/3 cup mayonnaise
Combine ingredients using a silver fork for the mixing. Serve on lettuce leaves. If you like the tomato flavor place a slice of tomato on each piece of lettuce. Mrs. Karl Hausman.
Did we eat it? Yes
Would I make it again? Yes
Notes: If I made it again I would use just the ham and leave out the chicken.

Scotch Soup
2 ½ quarts water
1 ¼ cups rolled oats
5 potatoes, cut in small pieces
2 onions, sliced
2 tbs flour
2 tbs fat
½ tbs salt
½ tsp pepper
Boil the water and add the oatmeal, potato, onion, salt, and pepper. Cook for ½ hour. Brown the flour with the fat and add to the soup. Cook until thick. One cup of tomato adds to the flavor. Serves five people.
Did we eat it? Yes
Would I make it again? No
Notes: I used broth instead of water and used less salt. Also I did not add the flour and fat – the oatmeal made the soup thick enough.

Rice Hens
Chicken
Flour
Butter
Onion
Carrot
Tomato
Apples
Spices
Skin and clean hens, quarter them, and let lay in salt water for a few minutes, wipe dry, dip them in flour and brown in butter, then add onion, carrot, parsley, tomato, apples, and spices, cover with water and stew one hour.
Did we eat it? Yes
Would I make it again? Yes
Notes: If I made it again would used skinned, boneless chicken and curry for the spice.

Fried Cucumbers
Cucumbers
Egg
Flour
Salt and pepper
Butter
Peel and cut cucumbers in quarters, take out seeds and soak in cold water 1 hour. Then drain and dry in a cloth, dip in beaten egg, then in flour, sprinkle with a little salt and pepper and fry until done, a nice brown in butter, serve at once. Mrs. Wm. Schultz.
Did we eat it? Yes
Would I make it again? Yes
Notes: This was surprisingly good.

Carrots
Carrots
¼ cupful vinegar
2 tbs sugar
Nutmeg
Cut the carrots into inch strips after scraping, and cook until tender in boiling salted water. Put into a sauce-pan two tbs of butter, one fourth cupful of vinegar, two tablespoons of sugar, and a grating of nutmeg. Add the carrots and cook until they are transparent. Very nice served with any roast meat. Mrs. Ed. C. Miller.
Did we eat it? Yes
Would I make it again? Yes
Notes: I used lemon juice instead of vinegar

Chocolate Bread Pudding
2 cups bread crumbs
½ cup water
2 cups milk
2 tbs cocoa or chocolate
1 tbs butter
½ cup sugar
2 eggs
Vanilla
2 cups bread crumbs, soak in1/2 cup water, 2 cups milk heat it. 2 tablespoons cocoa or chocolate, 1 tablespoon butter and melt with chocolate, ½ cup sugar, 2 eggs and vanilla. Mix and bake. Mrs. Chas. Schaefer.
Did we eat it? Most of it.
Would I make it again? Probably not.

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