This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
August 19.
Soup - Calf's head, a la Portuguaise (6 qts 48 cents.)
Perch, water souchet (6 lbs gross, 48 cents.)
Boiled bacon and greens (16 cents.)
Roast beef (2 ribs short, 4 lbs 52 cents.)
Roast lamb, mint sauce (quarter, 7 lbs 90 cents.)
Chicken giblets saute with rice (16 orders, 20 cents.)
Lobster cutlets, a la Victoria (12 orders, 22 cents.)
Green corn pudding (25 cents.)
Sweet potatoes 20, string beans 3, turnips 3, squash 8, tomatoes 6, potatoes 15 (55 cents.) .
Baled sago pudding (with sauce 12 orders, 20 cents.)
Lemon ice cream (31/2 qts 75 cents.)
Orange butter cake (11/2 1bs 21 cents) cents.)
Fruit, nuts, cheese, crackers, pickles (52 cents.)
Milk, cream 60, coffee, tea, sugar, bread, butter 50 (no cents.)
 
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