res. Wrap in waxed paper.

Molasses Candy

2 cupfuls brown sugar
1/4 cupful molasses
5 tablespoonfuls Crisco
1/4 teaspoonful salt
1 gill water
1 teaspoonful vanilla extract

Dissolve sugar in water in saucepan over fire, then add Crisco,
molasses, and salt and boil until when tested in cold water it forms a
hard ball, or 254 deg. F. Now add vanilla and pour into Criscoed tin. When
quite cold break into rough pieces.

Peanut Fudge

2 cupfuls brown sugar
2 tablespoonfuls Crisco
1 cupful milk
1/4 teaspoonful salt
1 cupful chopped peanuts
1 teaspoonful vanilla extract

Boil milk, sugar, Crisco, and salt until it forms a soft ball when
tested in cold water, or 240 deg. F. Remove from fire, add nuts and
vanilla, beat until creamy. Pour into Criscoed tins, and when cool cut
into cubes.

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[Illustration: "_Now, good digestion wait on appetite and health on
both._"]

_Calendar of Dinners_

January 1

_*Black Bean Soup
Roast Leg of Mutton, Currant Jelly
Stewed Tomatoes
Baked Sweet Potatoes
Macedoine Salad
Cheese Straws
Fruit Cake
Coffee_

_*Black Bean Soup_--2 cups black beans, 3 tablespoons Crisco, 1 onion,
1 lemon, 2 quarts stock or water, 2 stalks celery, 2 hard-cooked eggs,
1-1/2 tablespoons flour, 3 cloves, 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce,
salt, pepper, red pepper, and mustard to taste.

Wash beans and soak over night; in morning drain, cover with boiling
water and boil 30 minutes; drain, throwing away water. Slice onion,
dice celery, and cook 5 minutes in half of Crisco in soup pot; add
beans, stock or water, and cloves. Simmer until beans are soft,
add more water as stock or water boils away. Rub through sieve, add
remaining Crisco and flour rubbed together, then heat to boiling
point, add seasonings. Cut lemon in thin slices, removing seeds, and
cut eggs in thin slices. Put them into a hot soup tureen, and strain
soup over them.

January 2

_Palestine Soup
*Jugged Hare, Red Currant Jelly
Brussels Sprouts
Potato Puff
Endive Salad
Cheese Fingers
Vanilla Souffle
Coffee_

_*Jugged Hare_--1 hare, 1 cup Crisco, 1-1/2 pounds gravy beef, 1
onion, 1 lemon, 6 cloves, 1 cup port wine, few forcemeat balls, salt,
red pepper and pepper to taste.

Skin, paunch and wash hare, cut it into pieces, dredge with flour, and
fry in hot Crisco. Have ready 1-1/2 pints gravy, made from beef, and
thickened with fl