More Menus from Grace Livingston Hill

 

I hadn't read anything in nearly a week and on a whim, picked up a book from my 'read soon' stack on the bookshelf.  I had picked up Grace Livingston Hill's Happiness Hill.  Almost immediately there was a meal description, written to Jane's little sister.  Jane was staying at a mountain resort and the breakfast sounded delicious to me!

Mountain resort menu:  Coffee, honeydew melon, toast, freshly baked hot rolls, Pan-fried brook trout.

This brings back a happy memory.  My first husband liked to spend the night in the snakiest places fishing.  He always had good luck and would bring home catfish.  He'd fry them for our breakfast, and I always thought they made an excellent breakfast.  

I read a lot of this book in the evening while I was lying in bed, so I simply jotted down menus and didn't bother to put down chapters where they might be found in the book.

Jane cuts her trip short and returns home.  A heat wave has hit the hometown.  The dinner menu that first night: Steak, Baked Potatoes, Tomato Surprise, Snow Pudding

I was very curious about what the last two items might be. I played amateur detective to try to figure out the first recipe. I looked up Tomato surprise and since the book was published in 1932, the chapter dealt with a heat wave, etc., I found a recipe that I felt might be the nearest to what they might have served here. Down in the comments on that post, the author adds more direction.

Snow pudding was also a new to me recipe but there are loads of recipes online for that.  The ones I think most likely resemble what Mrs. Hill mentions contain gelatin, egg whites, sugar.  It appears that most are served with a custard sauce, usually lemon flavored, so you'd utilize the egg yolks as well.  

I'd be curious to try both these recipes at least once.

Lunch out with a co-worker: Soup, Rolls, Baked Apples

Unexpected Company invited to a family dinner: thin slices of ham, Baked Potatoes, Yellow Corn on the Cob, Bread and Butter, Cold Applesauce, and cold Milk.

A picnic on the way to the shore: Sandwiches made with ground meat, grated onion, bits of pickles, and sweet pepper; also, sandwiches made with dates, cheese and nuts; Stuffed Eggs wrapped in lettuce leaves; Iced tea and cold milk in thermoses; Cherry tarts and tiny frosted sponge cakes; grapes and peaches.

Upon arrival at the shore, it's noted that the refrigerator is filled with these items: stew, applesauce, tomato jelly, cold roast chicken.  The bread box contained cake, rolls and bread.  The postmaster apparently was in charge of general merchandise as well and sent over butter, eggs, and milk.

1st supper at the shore: Beef Stew and rolls.

Another supper at the shore: Clam Chowder, Cake, Sliced Peaches with cream and sugar

Scalloped Oysters, Roasted Potatoes, Stuffed Tomatoes, Chocolate bread pudding with real whipped cream to top it.

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