Transcriber's Note: En-dashesrepresenting ranges of numbers within tables have been replaced by the word "to." Sosomething like "6½--7¼ cups." in the original is often representedby "6½ to 7¼ cups." in this version.
MENU PLANNING AND COOKING FOR LARGE NUMBERS
BY
LENORE RICHARDS, B.A. and NOLA TREAT, B.S.
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS OF INSTITUTION MANAGEMENT
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1922
Copyright, 1922,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved
Published April, 1922
Printed in the United States of America
This book has been written in response to the many requests forpractical help in the planning of menus and for the recipes in use inthe cafeteria under the management of the authors.
This book is designed primarily to assist the managers of fooddepartments in institutions. However, it is hoped that the chapters onmenu planning, the recipes, and the list of weights and theirapproximate measures may prove useful as a text for those teachers ofinstitution management who have the problem of teaching large quantitycookery and menu planning.
N. T.
L. R.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
January 1, 1922
| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | Principles Underlying The Planning Of Menus For Large Numbers | 1 |
| II. | Standards For Judging Meals | 8 |
| III. | Types Of Menus | 11 |
| IV. | Suggestive Charts And Lists To Be Used In Menu Planning | 42 |
| V. | The Importance And Use Of Forms | 66 |
| VI. | Recipes | 73 |
| VII. | Table Of Weights And Their Approximate Measures | 191 |
| Index | 195 | |
QUANTITY COOKERY
[Pg 1]Well-balanced and appropriate menus are absolutely necessary to thesuccess of any establishment serving food. Given the best of rawmaterials and the most competent cooks, the institutional manager willfail to please his patrons if his menus show lack of careful planning.The truth of this assertion is verified by the analysis of manyfailures.
On the other hand successful menu planning is not especially difficult.Like any other art it requires careful study and observance of a fewsimple rules.
Of course, it is impossible to formulate one set of rules