"FISH FOR PISCES, LOVER OF THE SEA"

FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20

SALMON D'ANDRE

4 cooked potatoes
1 cup white sauce
½ cup Swiss cheese
I egg yolk
3 cups boiled salmon
Cracker crumbs

Mash potatoes and line a greased baking dish with them. To the white sauce add cheese and egg yolk. Pour ½ of the white sauce over the potatoes and add salmon. Cover with remainder of the sauce. Sprinkle top with cracker crumbs. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Serves 4.

TOMATO SALAD

4 tomatoes
1 head Romaine lettuce
French dressing, prepared

Slice tomatoes very thin. Overlap tomato slices on salad plate to form a row. Place each row on a leaf of the Romaine lettuce and cover with French dressing. Serves 4.

CARROT RING WiTH PEAS

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
½ teaspoons salt
½ cup milk
4 eggs
2 cups mashed cooked carrots
I teaspoon onion juice
1 tablespoon finely minced parsley
4 cups peas, frozen or canned
Salt and pepper

Melt butter an blend the flour and salt into it a little at a time. Add the milk stirring constantly, until sauce is smooth and thick. Remove from stove, cool slightly and add well beaten egg yolks. Add carrots, onion juice and parsley. Fold in egg whites beaten stiff. Pour into well greased ring mold. Set in pan of hot water and bake in 350 degree oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven and allow to stand for 5 or 10 minutes before turning out on platter. Fill center of ring with peas which have been seasoned and heated with salt, pepper and butter. Serves 8.

COCONUT CORN BREAD

3 cups milk
1can shredded coconut
3 tablespoon grated coconut
1/2 teaspoon anise seeds
2 cups corn meal
2 tablespoons butter
Eggs, beaten
Salt
2 tablespoons sugar

Prepare coconut milk by scalding 2 cups milk and adding shredded coconut. Let stand 1 hour and then strain through cheesecloth bag. Use a little more milk than called for, as some is absorbed by cheesecloth. Heat coconut milk, but be careful not to boil. Add grated coconut and anise seeds. Put corn meal into double boiler and pour hot coconut milk slowly over it, mixing thoroughly. After it thickens, remove from fire, add butter, eggs, salt, 1 cup milk, and sugar. Stir well. Put in a buttered glass baking dish and bake in 400 degree oven for 30 minutes or until brown crust forms. Slice and serve hot with butter and spun honey. Serves 8.

PEACH COBBLER

1 no. 2½ can peaches
½ cup sugar
1½ cups flour
2 eggs
Salt
½ cup milk
1 teaspoon baking powder

Place the peaches with juice (reserving ½ cup) in a baking dish. Sift the flour, salt, and baking powder. Add sugar and eggs and mix thoroughly with the milk and juice. Mix and pour over the peaches. Bake in a moderate oven for half an hour. Serve hot or chilled, with plain or whipped cream. Serves 6.

From "Zodiac Parties - Menus & Recipes", by C. Pepper, 1965. I've looked for copies on Amazon and B&N, but it appears this treasure is out of print. And to think it was only a dollar when it came first came out!