Don't know what to cook? Looking for something a little exotic to spice up your menu?

I just noticed this book (originally published 1908) in Project Gutenberg: 365 Foreign Recipes. Stuff like:

• February 2: Haggis.
• February 8: Bombay Spinach (that actually sounds good!)
• March 7: Austrian Apple Strudel
• March 14: Spanish Stewed Rabbit

What's on the menu for today, April 27? Why, Vienna Milk Rolls, of course:

Sift 1-1/2 quarts of flour; add 1/2 teaspoonful of salt; work in a large tablespoonful of butter; then stir in 1/2 cup of milk with a piece of yeast dissolved in the milk and a teaspoonful of sugar. Beat all up well with 1 pint of milk; let raise over night. Roll out an inch thick; cut with a biscuit-cutter; rub with melted butter; lay in a buttered baking-pan; let raise one hour; then bake in a hot oven twenty minutes.

And what should my birthday meal be, according to the book? Belgian Chicken:

Cut a cooked chicken into pieces; add some slices of cold veal. Heat 1 cup of stock; add 1/4 teaspoonful of mustard, 1/2 teaspoonful of paprica, a pinch of white pepper and salt to taste. Add the chicken and 1 glass of sherry wine. Let all cook ten minutes. Add 3 tablespoonfuls of currant jelly. Serve hot with toasted croutons.

Enjoy!