Butter a bowl or deep dish, pan if necessary; put
into it 1 quart of milk, 1 tablespoonful of washed
rice, 1 teaspoonful of salt, 1/2 cup of sugar,
small piece of butter; cover and cook in slow
oven, stirring occasionally, for 3 hours. Remove
cover last 1/2 hour.
_Meat, Fish and Meat Substitutes_
_Bacon_
Sliced bacon can be broiled by placing it on the
end of a sharp stick held over the fire and turned
over and over; or put into a very hot frying pan.
Be careful that the fat does not catch on fire. If
staying in camp for another meal, save the bacon
drippings and use them for frying potatoes, cakes
or use for shortening.
_Beans, Baked_ (The Real Boston Article)
For 4 persons
1 large cup of pea beans or navy beans
1/2 lb. salt pork
1 scant tablespoonful molasses
2 teaspoonfuls salt
Pinch of soda
Wash and pick over the beans, cover with cold
water and soak over night. Place on the stove and
boil very gently for two hours; drain off the
water, put the beans in a deep dish with a cover,
or in a pan; wash the pork and cut the rind side
into small squares or strips. Put in the pot so
the rind is above the beans; add 1 dessertspoonful
of molasses, the salt and soda, cover with hot
water, cover the pot and place in a moderate oven
for 4 or 5 hours. It may be necessary to add more
water during that time, as the beans should be
covered with water for the first 3 hours. For the
last half hour the cover can be removed from the
pot. If baked in an open pan, cook for 3 hours;
keep the beans covered with water for 2 hours and
then brown during the next hour.
_Beef, Shriveled_
1 lb. of shaved beef
Small piece of butter
Heat the fry pan, melt butter in it, tear beef
into small bits, put in pan, stir with fork until
shriveled and very hot. Serve at once.
_Cheese and eggs_
For 4 persons
1/2 lb. cheese
4 eggs
Salt
1/2 cup of milk
Butter size of an egg
Melt the butter in the frying pan, add the cheese
which has been sliced thin, stir until the cheese
is melted, adding the milk gradually; add the salt
and the beaten eggs. Cook for 5 minutes. Serve on
toast or crackers.
_Codfish, Creamed_
Buy boneless cod, in boxes. Cover it with cold
water. Soak over night. In the morning place on
stove and boil 1/2 hour. Pull apart into small
pieces, add cream sauce, and serve.
_Scrambled Eggs_
Butter size of hickory nut
1 egg
1 tablespoonful of cold water
Pinch of salt, dash of pepper
Heat in frying pan, melt butter in it, break egg
in cup (be sure of its freshness). Add egg to
melted butter, add water, salt, pepper, stir with
fork, holding pan over fire until egg is flakey
but not stiff.
_Kidneys and Bacon_
Split the kidneys, cut the bacon slices in two,
scrape and sharpen a green wood stick 2 feet long
and 1/2 inch in diameter at the smaller end. Put
onto the stick alternately the pieces of bacon and
kidney, hold over the fire, turning constantly for
5 minutes. Half a kidney and one piece of bacon
between a split hot roll makes a delicious
sandwich.
_Komac Stew_
For 4 persons
4 large tomatoes, or one small can of same
3 eggs
2 good-sized onions
Green pepper
Butter size of walnut
Salt, pepper
Bread or crackers
Heat the frying pan hot, melt butter in it; peel
and slice thin onions and fry them for a few
moments in the hot fat; add the well-washed green
pepper cut fine; fry. Peel the tomatoes, cut in
pieces, add to the onions and pepper, add salt and
dash of pepper; cover, stew slowly 1/2 hour. Add
one by one the eggs, stirring them in well. Serve
at once on toast or crackers.
_Macaroni with Cheese and Tomato Sauce_
Cook slowly for 2 or 3 hours, keeping covered.
Drop into 3 quarts boiling salted water 1/2 lb. of
macaroni or spaghetti broken into 4-inch lengths;
stir occasionally with a fork to keep from
sticking. Boil 3/4 of an hour, pour through a
colander, drain off all hot water, pour cold water
over macaroni, while in colander, return it to the
kettle it was cooked in.
Pour tomato sauce over it and when hot, serve.
Have ready 1/2 lb. cheese grated fine; put it on
top of the macaroni.
Campbell's tomato soup, to which has been added
chopped onions and a chopped pepper, salt and a
pinch of soda, makes a very good tomato sauce and
can be prepared in a short time or:
Brown three thinly sliced onions in butter the
size of an egg.
Add 1 small can of tomatoes
1 green pepper chopped fine
1 large spoonful of salt
2 cloves
Dash of cayenne
Big dash of paprika
_Sardines and Tomato Sauce_