=Baked Cream Potatoes.=
Cut raw potatoes in very thin slices and put a layer of them in a
buttered earthen dish. Cover the layer with pieces of butter, and season
well with pepper and salt. Then put another layer and season in same
manner, so proceeding till the dish is full. Over all pour a pint of
cream or rich milk, and set in the oven to bake a half hour. This is a
very nice lunch dish.
=Escalloped Potatoes.=
Take some cold sliced potatoes, butter your baking dish, put a layer of
potatoes, dredge over flour, put on bits of butter, salt and pepper.
When your dish is full, pour over rich milk and bake brown. Serve hot.
=Potatoes in Cases.=
Bake potatoes of equal size, and when done and still hot, cut off a
small piece from each potato. Remove the inside carefully, leaving the
skin unbroken. Wash the potato and season generously with butter, pepper
and salt. Return it with spoon to the potato skin, allowing it to
protrude about an inch above the skin. When enough skins are filled use
a fork to make the potatoes rough above the skin. Put them in a quick
oven to color the tops.
=Stewed Carrots (French style).=
Take 2 bunches French carrots, clean and trim; put in a saucepan with
salt, pepper, 1 teacup of water, 2 tablespoons of butter, 8 lumps of
sugar, cover and boil for half an hour. Then remove the lid and place
where they will simmer slowly till all the water has cooked away,
leaving nothing but the butter.
=Stuffed Artichokes.=
Boil artichokes till soft. When cold, scrape leaves and cut out the
hearts. Chop and mix in 1 tablespoonful Worcestershire sauce, 1 egg, 1/4
cup butter, pinch of salt, red and black pepper. Roll into balls and put
into heart of the artichoke. Put a piece of butter on top of each and
bake fifteen minutes with a hot fire. This receipt is for twelve
artichokes. If you wish, bread crumbs can be added to the mixture.
=Boiled Artichokes.=
First clean, then soak in cold water fifteen minutes. Then put in
boiling water till soft, testing them by pulling off leaves.
=New England Corn Pudding.=
Take 2 dozen ears of green corn well-filled, but young; grate or pound
the corn, and add 1 pounded soda cracker and a little salt. Bake two
hours in a moderate oven, and a rich crust will form. Serve with butter.
=Celery Root.=
Pare and boil till tender in salted water. Thicken the liquor with flour
and cream, or milk, and pour over toast. Stewed celery and mushrooms
are served in the same manner.
=Stuffed Tomatoes--No. 1.=
Cut off a small piece of the top; squeeze out the seeds and water.
Remove the meat of the tomato with a spoon, without breaking or injuring
the shape. Fry an onion cut fine, then put in your stuffing (sausage
meat, chicken, veal or beef hashed fine), salt, pepper, parsley and a
little green pepper, cut fine. To this add all the meat of the tomato
you removed with the spoon. When well mixed and cooked fill each with
the dressing, on top sprinkling toasted bread crumbs and a piece of
butter. Bake in tins.
If you use sausage meat as stuffing add a little bread soaked in water
and squeezed hard, so that it will readily mix with the meat.
=Stuffed Tomatoes--No. 2.=
Take nice, smooth tomatoes and remove part of the insides. Chop 1 small
onion, 2 green peppers and some of the tomato that was removed. Add
cracker crumbs and soup stock to moisten. Fill the tomatoes, adding a
small piece of butter to each one, and bake from ten to fifteen minutes.
=Squash and Corn (Spanish style).=
3 small summer squashes, 3 ears of corn. Chop squash and cut corn from
cobs. Put in a saucepan a spoonful of lard or butter, and when very hot
an onion; fry a little and add the corn and squash, 1 tomato, 1 green
pepper cut small and salt to taste. Cover closely, and stir frequently
to prevent burning.
=Stuffed Peppers--No. 1.=
Cut off the tops and remove the seeds. Cut in small pieces 8 or 10
tomatoes and cook with a little butter and onion until tender. Add some
rice boiled in water or stock (or bread crumbs), and a little salt, then
mix with the tomatoes. Add a little chopped celery, fill the peppers,
and put a little butter over the top of each. Cook in the oven twenty
minutes and serve at once. If the peppers are boiled a few minutes
first, they will retain their bright green color.
=Stuffed Peppers--No. 2.=
Crumb 4 slices of bread and wet with 1/2 cup soup stock, small piece of
butter, pinch of salt, a dash of pepper, seeds of the pepper and a
tablespoonful of the chopped rind. Place in baking plate with very
little water, and bake fifteen minutes in a quick oven. This mixture
will fill six peppers.
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