Aunt Caroline's Dixieland recipes

Cut hard boiled eggs in two the long way; remove the yolks and mash very fine. Add vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper and mustard to taste, also a little butter, mix well, put back into the whites and serve on lettuce leaves or garnished with parsley. For a change, ground olives, chicken or boiled ham may be used with the yolks. ^ MASSA'S CHEESE CROQUETTES 3 tablespoonsful shortening, % teaspoon paprika, Ys cup bread flour, J4 teaspoon mustard, 1 cup hot milk, Few grains cayenne, yi teaspoon salt, 1 cup cheese cut fine. Melt shortening, add flour; add hot milk, and stir until smooth and thick ; add seasonings and cheese, and pour into a shallow dish to cool. Shape into small pyramids, roll in sifted crumbs, dip in egg, and again in crumbs, and fry in deep fat until brown. Serve immediately. OYSTERS WITH MACARONI Arrange two cups of cooked macaroni and one pint of small oysters in layers in a buttered baking dish ; season each layer with salt and pepper, and dredge with flour ; cover with buttered crumbs and bake in a hot oven twenty minutes. One-fourth cup of grated cheese may be added. SCALLOPED OYSTERS One quart of oysters, one-fourth pound of butter, onehalf pound of cracker dust, one-half cup of rich cream; salt and pepper to taste. Strew cracker dust and bits of butter over the bottom of an earthenware pan, then a layer of oysters. Proceed in this way until pan is filled, using a top layer of cracker dust and bits of butter. Add cream and bake about twenty minutes in a quick oven. CREAMED DRIED BEEF WITH CHEESE J4 pound dried beef, 1 cup milk, Ij^ tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons grated cheese, 2 tablespoons flour, 2 tablespoons ketchup. Cut beef in small pieces, cover with boiling water, let stand five minutes and drain; melt butter, add beef and stir until hot; add flour and milk and stir until smooth; add cheese and ketchup, and stir until cheese is melted. Serve with baked potatoes. CHEESE STRAWS One cup of grated cheese, One cup of sifted flour. One tablespoonful of butter, One teaspoonful of salt. One-fourth teaspoonful of cayenne pepper. One-fourth teasponful of baking powder. Mix flour, cheese, salt, butter, pepper and baking pow der. Mix with iced water to make stiff dough. Cut in long slender strips. Place in greased pans and bake in quick oven. CHICKEN A LA KING Boil a chicken until tender and when cool cut in dice. To diced chicken add strips of pimentos and green peppers and a can of mushrooms. Season with salt and pepper and mix with cream sauce. Serve hot on buttered squares of toast. SOUTHERN HASH 4 raw potatoes, ^ cup of water, 2 green peppers, \y2 cups cold chopped beef, 2 tomatoes, Salt and pepper, 1 onion, Toast points. Put vegetables through the meat chopper, using coarse cutter; cook in the stock, covered, until tender; add beef, salt, and pepper, and when hot turn on a platter and garnish with toast points. If corned beef and stock are used, use salt with care.