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For those whose digestions are at fault, sweetbreads ought to be eaten as a daily ration if the pocketbook will afford it. For this special part of the animal's anatomy is that one of all the viscera whose mission is to help digestion. It is of the very pancreas itself, that stomach gland of marvelously involved structure which elaborates the powerful pancreatic juice. It is alkaline in nature, able to digest starches, fats, and most of what escapes digestion in the stomach proper. It received its name from a fancied resemblance in its substance and formation to the rising lumps of dough destined for bread. Kidney Omelet 4 kidneys Salt and pepper to taste 6 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 tablespoonful chopped parsley 6 eggs 2 tablespoonfuls cream Melt 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco in frying pan. Skin kidneys and cut into small dice and toss them into hot Crisco three minutes. Whisk whites of eggs to stiff froth, then add yolks, seasonings, parsley, and cream, then add kidney... Make remaining Crisco hot in omelet pan or frying pan, pour in omelet and fry over clear fire six minutes. When the edges are set, fold edges over so that omelet assumes an oval shape; be careful that it is not done too much; to brown the top, hold pan before fire, or put it in oven; never turn an omelet in the pan. Slip it carefully on a hot dish and serve the instant it comes from the fire. Macaroni and Round Steak ¥% package macaroni Salt and pepper to taste Y% can tomatoes ¥ cupful grated cheese 3 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 lb. round steak 2 onions ¥% cupful breadcrumbs Break macaroni into inch lengths and add it with 1 tablespoonful of the Crisco to plenty of boiling water and boil twenty minutes, then drain. Put steak and onions through a food chopper. Put macaroni into Criscoed fireproof dish, then put in meat and onions, add seasonings, tomatoes, cheese, breadcrumbs, and remainder of Crisco melted. Bake in moderate oven one hour. e Meat Cakes 1 lb. round steak Y% |b. grated cheese 3 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 2 cupfuls breadcrumbs 3 small onions Salt, pepper, and paprika 1 tablespoonful chopped parsley to taste 2 eggs Tomato sauce Meats For Sauce 4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 can or % Ib. fresh tomatoes 1 carrot 1 tablespoonful tomato catsup 1 turnip 1 bunch sweet herbs 2 onions Salt, pepper, and red pepper 3 tablespoonfuls flour to taste 2 cupfuls stock 1 blade mace 1 bay leaf For meat cakes. Grind steak and onions together, add Crisco, cheese, parsley, crumbs, seasonings, and eggs lightly beaten. Mix together; form into small cakes, toss in flour and fry in hot Crisco. Serve hot with tomato sauce. For sauce. Slice vegetables, fry in Crisco ten minutes; then add flour, stock, mace, bay leaf, tomatoes, catsup, and herbs. Stir till they boil, then simmer gently forty-five minutes. Rub through sieve, add seasonings and use. Sufficient for twelve meat cakes. Roast Turkey For Stuffing 1 quart fine breadcrumbs \% teaspoonful powdered thyme 4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 14 teaspoonful white pepper 1% teaspoonfuls salt 1 egg 2 tablespoonfuls chopped onion 1 cupful country sausage 1 lemon A little warm water 1 tablespoonful chopped parsley 1 turkey Salt pork