Cooking in the elementary schools, January, 1922

Ys c. corn meal or flour 1 t. salt 1. Be sure fish is scaled and the head, fins and tail removed. 2. Split fish along back bone. 3. Cut each half into three parts. 4. Wash in cold water and wipe dry. 5. Sprinkle with salt and roll in corn meal or flour. 6. Heat pan and add fat. 7. Place fish in hot fat, flesh side down and leave until thoroughly browned. 8. Turn and brown skin side. 9. Cook about 12 minutes in all. 10. Remove to hot platter and serve with lemon cut into eighths. NOTE — Fish is much improved when boned before cooking. POTATOES ON THE HALF SHELL 6 medium potatoes 1% t. salt 2 T. fat 4 T. milk L Wash potatoes, scrubbing well with vegetable brush. 2. Bake in a hot oven until soft. 3. Cut in halves lengthwise and remove contents with a fork, taking care not to break skin. 4. Mash and add butter, salt and milk. 5. Beat until light and fluffy. 6. Replace in skins and brown in oven. CREAMED CARROTS 1% c. medium white sauce 6 carrots 2 t. salt 1. Wash and scrape carrots and cut into pieces. 2. Cook in boiling salted water until tender (about 25 minutes). 3. Make medium white sauce. 4. Add carrots and serve hot. Page 22 Cream of Tomato Soup Cold Sliced Meat Cranberry Sauce Creamed Potatoes Fruit or Salad CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP 11/2 c. canned tomatoes li/^ c. milk 11/2 c. water - 1 ssp. soda 1/4 onion, sliced 3 T. flour or 3 T. fat a few cloves or bay leaf ^ t. salt 1. Boil tomatoes, water and seasoning together ten minutes. 2. Strain and add the flour and fat rubbed into a ball. 3. Cook until it boils, add soda. 4. Add milk all at once and salt last. NOTE — May be served with a little whipped cream. CRANBERRY SAUCE 1 quart cranberries 2 c. sugar 1 c. water 1. Wash and pick over cranberries. 2. Add water and sugar. 3. Bring to boiling point, cover and cook 10 minutes. Page 23 Beef Loaf, with Gravy Creamed Potatoes Beets . Simple Dessert BEEF LOAF 1% lbs. meat {l}i lbs. beef and }i lb. fresh pork) 6 crackers 1 egg Vs c. milk 2 t. salt NOTE — 1 T. chopped onion or green pepper may be added. 1. Roll crackers and moisten with milk. 2. Season meat, add beaten egg and crackers. 3. Mix thoroughly with hand. 4. Pack into a buttered pan and bake 45 minutes or mold in a bread tin, turn out into a dripping pan, dot with fat and add enough hot water to keep from burning and bake % hours. 5. Make a gravy from the juices in the pan by adding 2 T. of flour mixed with Vi c. cold water. 6. Season. CREAMED POTATOES 6 boiled potatoes 1% c. white sauce L Cut potatoes into pieces. 2. Make white sauce and heat potatoes in it. BEETS 6 medium sized beets 2 T. fat 1 t. salt 1. Cut stems off to within an inch and a half of the beets. 2. Wash carefully so as to preserve rootlets. 3. Cook in boiling salted water until tender (1 to 4 hours), 4. When done blanch in cold water a moment and remove skins. 5. Cut into dice or slice and reheat and add melted fat and season. SWISS STEAK 2 lbs. round steak, 1 to 1^/2 in. thick ^ c. flour 1/4 onion, sliced l^t. salt 2 T. fat