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1921

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Presented as published in 1921. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
BEEF LOAF. Two pounds of round steak, two eggs, one cup of bread crumbs, two tablespoonf uls butter, a small piece of onion, one-half cup sweet milk. Run meat and onion through meat chopper and mix well with other ingredients. Make into loaf and put in a pan with a little water and sj)rinkle with bread crumbs and butter, cover with another pan and bake. — Mrs. E. G. Cheatham. PRESSED CHICKEN. One hen boiled until tender and run through meat chopper. Also run about six or eight hard boiled eggs and a small piece of onion through chopper. Mix all together with the juice of two lemons, add salt and pepper to tasteBaked Birds (Quail). Skin off a cupful of the rich stock and dissolve one envelope Knox's gelatine in it. Thoroughly mix all together and put in a deep loaf pan. Cover with oil paper and put a brick on it and set on ice for several hours. — Mrs. E. G. Cheatham. FRIED CHICKEN. Kill and dress chicken, let it stand after being salted about twelve hours. Have grease hot, wash chicken, flourFried Chicken and put in hot grease. Put a top on pan, set inside of stove, turn, cook about an hour ; take chicken out, add butler and make gravy, by sprinkling flour in grease; let it broAAii, then pour in water and let cook several minutes. — Mrs. Fannie Gooch. BAKED OPOSSUM. After the opossum is dressed and salted, put it in a baking pan with a little water, a good deal of red pepper, and several slices of fat pork, or some lardBaked Opossum. Cover and cook until tender. Then put it inside the stove and brown. Sweet potatoes, baked and peeled may be put around the sides of the pan and browned at the same time. A good sauce for the opossum is made by cooking together one tablespoonful of Worchestershire sauce, one table- spoonful vinegar, a teaspoonful butter, with pepper and salt to taste. — Mrs. T. S. Belvin. 12 USE DAN VALLEY SUPERLATIVE FLOUR Simply add water and sugar to the KNOX ACIDULATED pacakage BEEF OMELET. Two or three pounds of round steak^ one can tomatoes, one tea cup bread crumbs, two medium sized onions, salt and pepperBeef Omelet. Run meat through grinder. Remove all hard pieces; add tomatoes, bread crumbs, onions, salt and pepper to taste. Mix very thoroughly. Mold with the hands and pat for several minutes to prevent falling apart. Bake in moderate oven for forty- five minutes. Very good sliced when cold. — Mrs. W. W. Shaw. ROAST BEEF a la BRUITON. Cold roast beef, one onion, one green pep- per, one small can tomatoes, one tablespoonful butter, cream sauceRoast Beef a la Bruiton. Cut beef into small cubes, fry onion and green pepper in butter, mix all together includ- ing tomatoes, season to taste, and last stir in cream sauce and bake in hot oven. — Miss Jennie Dawson. CHARTREUSE OF MEAT AND RICE. Two cups meat, one-fourth tea- spoonful pepper, one teaspoonful salt, one-fourth teaspoonful onion juice, one tablespoonful chopped parsley, one egg, one-fourth cup fine crumbs, four cups cooked riceChartreuse of Meat and Rice. Season the meat and mix with the crumbs and beaten eggs, add enough stock to make it pack easily. Line a thoroughly buttered mold or dish with three cups rice, fill with the meat, cover with the remainder of the rice, cover tightly and steam forty-five minutes. Serve with tomato sauce.