(See Underlying Principles, pages 91, 92.) ROLLED OATS. 1% quarts boiling water. T/i quart rolled oats. 2 teaspoons salt. Sift oats slowly into boiling water, let cook 5 minutes, put into double boiler and cook from 2 to 3 hours — without stirring. Better to use fireless cooker. BOILED RICE. Look over and wash thoroughly 1 cup rice, drop slow- ly into 2 quarts of rapidly-boiling water which has 1 tea- spoon of salt in it. Stir only the first few minutes. Boil fast 30 minutes or until soft; drain in strainer; pour over a quart hot water ; put back in kettle, cover and let steam until dry. Kernels will separate. Serve hot. CREAM OF WHEAT. 1 quart boiling water. }i cup cream of wheat. 1 teaspoon salt. Have water boiling rapidly, add salt, drop in the wheat slowly enough so it will not stop boiling (then it will not lump) ; stand dish on asbestos mat or in double boiler and cook slowly % of an hour. LARGE HOMINY. 1 quart boiling water. 1 pint hominy. 2 teaspoons salt. Use either an earthen crock or granite kettle. Put hominy into boiling salted water and cook all day, with- out stirring. If in earthen crock stand on back of stove ; if in granite kettle on an asbestos mat. FINE HOMINY (Grits). Soak one cup hominy grits over night in a pint of water, add another pint boiling water and 1 teaspoon salt, cook briskly Y\ of an hour. It must be soaked over night to be properly cooked. Better cooked in fireless cooker. First Aid to Good Cooking 115 BOILED BREAD AND MILK. 1 cup milk. ]/2 cup of bread broken in y2 teaspoon butter. small pieces. 1-8 teaspoon salt. Rinse a clean kettle with cold water to keep the milk from sticking; pour in the milk set on an asbestos mat; when it reaches the boiling point drop in the bread, hav- ing added an )A of a teaspoon of salt ; let scald a minute ; then remove from the fire and serve at once. The milk should not be boiled, as it is apt to cause constipation; but is good boiled in case of summer complaint. CREAMED MACARONI WITH CHEESE. Break % pound of macaroni into pieces about 1 inch ; drop into 2 quarts boiling salted water and boil about 1 hour. While boiling grate Y\ pound cheese. Place y2 pint of milk in a double boiler; rub together 1 rounding tablespoon each butter and flour, add to the milk when boiling, and stir about 2 minutes. Add y2 teaspoon of salt✪ Boiled Rice and a speck of cayenne. When the macaroni is ten- der drain it and add to the cream sauce; add the grated cheese and stir until dissolved. Spaghetti is nicer than macaroni. Cook the same way. MACARONI WITH TOMATO SAUCE. 1 cup of tomato juice. y2 teaspoonful of salt. 2"tablespoonfuls of flour. y2 teaspoonful of sugar. 2 tablespoonfuls of butter. 1 slice of onion✪ Macaroni with Tomato Sauce. Melt the butter carefully and mix with the flour. Take from fire, slowly add the tomato juice, stirring constantly. Add seasonings, boil until it thickens, remove onion. Place alternate layers of macaroni that has been cooked about 45 minutes in boiling salted water, and the tomato sauce in buttered baking dish. Cover the top with buttered crumbs, and bake until thoroughly heated through and crumbs are browned. Rice may be cooked in the same way. n6 First Aid to Good Cooking Soups (See Underlying Principles, page 97.) CLAM CHOWDER. 2 ounces of corned pork. 1 large tomato. ✪ Clam Chowder

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(See Underlying Principles, pages 91, 92.) ROLLED OATS. 1% quarts boiling water. T/i quart rolled oats. 2 teaspoons salt. Sift oats slowly into boiling water, let cook 5 minutes, put into double boiler and cook from 2 to 3 hours — without stirring. Better to use fireless cooker. BOILED RICE. Look over and wash thoroughly 1 cup rice, drop slowly into 2 quarts of rapidly-boiling water which has 1 teaspoon of salt in it. Stir only the first few minutes. Boil fast 30 minutes or until soft; drain in strainer; pour over a quart hot water ; put back in kettle, cover and let steam until dry. Kernels will separate. Serve hot. CREAM OF WHEAT. 1 quart boiling water. }i cup cream of wheat. 1 teaspoon salt. Have water boiling rapidly, add salt, drop in the wheat slowly enough so it will not stop boiling (then it will not lump) ; stand dish on asbestos mat or in double boiler and cook slowly % of an hour. LARGE HOMINY. 1 quart boiling water. 1 pint hominy. 2 teaspoons salt. Use either an earthen crock or granite kettle. Put hominy into boiling salted water and cook all day, without stirring. If in earthen crock stand on back of stove ; if in granite kettle on an asbestos mat. FINE HOMINY (Grits). Soak one cup hominy grits over night in a pint of water, add another pint boiling water and 1 teaspoon salt, cook briskly Y\ of an hour. It must be soaked over night to be properly cooked. Better cooked in fireless cooker. First Aid to Good Cooking 115 BOILED BREAD AND MILK. 1 cup milk. ]/2 cup of bread broken in y2 teaspoon butter. small pieces. 1-8 teaspoon salt. Rinse a clean kettle with cold water to keep the milk from sticking; pour in the milk set on an asbestos mat; when it reaches the boiling point drop in the bread, having added an )A of a teaspoon of salt ; let scald a minute ; then remove from the fire and serve at once. The milk should not be boiled, as it is apt to cause constipation; but is good boiled in case of summer complaint. CREAMED MACARONI WITH CHEESE. Break % pound of macaroni into pieces about 1 inch ; drop into 2 quarts boiling salted water and boil about 1 hour. While boiling grate Y\ pound cheese. Place y2 pint of milk in a double boiler; rub together 1 rounding tablespoon each butter and flour, add to the milk when boiling, and stir about 2 minutes. Add y2 teaspoon of salt and a speck of cayenne. When the macaroni is tender drain it and add to the cream sauce; add the grated cheese and stir until dissolved. Spaghetti is nicer than macaroni. Cook the same way. MACARONI WITH TOMATO SAUCE. 1 cup of tomato juice. y2 teaspoonful of salt. 2"tablespoonfuls of flour. y2 teaspoonful of sugar. 2 tablespoonfuls of butter. 1 slice of onion. Melt the butter carefully and mix with the flour. Take from fire, slowly add the tomato juice, stirring constantly. Add seasonings, boil until it thickens, remove onion. Place alternate layers of macaroni that has been cooked about 45 minutes in boiling salted water, and the tomato sauce in buttered baking dish. Cover the top with buttered crumbs, and bake until thoroughly heated through and crumbs are browned. Rice may be cooked in the same way. n6 First Aid to Good Cooking Soups (See Underlying Principles, page 97.) CLAM CHOWDER. 2 ounces of corned pork. 1 large tomato.

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