The farm cook & rule book

Cut the asparagus in small pieces and stew until tender in a little water. Thicken the milk with the flour and season with the salt, pepper and butter. Add the grated cheese and cooked asparagus to the milk mixture and arrange alternate layers of this mixture and the bread crumbs in an oiled baking dish. Spinach en Casserole Season 2 cupfuls of hominy grits with butter, salt and pepper and spread 1 cupful of it in the bottom of a greased baking dish. Add a layer of cooked spinach seasoned to taste. Cover with the other cupful of hominy and sprinkle with 14 cupful of grated cheese. Bake in a slow oven until the top is browned. Garden Greens Select leaves of mustard, horseradish, beet tops, radish tops or lambs quarter and place in a kettle partly filled with hot water. Add a piece of fat smoked meat and boil until tender. Serve hot on a platter with slices of lemon and hard cooked eggs. Creamed Spinach 1% cupfuls cooked spinach 1 tablespoonful butter 1% cupfuls milk 1 teaspoonful salt 1 tablespoonful flour Vs teaspoonful pepper slices of toast Thicken the milk with the flour and add the salt, pepper and butter. Stir in the cooked spinach and serve on slices of toast. Marie's Asparagus 2 cupfuls asparagus tips 1 tablespoonful butter 1% cupfuls milk 2 egg whites 1 teaspoonful salt 2 egg yolks % teaspoonful pepper 1% tablespoonfuls flour Cook the asparagus tips in a little water until they are tender. Make a cream sauce from the milk, salt, pepper, butter and flour. Pour the tender asparagus on a hot platter and cover it with the thickened and seasoned milk to which the finely chopped whites of the hard cooked eggs have been added. Press the yolks of the cooked eggs through a fine sieve and sprinkle them over the top of the dish. Vegetable Oysters Grate the pulp from ears of cooked corn, or use the canned vegetable, and to every cupful add 1 egg beaten until light and foamy and 1 tablespoonful each of sweet milk, flour and melted butter. Add salt to taste. Stir the ingredients together and drop from a spoon on a hot griddle. Brown on both sides. Serve hot with or without syrup. Com on the Cob Remove the husks and silk from freshly gathered corn and pack the ears together closely in a kettle of rapidly boiling water, using as little water as possible. Cook the corn no longer than 8 minutes. String Beans with Pork String beans may be cooked with a slice of salt pork. Their flavor is most delicious if the beans are placed in a kettle of rapidly boiling water with the pork and left to simmer 2i/^ or 3 hours at the least. A small pinch of soda, sugar and salt may be added when the beans are placed on the stove to cook. New Peas New peas are best when cooked 25 or 30 minutes in just barely enough water to cover. The pods are washed before the peas are shelled and for an especially delectable dish they are boiled 3 minutes in the water which the peas are cooked in later. Seasonings are added just before taking the peas from the stove. Festive Sweet Potatoes