Foods and home making

Scalloped potatoes make a good main luncheon or supper dish, especially when they are combined with cheese or bacon. Usually scalloped potatoes are not covered with bread crumbs. SCALLOPED POTATOES 4 cups raw potatoes, sliced thin \ cup flour 2\ teaspoons salt 3 tablespoons butter £ teaspoon pepper Milk, about 2 cups Scrub and pare potatoes. Slice them and drain. Measure the sea- sonings and flour and mix them. In a baking dish put a layer of potatoes. Sprinkle some of the flour mixture over them. Add some of the butter cut into bits. Now add another layer of potatoes, flour mixture, and butter. Repeat adding the layers of material until all are in the dish. Then add enough milk to reach the top layer of potatoes. Cover the dish. Bake in a hot oven — 400° F. — for about 75 minutes. Uncover, continue baking at 350° F. for about | hour or until tender. Yield : 6 servings. Variation. — Cut \ cup cheese in thin slices. Add it in layers with the other ingredients. SCALLOPED POTATOES WITH BACON 4 cups raw potatoes, sliced thin 1| teaspoons salt £ pound sliced bacon, browned £ teaspoon pepper Cook the bacon. (See page 100.) Put layers of these materials in a baking dish. Add the bacon fat. Cover the dish. Bake in a hot oven — 400° F. — for 45 minutes. Yield : 6 servings. CANDIED YAMS (Candied Sweet Potatoes) 6 medium-sized sweet potatoes £ cup sugar, brown or granulated \ cup water 3 tablespoons water $ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter Scrub and pare the potatoes. Cut them in halves lengthwise. Place them in a baking pan. Add cup of water. Cover and bake about 20 minutes or until the potatoes are somewhat tender. In a small pan put the salt, sugar, three tablespoons of water and the Fresh Vegetables 28 3 butter. Heat until the sugar is dissolved. Pour part of the sirup over the partially cooked potatoes. Continue to bake uncovered at 400° F. for 20 to 30 minutes or until browned and tender. Baste with the remainder of the sirup during baking. Candied sweet potatoes are often parboiled on top of the stove before baking in the sirup. The method given in this book is both easier and less wasteful of mineral matter and other nutrients. What are some good spinach dishes ? Sometimes vegetables are cooked in water on the surface burner, chopped, and then baked in the oven. Cooking vegetables in water may result in some loss of mineral matter, vitamins, and other nutrients. Then too, it means much work to cook vegetables both on top of the stove and in the oven. As shown by the following recipe, uncooked vegetables may be chopped and baked in the oven without previous cooking. s» BAKED CARROTS AND SPINACH Prepare a mixture of 1 egg, beaten Speck of pepper 1^ teaspoons salt 2 cups carrots, scrubbed, scraped, and chopped Pour this carrot mixture into a baking dish. On top of this place the following spinach mixture. £ pound fresh spinach, Speck of pepper washed and chopped 2 tablespoons butter, £ teaspoon salt cut into bits Mix these ingredients together. Pour them over the carrots. Cover the baking dish. Bake in a moderate oven — 3750 F. — for 1 hour. Serve this vegetable with 1 pint of medium white sauce. (See page 246.) Use the sauce as you would gravy. Yield : 6 servings.