slice of bread and on top put a very thin slice of cheese✪ Tomato and Cheese Sandwiches — just a scraping of it; add the other slice of bread, press i T together and cut into attractive shape. \ )0 **I just happened to see the remains of that cold boiled ham you evidently had left over from yesterday, sitting in the refrigerator and look- it ing lonely, so I planned these, which are much ^ better than the common kind : 176 THE FUN OF COOKING DEVILED HAM SANDWICHES Put some cold cooked ham through the meat chopper till smooth; add a very little diy mustard, a tiny pinch of black pepper and a very tiny one of red pepper. To a small cupful of the meat add two tablespoonfuls of melted butter and press into a cup; when cold spread this on but- tered brea✪ Deviled Ham Sandwichesd." **My, those sound good,'' mummred J suck to himself, **and they sound like Hallowe'en, too." **So they do," laughed Mother Blair, begin- ning to slice the bread and spread it. **Let 's make them now and put them on ice, all rolled up in a wet napkin. ' ' She and Brownie went to work, but Mildred said she was not quite ready yet. * * I want an- other chafing-dish rule," she said. *'Two are not enough, and they are all we have for our books. ' ' * * Well, just one or two more, and then I must fly," said Miss Betty; **you see I have to get the things for my own special receipt for the party. Here is a good one : PANNED OYSTERS, CREAMED Take four oysters for each person. Make some slices of toast, butter them and cut them into rounds just the size to fit into the bottom of little brown baking dishes, or any small individual dishes which can go to the table. Put the A HALLOWE'EN SUPPER 177 oysters on these with a shake of salt and pepper for each and a bit of batter the size of the tip of your little finger. Put the dishes into the oven for ten minutes, or till the oysters curl at the edges; then take them out and put two teaspoonfuls of hot, thick, sweet cream on each, and a bit of parsley✪ Panned Oysters, Creamed; stand each dish on a plate and send to the table. **I know you will like that; now here is an- other : CREAMED EGGS Take one egg for each person; put the lower pan over the flame and fill with hot water from the tea-kettle; put in the eggs and boil for ten minutes with the cover of the pan on. Take them out, peel them and wrap them in a napkin to keep them hot. Set away the lower pan, and in the upper one put: 1 tablespoonful of butter; melt this and add 1 tablespoonful of flour and rub together un- til smooth. Add y^ pint of cream or very rich milk, and stir till thick; add % teaspoonful of salt. 1 pinch of cayenne. % teaspoonful paprika. ✪ Creamed Eggs Drop the eggs in and turn them over once or twice till they are very hot; serve each one on a round of buttered toast on a hot plate. *'Now that is positively all I can stop to give you now; I must begin on my own dish,'* said Miss Betty, putting on her hat. **But I *11 be back again in just two minutes. ' ' 178 THE FUN OF COOKINa When she came she was carrying a huge pine- apple, the largest the children had ever seen, and in a bag three large oranges and three bananas. **Now,'^ she exclaimed as she put them on the kitchen table, **you shall see me make something very nice. ' ' This was the way she made it : STUFFED PINEAPPLE ✪ Stuffed Pineapple

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slice of bread and on top put a very thin slice of cheese — just a scraping of it; add the other slice of bread, press i T together and cut into attractive shape. \ )0 **I just happened to see the remains of that cold boiled ham you evidently had left over from yesterday, sitting in the refrigerator and look- it ing lonely, so I planned these, which are much ^ better than the common kind : 176 THE FUN OF COOKING DEVILED HAM SANDWICHES Put some cold cooked ham through the meat chopper till smooth; add a very little diy mustard, a tiny pinch of black pepper and a very tiny one of red pepper. To a small cupful of the meat add two tablespoonfuls of melted butter and press into a cup; when cold spread this on but- tered bread." **My, those sound good,'' mummred J suck to himself, **and they sound like Hallowe'en, too." **So they do," laughed Mother Blair, begin- ning to slice the bread and spread it. **Let 's make them now and put them on ice, all rolled up in a wet napkin. ' ' She and Brownie went to work, but Mildred said she was not quite ready yet. * * I want an- other chafing-dish rule," she said. *'Two are not enough, and they are all we have for our books. ' ' * * Well, just one or two more, and then I must fly," said Miss Betty; **you see I have to get the things for my own special receipt for the party. Here is a good one : PANNED OYSTERS, CREAMED Take four oysters for each person. Make some slices of toast, butter them and cut them into rounds just the size to fit into the bottom of little brown baking dishes, or any small individual dishes which can go to the table. Put the A HALLOWE'EN SUPPER 177 oysters on these with a shake of salt and pepper for each and a bit of batter the size of the tip of your little finger. Put the dishes into the oven for ten minutes, or till the oysters curl at the edges; then take them out and put two teaspoonfuls of hot, thick, sweet cream on each, and a bit of parsley; stand each dish on a plate and send to the table. **I know you will like that; now here is an- other : CREAMED EGGS Take one egg for each person; put the lower pan over the flame and fill with hot water from the tea-kettle; put in the eggs and boil for ten minutes with the cover of the pan on. Take them out, peel them and wrap them in a napkin to keep them hot. Set away the lower pan, and in the upper one put: 1 tablespoonful of butter; melt this and add 1 tablespoonful of flour and rub together un- til smooth. Add y^ pint of cream or very rich milk, and stir till thick; add % teaspoonful of salt. 1 pinch of cayenne. % teaspoonful paprika. Drop the eggs in and turn them over once or twice till they are very hot; serve each one on a round of buttered toast on a hot plate. *'Now that is positively all I can stop to give you now; I must begin on my own dish,'* said Miss Betty, putting on her hat. **But I *11 be back again in just two minutes. ' ' 178 THE FUN OF COOKINa When she came she was carrying a huge pine- apple, the largest the children had ever seen, and in a bag three large oranges and three bananas. **Now,'^ she exclaimed as she put them on the kitchen table, **you shall see me make something very nice. ' ' This was the way she made it : STUFFED PINEAPPLE

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